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Story and photos Courtesy of Arlington National Cemetery   Last Thursday, in the early morning dawn, soldiers assigned to the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as “The Old Guard,” marched into the only two national cemeteries managed by the Army, their rucksacks packed with small American flags.   Their mission: to honor America’s fallen heroes by…

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(Flags honor the fallen during a pre-Memorial Day ceremony on the Auburn University campus. Photos/Troy Turner) Story, photos by Troy Turner [email protected] AUBURN – The Auburn University Veterans Resource Center hosted a pre-Memorial Day ceremony today to honor U.S. service members who lost their lives in military service to the United States. Auburn University President…

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A conceptual rendering showing the planned new Space Command headquarters coming to Huntsville. (SPACECOM) By Troy Turner [email protected] United States Space Command revealed a first look of its planned new headquarters at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, during a visit publicized Monday with Huntsville-Madison civic leaders in Washington, D.C. SPACECOM’s commander, Gen. Stephen Whiting, shared a conceptual…

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Personnel from U.S. Space Command’s Joint Intelligence Support Element (JISE) enter their new facility at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, on Wednesday. (Courtesy photo) Space Command Public Affairs COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.  –  Personnel assigned to U.S. Space Command’s J2 Intelligence Directorate relocated Wednesday to Redstone Arsenal, the command’s designated headquarters location in Huntsville, Alabama. They are among the first SPACECOM…

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Submitted to AlaDefense.com WASHINGTON, D.C. — Alabama’s Sen. Katie Britt today joined NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and several lawmakers to talk to the four Artemis II astronauts ahead of their re-entry to Earth aboard the Orion spacecraft, Integrity, launched on NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket designed, managed, and engineered in Huntsville. This is the first…

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Turner: U.S. Space Command serves a critical need in defense of our country, and we should never forget that core mission and the dedicated service of those filling the role. (Photo/DOD) COMMENTARY By Troy Turner [email protected] While many in Alabama are busy with local-effect logistics such as jobs and infrastructure regarding the transition of U.S.…

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An illustration released previously by the Air Force shows one example of what the new Space Command Headquarters in Huntsville could look like. (Editor’s note: This story, originally published March 25, 2026, was updated following the full Senate Armed Services Committee briefing held the next day. The additional comments are posted below.) By Troy Turner…

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By Troy Turner [email protected] It was 212 years ago when Gen. Andrew Jackson led his American infantry troops and Tennessee volunteers into Alabama and what is now Tallapoosa County. Here, he engaged in combat with the Creek Nation warriors who were hostile to white settlers taking their land and had become allies with the British…

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Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael J. Lutton, left, deputy commander of U.S. Strategic Command; Space Force Gen. Stephen N. Whiting, commander of U.S. Space Command; and Air Force Gen. Gregory M. Guillot, commander of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, participate in a panel discussion about homeland defense during the Air and…

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Joint Interagency Task Force 401 director, Army Brig. Gen. Matt Ross, delivers remarks at the Mark Center in Alexandria, Va., Nov. 25, 2025. (Photo/Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza) By Troy Turner [email protected] HUNTSVILLE — The War Department and FBI both have reasons to move forward fast in a strategic alliance to protect the…

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(Air Force Secretary Troy Meink, left, SPACECOM commander Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting (virtual), and members of Alabama’s and Tennessee’s congressional delegations met Tuesday to discuss SPACECOM’s move to Huntsville. Photos/SPACECOM) By Troy Turner [email protected] HUNTSVILLE – U.S. Space Command continues to work on a quickened pace to move its headquarters from Colorado to Alabama, including…

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(Photo: Griffon Aerospace media) By Troy Turner [email protected] The War Department on Tuesday announced the 25 vendors, including three with Alabama ties, invited to compete in Phase I of the Drone Dominance Program, an acquisition reform effort designed to rapidly field low-cost, unmanned one-way attack drones at scale. The Department plans to be fielding “hundreds…

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