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  • Legal Assistance Tip #13: Fair Debt Collection

    Millions of Americans carry some amount of debt. People that fail to manage their debt appropriately face collection actions. This can be an intimidating and overwhelming process, but knowing a little about the debt collection industry and federal law may help you through the process. Debt

  • Legal Assistance Tip: Stop fraud

    Your base legal office welcomes everyone back from the holidays. While the holidays are hopefully a happy time for you and your loved ones, they are also a time when many people fall victim to financial fraud. Financial fraud takes many forms including mortgage scams, security frauds, Ponzi schemes,

  • 10 ways to dazzle the IG during an inspection

    What you consider as your worst nightmare is coming to fruition: The Inspector General is coming to your unit to conduct a periodic readiness or compliance inspection!Apprehension, worry, fear, anxiety and tension float through the wing like a thick fog as questions arise in everyone's minds. What

  • Maintain SA during the holidays

    During the holidays it is important to maintain one's situational awareness.This is the time of year when the malls are jammed packed with holiday shoppers trying to scoop up on the best deals they can find. As you go shopping, or as you travel, it is important to remember that active shooter

  • One Team Edwards member's educational journey

    In February 2000, I enlisted in the United States Air Force at the age of 19. Unlike many of our airmen today, I entered the Air Force with just a High School Diploma, and I was married with a child on the way. I entered the Air Force as a 2W1X1, Aircraft Armament Systems Specialist or better known

  • CFC: An opportunity to be the change you wish to see in the world

    As we end the near of this year's Combined Federal Campaign Nov. 14, it is always an honor and a pleasure to be able to seize the opportunity to congratulate everyone on launching this outstanding fundraising campaign in which many organizations are involved in. Our donations at Edwards alone for

  • Veterans Day honors a truly elite group

    Because we are Airmen, and are surrounded by the military on a daily basis, it can sometimes be easy to forget how incredibly significant it is to be a veteran. The approximately 22 million living veterans in this country make up only about 7 percent of the population. And less than 1 percent of

  • The #1 reason you're NOT losing weight

    You've changed the foods you eat to include more fruits and veggies. You've cut back on the soda and you've started exercising three times a week.And yet, you're not losing weight ... or at least, you're not losing enough. Why? It really all boils down to two very small, but significant words:

  • Did you know?

    I believe it's time to talk about driving and riding safely. Let me start by telling you a true story that happened to me recently. I was driving to work one morning coming from base housing heading towards main base on Fitzgerald Boulevard. The sun was rising in the horizon directly shining into my

  • With a chill in the air, winter is around the corner

    With the recent drops in temperature, it is clear winter will soon be upon us. Now is the time to prepare for the winter ahead and know a few simple safety precautions to prevent fire from striking our homes or work places.More than 5,000 people die each year in the United States from injuries