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  • Take time to really say 'thank you'

    In a few days, the hustle and bustle of the holiday season will officially be underway, and before that hits, I'd like us all to take a minute and think about the year about to end, and our contributions to the years ahead. We've all heard "count your blessings" and "give thanks" and countless empty

  • There's plenty to give thanks for this season

    Next week, we will come together as a nation and celebrate a uniquely American holiday: Thanksgiving. The hustle and bustle of the holiday season will officially be underway, and before you know it we'll be ringing in the second decade of the 21st century. But before we all succumb to a pleasant

  • Be prepared for the unexpected

    This week we exercised our "winter storm" scenario, and the event reminded me that with daylight saving time behind us, it's time to re-think our travel ops, particularly since many of us will be commuting in the hours of darkness. Our fall/winter transition brings wet weather, freezing conditions,

  • Veterans Day has solemn meaning for AEDC

    In just a few days, we will join together as a nation, and celebrate the holiday specifically crafted to honor those who have made the freedoms and benefits of this country possible. On Nov. 11, we will celebrate Veterans Day.Like so many federal holidays, the history and establishment of this

  • A Second "Call to Arms"

    If you're ever going to sink your teeth into one of my messages, please make it this one. What I'm about to share with you, and ask of you, is serious. Across the USAF, our teammates are suffering. We don't fully understand why, but the outcomes are real. We are losing members at an unprecedented

  • 2009 Annual Awards Banquet ... the hits just kept on coming

    Now THAT was a banquet!! Huge turnout, home runs in every inning, and a finale that we will all remember. I couldn't have been prouder of both the team that put the whole thing together, to the nominees and winners I met on the stage. This was a night to celebrate AEDC's finest, and the teams

  • Partners...Our center of gravity

    We enjoy a truly enviable posture here at Arnold. Not only are we blessed with a near ideal location for our mission, the founders also had the foresight to locate some "wind beneath our wings" literally across the base. For those that didn't know the history, the University of Tennessee Space

  • Team AEDC ... Always reaching out to others

    Nothing makes a commander prouder than to see his team go "above and beyond," and while this is a long-time AEDC trademark, I'd like to showcase just how much your efforts mean to our center and our community. During the recent floods in Nashville, I offered our military and DoD civilians the chance

  • Commander lays out expectations for the mission

    Wow!! What a fantastic first two weeks. As many of you know, Rebecca, along with Michael and Reanna, arrived about a week before I did, and her first words were "You won't believe this place!" She's absolutely right. I couldn't be more impressed by the professionalism, the commitment and most of

  • Reflections on freedom

    July 4, 2010, puts year number 234 "in the books" for this great nation, and for those who are keeping track, we also quietly celebrated AEDC's 59th "birthday." These anniversaries offer us a chance to look back and reflect, for just a moment, what a monumental event the beginnings of these two