Okay , So welcome . And happy April ,
everybody . April 1st is a very
significant day for me personally , Uh ,
and that's not because my kids are
doing jokes on me all day and the rest
of the afternoon , either . It's that
for many reasons , but no least of
which is that it kicks off the month of
the military child . As many of you
recall , Edwards takes that very
seriously . And no team on Edwards take
that more seriously than the folks that
Mrs Brown and I have the honour to be
surrounded by today the team at the FSS
and the rest of the folks that put
their arms at work around all of our
Children every day . So with that in
mind and in honor of all of you the
military Children of our fine American
American , US Air Force and the United
States , I have a proclamation that I'm
gonna sign here . The proclamation is
the month of the military child ,
whereas thousands of brave Americans
have demonstrated their courage and
commitment to freedom by serving in the
armed forces of the United States of
America in active duty posts around the
world . And whereas the center of the
aerospace testing universe . Hashtag
Takata to It's not written , but we can
say that has more than 3300 military
connected Children and youth that have
parents serving our mission here on
Edwards Air Force Base , California and
Air Force Plant 42 . And whereas these
Children and youth are a source of
pride and honor to all of us , and it
is only fitting that we take the time
to recognize their contributions ,
celebrate their spirit and let our men
and women in uniform know that while
they are taking care of us , we as a
community are taking care of their
Children and youth . And whereas the
recognition of the month of the
military child , first established in
1986 by Defense Secretary Casper
Weinberger , will allow us to pay
tribute to military Children for their
commitment , their struggles , their
unconditional support of our troops ,
their successes and because and when
their parents served in the military
their kids served to . And whereas
everyone is encouraged to wear purple
on Friday , April 16th and frankly
every other day in April , please as a
visible sign to thank military
connected Children for their strength
and sacrifice . That's our big purple
update . Everybody purple up April 16th .
And whereas this month long salute to
military Children and youth will
encourage local community support to
provide direct support to military
Children and families . Therefore , I
Brigadier General Matt Geiger ,
commander of the 4 12 Test Wayne
Edwards Air Force Base , along with
Colonel Randall Gordon , my chief .
Sorry . My Vice Chief , Master Sergeant
Dan Thompson and Mr Dan Osborne do
hereby proclaim the month of April 2021
to be the month of the military child
on Edwards Air Force Base and Air Force
Plant 42 urged the appropriate
recognition thereof dated this first
day of April in the year 2021 . All
right . Mm .
Right . Ma'am , I don't have a white ,
but if you'd like to say something ,
we'd be honored to hear from you , and
it's recorded for posterity . Well ,
I'm delighted to be here on this day of
proclamation for Edwards Air Force Base
and the recognition for our Children in
the month of military the month
military child , is that right ? Okay ,
it's a little bit of a mouthful , but
the month of the military child . But
thank you for helping me with that .
But we welcome all of you to be able to
enjoy and celebrate our Children . They
are our treasures . They are future .
And we look forward to being able to
enjoy the time . The staff that you see
here , the folks that are behind us ,
are all willing participants to be able
to serve our Children and help them
grow to be wonderful adults for and
cheerleaders for our air force . So
thank you so much for being here today .
And thank you for the privilege of
allowing me to be a part of this
program . Thank you .
Yes . So one of the things that
a lot of people don't realize about
leadership in the across the air Force
is that , uh it doesn't surprise anyone
that many of us have Children . But
what does ? I think ? A lot of
surprises people when they connect the
fact that , uh , I think the brown
family is included in this to , uh the
hydro Children have literally been in
the care of folks like you and my son ,
literally some of you through their
entire lives to date . And I think the
brown Children all the way into school
as well . Uh , and that connection at a
personal level between the leadership
of the service , the leadership of the
installations and the trust that we
display in you is very evident and well
deserved . And we can't thank you
enough as the caregivers . Um , and who
knows what little person you get at ?
Is it six weeks ? Still , Is that how
how young they can be here ? It's going
to grow up to potentially be a leader
in our nation and a leader in our
service . And I would say there's a
higher probability than otherwise that
an Air Force child , it's gonna be a
leader in our nation in the future . So
thank you for being a part of their
growth and their development . And our
nation thanks you for not just caring
for them today , but help help develop ,
develop them for tomorrow and in their
future roles as well . So thank you all .
Okay ,