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  • News from the front: Afghanistan

    I am deployed as the air liaison officer for Afghanistan Regional Security Integration Command -West at Camp Stone in Herat, Afghanistan, in an In-Lieu-of Army position. My responsibilities involve manifesting and moving people and cargo by convoy to Herat Airfield in order to supply all Forward

  • Team Edwards rolls out CFC fundraising

    Team Edwards recently kicked off the Combined Federal Campaign for this year until Nov. 14. During this time, employees will be able donate to charities and nonprofit organizations via payroll deductions or check. The CFC was established in 1961 to provide federal employees a way to raise funds for

  • Testing Efficacy: The Substantial Influence of Test Professionals

    After reading any edition of the base newspaper, it's easy to recognize that significant work occurs in every corner of this base, and for that matter, this valley. As one who has been away from the test world for two years, it is readily apparent that the developmental and operational testing done

  • CGOs build 'Habitat for Humanity'

    On Aug. 17, a group of 17 Edwards company grade officers spent their morning painting, moving lumber and digging trenches for future foundations, staged at a dirt lot with the promise of housing someday. We weren't civil engineers, and this wasn't a construction site on base. Instead, these CGOs

  • Edwards provides 1,650 hours of care

    The Child Development Center is a home away from home for many Edwards children. The center provides full-time care to more than 200 children from the age of 6 weeks to 5 years. While full-time care is great for the majority of working parents, sometimes families only need occasional care for their

  • Edwards expeditionary Airman shares thoughts on deployment

    Today marks four months since I stepped onto that jet at Los Angeles International Airport and started my current set of experiences. It has been remarkable, (fun, not so much--remarkable you bet). There have been high and low times, but a constant has been the support from home station and around

  • Armed Forces Voters Week starts Sept. 2

    As part of Armed Forces Voters Week, the voting assistance office is reminding team Edwards to send in their Federal Post Card Applications on time for the general election in November. The AFVW's goal is to attain 100 percent contact with voters to ensure the availability of Federal Postcard

  • Safety office: Watch out for back-to-school children

    It is that time of year again when all children return for another school year. Even though Edwards is a small community, we still have to remain vigilant and be on the look-out for kids traveling to and from school. With the new base housing along FitzGerald Boulevard, a high volume of children

  • 95th MDG to test new family medical health care model

    The 95th Medical Group Clinic was recently selected to be a test site for a new model of family health care. It will be designed to permit greater flexibility in scheduling patient appointments, while allowing family-focused practice providers to get to know their patients better. The goal is to

  • System provides high-capacity information transport

    For the past three years, the 95th Communications Group, in conjunction with the Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., has been planning for and executing the installation of the Combat Information Transport System. The system is a $25 million fiber backbone network upgrade