Dec. 18, 2009 Avoiding the Holiday Blues: Suicide Awareness It is important to address the issue of suicide, while it is not a topic people are comfortable talking about, thoughts of suicide can strike almost anybody. A good number of adults may experience vague suicidal thinking for a brief period during the course of their lives, but the overwhelming
Dec. 18, 2009 Avoiding the Holiday Blues: Depression A comment that is often heard here at Edwards is "We are out in the middle of nowhere." The Base Exchange even sells a T-shirt with this theme. As I go about talking to people, I often ask if Edwards was on their list for assignments. Most of the time, Edwards was not their first choice and many did
Dec. 17, 2009 A&FRC bring dorm residents a taste of home With the holidays quickly approaching and more than 225 Airmen and Marines residing in the dorms, away from their families, the Airman & Family Readiness Center held its annual cookie drive to bring them a taste of home.Attempting to spread holiday cheer to those who need it, support from the Red
Dec. 16, 2009 Deployed Airmen call home free Christmas Day Edwards Airmen who are deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan will have the free opportunity to call home, thanks to Operation Uplink, sponsored by the Veteran's of Foreign Wars and the Airman and Family Readiness Center. This program is provided in addition to the 15-minute weekly morale calls. Assisting
Dec. 10, 2009 Santa to Hold Court at Wing Holiday Party Wednesday Santa is not happy, and this year, he's doing something about it at the 95th Air Base Wing Nice and Naughty holiday party at Club Muroc Dec. 16, from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. His jolly old soul is troubled this year by what he saw on his famous lists. You see, as he was making his naughty and nice lists,
Dec. 9, 2009 NMFA accepting scholarship applications from military spouses National Military Family Association officials are accepting scholarship applications from military spouses. The application deadline is midnight, Jan. 31, 2010.The Joanne Holbrook Patton Military Spouse Scholarship program awards up to $1,000 to military spouses to obtain professional certification
Dec. 8, 2009 Twitter accounts feed job opportunities, news to customers Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr - the Web is fueling society's digital hunger for real-time information and dialogue, and the Air Force Personnel Center and the Air Force Services Agency are serving up the first course. Two Twitter accounts are currently being managed by the public affairs office
Dec. 7, 2009 Technical sergeant reduced to senior airman for larceny, fraud At the conclusion of a court-martial held at Edwards Air Force Base Courthouse Dec. 1, a panel of five officers sentenced a Reserve technical sergeant from the 452nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron, March Air Reserve Base.Tech. Sgt. Gillian Gardner was found guilty of fraud against the United States,
Dec. 7, 2009 Team Edwards plays 'Santa' to deployed troops Team Edwards is deploying 109 care packages to the area of responsibility as part of Operation Touch our Warriors, each bearing a mission -- to bring holiday joy to deployed Edwards Airmen.Operation Touch our Warriors is an Edwards annual tradition, where the whole community donate items and