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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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    Uncategorized

    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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  • DOD taps Auburn research, Coosa County minerals to help with a critical supply chain need

    DOD taps Auburn research, Coosa County minerals to help with a critical supply chain need

    December 9, 2024

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

    (A U.S. Army unmanned, eight-wheeled, all-electric, all-terrain transport vehicle equipped with an enhanced surveillance package. U.S. Army photo.) By Troy Turner [email protected] AUBURN

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  • Alabama National Guard pins its first female Army Ranger

    Alabama National Guard pins its first female Army Ranger

    December 8, 2024

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    ARMY

    By Spc. Angelina Tran Alabama National Guard FORT MOORE, Ga.— Surrounded by friends, family, mentors and peers, U.S. Army Capt. Allison Miller, a

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  • Agency accounts for all Sailors, Marines from USS Oklahoma sunk at Pearl Harbor

    Agency accounts for all Sailors, Marines from USS Oklahoma sunk at Pearl Harbor

    December 7, 2024

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    NAVY

    Editor’s note: Several Alabamians were killed while serving on board the USS Oklahoma when it was attacked at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7,

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  • Space Command HQ should be decided… sans politics

    Space Command HQ should be decided… sans politics

    November 28, 2024

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

    COMMENTARY/ANALYSIS By Troy Turner Editor, senior consultant AlaDefense.com A multi-billion-dollar question of national security sits on the table. Along with its answer comes

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  • Columbus, Ga., veteran-owned company lands $600 million Air Force contract

    Columbus, Ga., veteran-owned company lands $600 million Air Force contract

    November 26, 2024

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY, CONTRACTS

    *********************** STORY UPDATE: Similar details reported in this 2023 story were presented in a renewed contract announcement made by the Department of Defense

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