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  • The movie Gladiator’s small but meaningful connections to Alabama

    The movie Gladiator’s small but meaningful connections to Alabama

    November 26, 2024

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    (Editor’s note: This story originally published in May 2024.) By Troy Turner [email protected] Movie goers are reveling this month over the 24th anniversary

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  • USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park names former Navy commander as new executive director

    USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park names former Navy commander as new executive director

    November 19, 2024

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    MOBILE — The USS Alabama Battleship Commission announced Tuesday evening that Commander Mark J. Fields, U.S. Navy (Ret.) of Tuscaloosa, will become the

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  • Missile Defense Agency taps Auburn University for latest in string of DOD-Auburn research partnerships

    Missile Defense Agency taps Auburn University for latest in string of DOD-Auburn research partnerships

    November 14, 2024

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

    (Photo: The Auburn University Research and Innovation Campus, located at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville.) By Troy Turner [email protected] AUBURN – The Department of

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  • Mobile company Waterman Transport will service two Navy-chattered vessels for Antarctica mission

    Mobile company Waterman Transport will service two Navy-chattered vessels for Antarctica mission

    November 12, 2024

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    COAST GUARD, CONTRACTS, NAVY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The Navy has awarded Waterman Transport Inc., based in Mobile, two contracts totaling more than $17 million for a

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  • Rep. Mike Rogers is on the shortlist for secretary of defense, and that could bode well for Alabama

    Rep. Mike Rogers is on the shortlist for secretary of defense, and that could bode well for Alabama

    November 9, 2024

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

    (Photo: Rep. Mike Rogers, center, during a 2017 visit to Ukraine. DOD photo.) STORY UPDATE: President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday evening announced in

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  • ‘Hemisphere’ mission to include Huntsville companies for share of $2.5 billion contract

    ‘Hemisphere’ mission to include Huntsville companies for share of $2.5 billion contract

    November 8, 2024

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    AIR FORCE, CONTRACTS, CYBERSECURITY, SPACE FORCE

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Space Force has awarded a complex, $2.5 billion contract to a dozen high-tech companies tasked with providing

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  • Alabama Shipyard chosen for post-shakedown work on Navy’s new oiler, USNS Harvey Milk

    Alabama Shipyard chosen for post-shakedown work on Navy’s new oiler, USNS Harvey Milk

    November 1, 2024

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    CONTRACTS, NAVY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The Navy has awarded Alabama Shipyard LLC, based in Mobile, a potential $26 million contract to perform post-shakedown work

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  • Huntsville-based Victory Solutions picks up $75 million contract for unique radar vessel

    Huntsville-based Victory Solutions picks up $75 million contract for unique radar vessel

    October 31, 2024

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    ARMY, CONTRACTS, CYBERSECURITY, NAVY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] Victory Solutions Inc., a Huntsville-based company providing a variety of technical, cyber, engineering and communications services to clients such

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  • Rapper MC Hammer served in the Navy, and his stage name has an Alabama connection

    Rapper MC Hammer served in the Navy, and his stage name has an Alabama connection

    October 26, 2024

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    Editor’s note: This story is part of a series by the Department of Defense highlighting famous sports stars and entertainers who served in

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  • These 17-year-old twins get an early start in Alabama National Guard

    These 17-year-old twins get an early start in Alabama National Guard

    October 24, 2024

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    By Staff Sgt. Jaccob Hearn Alabama National Guard Meet Pvt. Ciara Fells and Pvt. Asalyn Fells (L-R in photo), identical twins and newly

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  • Huntsville company tasked with assisting in UAS-defense development

    Huntsville company tasked with assisting in UAS-defense development

    October 17, 2024

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    CONTRACTS, MARINES

    (Top: AI-generated image/AlaDefense.com; Bottom: DOD file photo) By Troy Turner [email protected] The Department of Defense and U.S. Navy awarded Invariant Corp., based in

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  • Report: Alabama ranks among the top 15 states in defense spending

    Report: Alabama ranks among the top 15 states in defense spending

    October 16, 2024

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

    By Troy Turner [email protected] Lockheed Martin was Alabama’s top defense contractor in 2023, bringing the state more than $1.1 billion in Department of

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