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  • A match made in service: Mississippi Air Guard’s kidney donation finds recipient in Alabama Airman

    A match made in service: Mississippi Air Guard’s kidney donation finds recipient in Alabama Airman

    February 15, 2025

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY

    Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Sargent (middle with maroon shirt) and family visit with Master Sgt. Ron Bohl (second from left) and his family

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  • Alabama’s 117th Air Refueling Wing returns from Indo-Pacific deployment

    Alabama’s 117th Air Refueling Wing returns from Indo-Pacific deployment

    February 11, 2025

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    AIR FORCE

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The Alabama National Guard’s 117th Air Refueling Wing recently returned from a planned deployment in support of the U.S.

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  • Navy extends Austal USA contract for work on littoral combat ships

    Navy extends Austal USA contract for work on littoral combat ships

    February 8, 2025

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    CONTRACTS, NAVY

    Austal USA LLC, based in Mobile, recently received a contract extension with the U.S. Navy to continue “emergent repair and continuous maintenance on the

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  • UPDATED LIST: DOD’s contracts with Alabama-linked companies bring $billions in defense spending

    UPDATED LIST: DOD’s contracts with Alabama-linked companies bring $billions in defense spending

    February 7, 2025

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    CONTRACTS

    (Laser warfare development is among the many fields of research taking place in Alabama. DOD photo.) By Troy Turner [email protected] The Department of

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  • Audie Murphy: Hero, movie star, veteran

    Audie Murphy: Hero, movie star, veteran

    February 2, 2025

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    ARMY

    Audie Murphy shown relaxing during a 1954 stay at the Tutwiler Hotel in Birmingham. Murphy often toured the nation giving speeches at war

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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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