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  • Birmingham-based BL Harbert adds Fort Novosel to impressive global resume

    Birmingham-based BL Harbert adds Fort Novosel to impressive global resume

    November 10, 2023

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY, CONTRACTS

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Army tapped BL Harbert International LLC, a Birmingham-based mega-contractor experienced in high-profile government and commercial builds including […]

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  • Tuskegee Airman gets a promotion, at age 100

    Tuskegee Airman gets a promotion, at age 100

    November 9, 2023

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY

    AlaDefense.com Tuskegee Airman fighter pilot and pioneer “Top Gun,” James H. Harvey III, at the age of 100 is in the news with […]

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  • DOD launches new online site to celebrate, assist veterans and military families

    DOD launches new online site to celebrate, assist veterans and military families

    November 2, 2023

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY, MARINES, NAVY, SPACE FORCE

    The Department of Defense has launched Military OneSource, a new, easily accessible online site as part of the department’s recognition of November as […]

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  • WW I sailor, Alabama native on USS Cassin gave his life to save others; earned Medal of Honor

    WW I sailor, Alabama native on USS Cassin gave his life to save others; earned Medal of Honor

    October 17, 2023

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    NAVY

    Navy Gunner’s Mate 1st Class Osmond Ingram Oct. 16, 2023 |  By Katie Lange , DOD News  When a torpedo came toward Navy Petty Officer 1st […]

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  • Fort Rucker was renamed Fort Novosel; here’s the heroic story behind its new namesake

    Fort Rucker was renamed Fort Novosel; here’s the heroic story behind its new namesake

    October 2, 2023

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY

    Editor’s note: Fort Novosel, previously known as Fort Rucker, is located in Dale County, Alabama, and serves as the home of U.S. Army […]

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  • Alabama ranks 12th in DOD’s latest spending report, and it’s a shipbuilder topping the list

    Alabama ranks 12th in DOD’s latest spending report, and it’s a shipbuilder topping the list

    September 26, 2023

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY, CONTRACTS, NAVY, SPACE FORCE

    By Troy Turner [email protected] Alabama’s leading defense contractor in fiscal year 2022 Department of Defense spending isn’t either of the longtime industry giants […]

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  • Huntsville company tapped for cybersecurity services to intelligence agency

    Huntsville company tapped for cybersecurity services to intelligence agency

    September 26, 2023

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    CYBERSECURITY, MARINES

    The Department of Defense has announced an $86 million contract for a Huntsville-based company to provide cybersecurity support services to one of its […]

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  • Alabama played a major role in destruction of chemical weapons stockpile

    Alabama played a major role in destruction of chemical weapons stockpile

    September 9, 2023

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    ARMY

    Related link: National Public Radio interview with journalist Troy Turner: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1418277 By Troy Turner Editor-in-chief [email protected] It was 20 years ago on Aug. […]

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  • The day weapons of mass destruction became lost in a cluster

    The day weapons of mass destruction became lost in a cluster

    September 8, 2023

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    ARMY, OPINION

    Troy Turner is editor-in-chief and senior consultant for AlaDefense.com. IT WAS, WHEN THE NEWS FIRST became public, a strangely quiet and subdued announcement, […]

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  • Popular songwriter Jimmy Buffett donated aircraft to the USS Alabama battleship park

    Popular songwriter Jimmy Buffett donated aircraft to the USS Alabama battleship park

    September 4, 2023

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY, MARINES, NAVY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] Much has been made of the late Jimmy Buffett’s ties to Alabama, including his brief time as a student […]

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  • USS Mobile Bay decommissions, honors 36 years of service

    USS Mobile Bay decommissions, honors 36 years of service

    August 25, 2023

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    By Julie Ann Ripley, DOD News SAN DIEGO – USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) honored more than three decades of naval service during […]

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  • Selma company lands $155 million in new contracts to make Army coats, Marine apparel

    Selma company lands $155 million in new contracts to make Army coats, Marine apparel

    August 23, 2023

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    ARMY, CONTRACTS, MARINES

    By Troy Turner [email protected] American Apparel Inc., a Selma-based company, landed in July a nearly $83 million five-year contract to produce men’s uniform […]

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