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  • USNS Laramie slatted to make return service call to Alabama Shipyard LLC

    USNS Laramie slatted to make return service call to Alabama Shipyard LLC

    April 12, 2025

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    CONTRACTS, NAVY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] Alabama Shipyard LLC, Mobile, earned a nearly $12.5 million contract with the Navy for shipyard availability and scheduled maintenance

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  • Huntsville’s Synovix Inc. to support Sidewinder intercept missile program used by Navy, USMC

    Huntsville’s Synovix Inc. to support Sidewinder intercept missile program used by Navy, USMC

    March 31, 2025

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    AIR FORCE, CONTRACTS, MARINES, NAVY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Navy has chosen Huntsville-based Synovix Inc. and another company to share in a $48 million contract to

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  • Northrop Grumman-Huntsville adds new contract for Poland’s military

    Northrop Grumman-Huntsville adds new contract for Poland’s military

    March 31, 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) Northrop

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  • Austal USA christens the future USNS Billy Frank Jr.

    Austal USA christens the future USNS Billy Frank Jr.

    March 30, 2025

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    CONTRACTS, MARINES, NAVY

    Mobile-based shipbuilder Austal USA christened on Saturday the company’s first steel ship, the future USNS Billy Frank Jr., which will serve the U.S.

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  • Aircraft boneyard supports DOD readiness with five core missions

    Aircraft boneyard supports DOD readiness with five core missions

    March 18, 2025

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY, COAST GUARD, MARINES, NAVY

    (Editor’s note: Where do the U.S. Air Force aircraft that fly in and out of Maxwell Air Force Base over the years go

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  • Marine Corps taps Hexagon for continued work on emergency response system

    Marine Corps taps Hexagon for continued work on emergency response system

    March 17, 2025

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    CONTRACTS, MARINES

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Marine Corps and Department of Defense recently awarded Hexagon US Federal Inc., Huntsville, a modification bringing to

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  • Huntsville-based Tolliver Group tapped for logistics work with Army’s unmanned aircraft program

    Huntsville-based Tolliver Group tapped for logistics work with Army’s unmanned aircraft program

    March 13, 2025

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    ARMY, CONTRACTS

    The Tolliver Group Inc., Huntsville, was awarded a $10.7 million contract modification for logistics support to the Army’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Office.

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  • Retired U.S. Navy Admiral Mike Rogers, an Auburn alum, to be honored with national Marshall Award

    Retired U.S. Navy Admiral Mike Rogers, an Auburn alum, to be honored with national Marshall Award

    March 11, 2025

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    CYBERSECURITY, NAVY

    Auburn University press release Retired Navy Admiral Mike Rogers, who earned his business degree in personnel management and industrial relations from Auburn University

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  • Air Force awards Tyonek a $98 million contract for cyber training; $46 million in support of C-130 fleet

    Air Force awards Tyonek a $98 million contract for cyber training; $46 million in support of C-130 fleet

    March 5, 2025

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    AIR FORCE, CONTRACTS

    By Troy Turner [email protected] MADISON, Alabama — The U.S. Air Force has awarded Tyonek Technical Services LLC, via its Madison site, a $98

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  • TURNER:  Keep politics out of the military, and give Hal Moore the Medal of Honor; he earned it

    TURNER:  Keep politics out of the military, and give Hal Moore the Medal of Honor; he earned it

    March 3, 2025

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    ARMY, COMMENTARY

    COMMENTARY Troy Turner is the editor and senior consultant for AlaDefense.com. <  Fred who? A Google search couldn’t find a single image of

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  • Pentagon deploys Stryker brigade, aviation battalion to southern border

    Pentagon deploys Stryker brigade, aviation battalion to southern border

    March 2, 2025

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    ARMY

    Anniston Army Depot plays vital role with Army’s Stryker vehicles Editor’s note: Anniston Army Depot’s Stryker Exchange program, which began in 2012 through

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  • ‘Crimson Tide’ actor Gene Hackman served in the Marine Corps

    ‘Crimson Tide’ actor Gene Hackman served in the Marine Corps

    February 27, 2025

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    MARINES, NAVY

    Editor’s note: The following is a file story from the Department of Defense in a series spotlighting well-known entertainers with military experience. It

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