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  • Holiday Cooking Safety

    Cooking brings family and friends together, provides an outlet for creativity and can be relaxing. But didyou know that cooking fires are the number one cause of home fires and home injuries? By followinga few safety tips you can prevent these fires.

  • Edwards Fire and Emergency Services: Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety

    Edwards Fire and Emergency Services encourages all residents to embrace the 2021 Fire Prevention Week theme. It’s important to learn the different sounds of smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. When an alarm makes noise—a beeping sound or a chirping sound—you must take action!

  • Afghanistan, Town Hall & Hard Talks

    As our Nation brings to a close its military presence in Afghanistan that began when I was a Captain, I’m confident that many of you – like me – are reflecting on our personal Service in Afghanistan the last two decades.

  • Summer Health Hazards

    Summer’s here, and with it comes backyard barbecues, days at the beach, and time spent outdoors. Some of the things that make summer so much fun – swimming, hiking, and longer days, also present plenty of health risks. Don’t let a health emergency ruin your activities. Knowing common summer health

  • Grilling Fire Safety Kickoff

    Grilling is as American as hot dogs, baseball and apple pie. With warmer temperatures, the thought of “firing up the old grill” comes into mind. Before engaging in this pastime with family and friends, take a few moments to ensure your grill is safe to operate.

  • Leadership By Example

    There’s absolutely no doubt that we’re living through multiple unprecedented events - simultaneously. Your continued leadership *by example* in our four simultaneous combat fronts is vital to the current and future defense of our Nation, her Partners, and her Allies. Let’s not get distracted… our

  • Happy Holidays

    Team T-Cot-A-TU!Please accept my warmest wish to you, your family, and your close friends for an amazing Holiday Season.  No matter the late-December tradition you cherish and participate in, know that my family and I wish you the very brightest Holiday possible!Even as 2020 has been an

  • Gone West

    An incredible era and an exceptional life lived has ended within our family at The Center of the Aerospace Testing Universe.  Soberly I write this message to inform all of you that Brig Gen Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager, USAF (ret), passed away yesterday at the age of 97.  Many of you know some of his

  • We have many things to be thankful for!

    At its core, I see the Thanksgiving Holiday as a time to cherish close friends and family, but also to reflect in a grateful manner on the blessings we have received this past year.  It remains my fondest hope that you will have a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday weekend, socially connecting in a