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  • Navy singer goes from Auburn to NFL mega-audience on way to social media fame

    Navy singer goes from Auburn to NFL mega-audience on way to social media fame

    January 29, 2025

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    NAVY

    By Troy Turner [email protected]                                     AUBURN – Basketball fans fortunate enough to attend last Saturday’s hard-fought Auburn-Tennessee game briefly may have turned their heads

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  • Alabama Congressional delegation wastes no time in making pitch to Trump for Space Command Headquarters

    Alabama Congressional delegation wastes no time in making pitch to Trump for Space Command Headquarters

    January 22, 2025

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    Uncategorized

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The 119th Congress began its first session on Jan. 3, and within days members from Alabama introduced resolutions in

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  • The president leads our government, but who is next in the line of succession? The next 18 positions of power:

    The president leads our government, but who is next in the line of succession? The next 18 positions of power:

    January 20, 2025

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    Uncategorized

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The inauguration of President Donald Trump into his second term brought most of the top U.S. government leadership all

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  • Alabama National Guard activates 400 in latest winter weather response

    Alabama National Guard activates 400 in latest winter weather response

    January 20, 2025

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY

    Alabama National Guard personnel responded to an earlier winter-assistance activation, shown here Jan. 11, 2025. (Alabama National Guard photo) MONTGOMERY — The Alabama

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  • Maxwell AFB begins Grey Wolf training role; 24th Helicopter Squadron activated for special missions

    Maxwell AFB begins Grey Wolf training role; 24th Helicopter Squadron activated for special missions

    January 14, 2025

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    AIR FORCE

    By Troy Turner [email protected] MONTGOMERY – Special-mission aviators for worldwide service in nuclear security, VIP transportation, and survival/evasion/resistance/escape operations will be in the

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  • TURNER: Sharing hammers and nails with Jimmy Carter

    TURNER: Sharing hammers and nails with Jimmy Carter

    January 9, 2025

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    COMMENTARY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The gray-haired man wore a carpenter’s apron with the same authority as an Old West gunslinger donning his six-shooter.

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  • Alabama National Guard activates for winter weather support

    Alabama National Guard activates for winter weather support

    January 9, 2025

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    Alabama National Guard personnel responded to assist stranded motorists during a winter storm one year ago in January 2024. (ANG photo) MONTGOMERY —

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  • Navy adds Huntsville-based Davidson to its SeaPort-NxG procurement list

    Navy adds Huntsville-based Davidson to its SeaPort-NxG procurement list

    January 6, 2025

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    CONTRACTS, CYBERSECURITY, NAVY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Navy has selected Davidson, an engineering and technology research firm based in Huntsville, for inclusion in its

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  • Medal of Honor profile: Army Col. Robert L. Howard of Opelika

    Medal of Honor profile: Army Col. Robert L. Howard of Opelika

    January 6, 2025

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    ARMY

    Army Sgt. 1st Class Robert L. Howard, a Green Beret, carries a North Vietnamese Army prisoner of war during an incident in Vietnam.

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  • Northrop Grumman-Huntsville wins $481 million contract for updates to battle command system

    Northrop Grumman-Huntsville wins $481 million contract for updates to battle command system

    January 5, 2025

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    ARMY, CONTRACTS

    A new unit of the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Command System is rolled out at Northrop Grumman’s Huntsville facility. (Northrop Grumman) By

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  • POW/MIA agency continues search for American personnel missing since WWII, including Tuskegee Airmen

    POW/MIA agency continues search for American personnel missing since WWII, including Tuskegee Airmen

    December 28, 2024

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY, MARINES, NAVY

    The remains of Tuskegee Airman Fred Brewer were found in Europe and returned to the U.S. From the Department of Defense The Defense

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  • University of Alabama in Huntsville lands $49 million DOD contract

    University of Alabama in Huntsville lands $49 million DOD contract

    December 18, 2024

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    ARMY, CONTRACTS

    By Troy Turner [email protected] HUNTSVILLE — The U.S. Army has awarded an almost $49 million contract to the University of Alabama in Huntsville

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