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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 after retirement? Some of them may get parked in this stretch of dry land in Arizona. The following is a feature story shared by the Department of Defense.) By David Vergun, DOD News…
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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 nearly $35 million a contract for sustainment of the Consolidated Emergency Response System (CERS). Marine Corps bases worldwide use the CERS, which standardizes emergency dispatching capabilities and provides emergency first responders with…
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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. Tolliver provides services in training, logistics, strategic planning and technical solutions. The Army’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Office is located on Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, and is made up of soldiers, civilians and…
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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 in 1981, will receive the George C. Marshall International Center’s Ethical Leadership Award. A distinguished cybersecurity and naval leader, Rogers is the former commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the…
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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 million contract for cyber operations training support. The Air Force in a separate, unrelated transaction also awarded Tyonek a nearly $46 million contract for the company to provide depot maintenance support for…
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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 a partnership with General Dynamics Land Systems, works with the Army and assists in efforts to modernize the Army’s fleet of combat vehicles. The Stryker vehicles are planned to be in the…
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‘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 is being reposted upon news today of Hackman’s death, at age 95. By David Vergun, DOD News Actor Gene Hackman, who starred as the captain of the USS Alabama in the film “Crimson…
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Alabama National Guard medics train for combat during exercises in Germany

February 24, 2025

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ARMY

By: Staff Sgt. Jaccob Hearn Alabama National Guard For two weeks in Germany, no one saw the sun. Each new bitter morning, the unending gray, heavy skies of U.S. Army Garrison Hohenfels only promise more cold and rain. The sharp chills, harsh winds, and muddy earth may be the norm for soldiers of the 1st…
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Battle of Iwo Jima: 80 years later, lessons learned

February 19, 2025

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MARINES, NAVY

(Marines raise the flag on Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb. 23, 1945. Photo ccurtesy of Joe Rosenthal, via DOD) By David Vergun DOD News The Battle of Iwo Jima took place from Feb. 19, 1945 to March 26, 1945. The island, only 8 square miles in area, was considered crucial to the strategy of the Pacific campaign…
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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 celebrating one month after a successful kidney transplant for Sargent and Bohl’s brother. Bohl, a Mississippi Air National Guardsman, donated a kidney to Sargent, an Alabama Air National Guardsman. Nicole Brannon (second…
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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. Indo-Pacific Command. The 117th is based at Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base in Birmingham and flies the KC-135R Stratotanker. (U.S. Air National Guard photos by Senior Airman Kasie Faddis) “Our airmen…
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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 fleet’s littoral combat ships deployed to the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans and the countries and ports therein.” Austal was granted a $48 million modification to a previously awarded contract, bringing the…
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