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Wounded Knee and the revisit to 20 medals of honor

September 26, 2025

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ARMY, OPINION

Photo: U.S. troops surrounding American Indians at Wounded Knee, S.D., 1890. (Miller Studio, Gordon, Neb./Library of Congress) EDITOR’S NOTE: This column was first posted more than a year ago on Aug. 3, 2024. It is being reposted because of Thursday’s announcement by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth that all 20 soldiers will keep their medals…
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Theadore company awarded contract update for Coast Guard Special Purpose vessels

September 26, 2025

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COAST GUARD, CONTRACTS

By Troy Turner [email protected] The Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Silver Ships, Inc., based in Theadore off Mobile Bay, a nearly $12 million contract modification to an earlier $16 million deal for additional vessels to support the Coast Guard. The contract modification exercises options with Silver Ships for two 11-meter surface support craft and…
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Army expands Dynetics contract for Inc 2 air defense system against drone and cruise missile threats

September 22, 2025

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ARMY, CONTRACTS

By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Army and Huntsville-based Dynetics Inc., a Leidos company, continue their partnership in short- to mid-range air and missile defense with a contract modification for the production of the Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2 weapon system, also known as IFPC Inc 2. Inc 2 is a mobile, ground-based weapon…
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Rep. Dale Strong looks to pave way for space transportation infrastructure with SPACEPORT Act

September 19, 2025

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AIR FORCE, ARMY, SPACE FORCE

By Troy Turner [email protected] WASHINGTON – Congressman Dale W. Strong, who represents portions of the Huntsville region in north Alabama, re-introduced the Spaceport Project Opportunities for Resilient Transportation (SPACEPORT) Act, which would provide dedicated federal support to U.S. spaceports. The Act is intended to help ensure the nation can meet growing civil, commercial and national…
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Huntsville-based Teledyne Brown Engineering picks up $127 million Navy contract to support health services

September 18, 2025

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CONTRACTS, MARINES, NAVY

By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Navy recently awarded Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc., Huntsville, a nearly $127 million contract for a wide range of services in support of the Naval Health Research Center. The center is located in San Diego, California, and is considered the Department of Defense’s premier deployment health research center, using research and…
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Bridge over I-85 dedicated to Medal of Honor recipient Bennie Adkins

September 13, 2025

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ARMY

The Bent Creek Road bridge over Interstate 85 in Auburn officially was dedicated Sept. 10 in memory of Medal of Honor recipient Army Command Sgt. Maj. Bennie G. Adkins. Adkins passed away from complications with COVID-19 in 2020 at the age of 86. He was an Oklahoma native, but called Opelika home much of his…
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Auburn University appoints DOD’s former Space Development Agency head as director of space innovation

September 12, 2025

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CYBERSECURITY, SPACE FORCE

Derek Tournear (DOD photo by USMC Sgt. Taryn Escott, June 2021) By Troy Turner [email protected] AUBURN – Auburn University recently announced the hiring of Derek Tournear, former director of the Space Development Agency, as its inaugural director of space innovation, signaling the university’s growing technology role in contributing to national security. The Space Development Agency…
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Coast Guard moves forward with shipbuilder Austal USA contract in Offshore Patrol Cutter program

September 10, 2025

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COAST GUARD, CONTRACTS

MOBILE — The U.S. Coast Guard exercised options worth $314 million to shipbuilder Austal USA for additional production in the Offshore Patrol Cutter program, the company recently announced. The contract options provide Austal USA approval to order long lead-time materials for another three cutter vessels. They will be the fourth, fifth and sixth produced by…
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TURNER: A closer look behind the podium in bringing SPACECOM HQ to Alabama

September 6, 2025

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COMMENTARY

A screenshot of President Trump’s press conference. < COMMENTARY By Troy Turner [email protected] It was a celebratory moment for Alabama’s GOP congressional delegation, and not even President Trump’s punchlines about Alabama and Auburn football could distract for long from his announcement of making Huntsville, Alabama, the permanent home for U.S. Space Command Headquarters. The hard-fought…
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DOD picks up an old name: Department of War

September 6, 2025

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The Old Executive Office Building, also known as the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, located at the corner of Pennsylvania Ave. and 17th Street, NW in Washington. It once housed the War Department, State Department and Navy Department. (Library of Congress) By Matthew Olay, Department of War President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order Friday changing…
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Trump announces relocation of U.S. Space Command to Alabama

September 3, 2025

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By Matthew Olay, DOD News During a press conference at the White House today, President Donald J. Trump announced that U.S. Space Command — one of the Defense Department’s 11 unified combatant commands — would be relocating from Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, to the Army’s Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. “I am thrilled to report…
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UPDATE: ANNOUNCEMENT EXPECTED TODAY …….GAO report reaffirms selection process that chose Huntsville, Alabama, as preferred site for U.S. Space Command HQ

September 2, 2025

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AIR FORCE, ARMY, CYBERSECURITY, MARINES, NAVY, SPACE FORCE

(UPDATE: President Trump is expected to announce today, Sept. 2, 2025, that Space Command HQ will indeed move to Huntsville, Alabama. More stories, commentary to come. The story below was published in May 2025 as background on why the move could be warranted.) By Troy Turner [email protected] Huntsville, Alabama, is where the U.S. Air Force…
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Wounded Knee and the revisit to 20 medals of honor

Theadore company awarded contract update for Coast Guard Special Purpose vessels

Army expands Dynetics contract for Inc 2 air defense system against drone and cruise missile threats

Rep. Dale Strong looks to pave way for space transportation infrastructure with SPACEPORT Act

Huntsville-based Teledyne Brown Engineering picks up $127 million Navy contract to support health services

Bridge over I-85 dedicated to Medal of Honor recipient Bennie Adkins

Auburn University appoints DOD’s former Space Development Agency head as director of space innovation

Coast Guard moves forward with shipbuilder Austal USA contract in Offshore Patrol Cutter program

TURNER: A closer look behind the podium in bringing SPACECOM HQ to Alabama

DOD picks up an old name: Department of War

Trump announces relocation of U.S. Space Command to Alabama

UPDATE: ANNOUNCEMENT EXPECTED TODAY …….GAO report reaffirms selection process that chose Huntsville, Alabama, as preferred site for U.S. Space Command HQ

National Park Service, Auburn University to host Horseshoe Bend battle symposium at Pebble Hill

Army enters $10 billion long-term commercial contract for Fort Rucker helicopter training

Air Force awards Torch Technologies nearly $1 billion contract for support services at Eglin AFB

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