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Old Guard honors fallen with ‘Flags In’ tradition

May 24, 2025

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AIR FORCE, ARMY, COAST GUARD, MARINES, NAVY, SPACE FORCE

DOD News Nearly 1,500 soldiers assigned to the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as “The Old Guard,” placed U.S. flags at over 260,000 headstones and niche columns across Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, for the 77th annual “Flags In” ceremony, May 22, 2025. The predawn mission, beginning at 4 a.m. despite cold, misty conditions, marked the official start of…
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Selma-based American Apparel remains a steadfast supplier for all U.S. military branches

May 23, 2025

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AIR FORCE, ARMY, COAST GUARD, CONTRACTS, MARINES, NAVY, SPACE FORCE

By Troy Turner [email protected] SELMA — American Apparel Inc., a Selma-based company with a longstanding history of providing apparel needs for the military, recently received in its latest deal a $14.3 million contract to provide blouses and trousers for the U.S. Marine Corps. More notable, however, is that American Apparel has become a reliable model…
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Cummings Aerospace packs speed, ease and diversity in its Hellhound as competition stiffens for combat-ready drones

May 22, 2025

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AIR FORCE, ARMY, CYBERSECURITY, MARINES, SPACE FORCE

By Troy Turner [email protected] HUNTSVILLE – Hellhound, the word, refers to a ferocious animal that aggressively seeks its prey, and that is the strategy Cummings Aerospace and the U.S. Army is thinking with the new Hellhound unmanned aerial vehicle developed by Cummings. The war between Ukraine and Russia has opened a mad rush of militaries…
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Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind awarded $29 million DOD contract

May 20, 2025

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AIR FORCE, ARMY, COAST GUARD, CONTRACTS, MARINES, NAVY, SPACE FORCE

TALLADEGA — The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind, doing business as Alabama Industries for the Blind, a $29.3 million contract for men’s neckties. The institute is a longtime client for the Department of Defense in providing various apparel needs. The five-year contract period runs until May 18, 2030,…
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USPS recognizes 250 years of Army, Navy, Marine Corps with new stamps

May 19, 2025

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ARMY, MARINES, NAVY

By C. Todd Lopez DOD News The U.S. Postal Service released a set of three new commemorative stamps to commemorate the 250th anniversaries of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps and recognize each service’s long-standing dedication to defending the nation. The three stamps, each featuring the name of the military service, the service seal and the…
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Alabama’s 187th Fighter Wing takes F-35s through first ‘hot turn’ exercise with live munitions

May 17, 2025

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AIR FORCE

By Air Force Capt. Michael Luangkhot Special to AlaDefense.com The 187th Fighter Wing, home of the Red Tails F-35 wing based at Dannelly Field in Montgomery, recently conducted its first hot integrated combat turn (ICT) with live munitions for the Weapons System Evaluation Program at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Alabama’s 187th is one of…
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REAL ID requirement goes into effect for visitors to Maxwell AFB and Gunter Annex

May 15, 2025

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AIR FORCE, ARMY, NAVY, SPACE FORCE

MONTGOMERY — Visitors planning to access Maxwell Air Force Base or Gunter Annex should be aware of a new requirement that began on May 7, 2025: A REAL ID-compliant credential is required for entry. The change, mandated by the REAL ID Act of 2005, affects all individuals seeking visitor passes. Similar requirements exist at all…
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USNS Comfort to be deployed on Continuing Promise 2025 mission

May 15, 2025

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ARMY, NAVY

The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort, a routine sight in Mobile Bay in recent years, will deploy June-August to the U.S. Southern Command area of operations as part of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Continuing Promise 2025 mission. Alabama Shipyard, LLC in Mobile won contracts from the Navy for two of the…
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Northrop Grumman contract modified to almost $2 billion for missile defense target systems

May 10, 2025

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AIR FORCE, ARMY, CONTRACTS, MARINES, NAVY

By Troy Turner [email protected] HUNTSVILLE — The Missile Defense Agency awarded Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Chandler, Arizona, a contract modification that ups the value to almost $2 billion for the company’s work in providing complex missile defense target systems for the U.S. military. The MDA’s Redstone Arsenal operation in Huntsville, Alabama, and the Department of…
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Dynetics picks up $74 million Army contract for refurbishment work

May 10, 2025

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ARMY, CONTRACTS

The U.S. Army and Department of Defense awarded Dynetics Inc., Huntsville, a $74 million contract for equipment refurbishment. The equipment undergoing the work is unspecified in the contract announcement, which was made April 25. However, Dynetics has a strong track record of DOD deals, including in November 2024 when it garnered a $670.5 million contract…
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Navy exec pays visit to Austal USA submarine-production facilities

May 9, 2025

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NAVY

MOBILE –Rear Admiral Jonathan Rucker, the Navy’s program executive officer for attack submarines, on Thursday visited Mobile where he addressed more than 200 members of the Austal USA and General Dynamics Electric Boat submarine manufacturing team. Rucker emphasized the importance of their work on the Virginia- and Columbia-class submarine programs before touring Austal’s ship manufacturing…
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Army to roll out 40 Delta, its first enlisted Space Ops MOS

May 3, 2025

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ARMY

Editor’s note: AlaDefense.com reported in August 2024 a story from the Space & Missile Defense Symposium in which the commanding general of the U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command, located in Huntsville, publicly advocated for the development of a space-related MOS. The addition of the Army’s space operations specialist 40D program is expected to…
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