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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. Armed with a hammer, he could drive nails fast and steady, while his friendly smile could give way at any moment to the steely eyes of a craftsman vexed with the sight…
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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 — The Alabama National Guard has activated approximately 350 service members to assist local first responders and state support agencies in anticipation of severe winter weather later this week, officials announced Wednesday. The…
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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 SeaPort Next Generation program, the company announced on Monday. Known as SeaPort-NxG, the program is the Navy’s streamlined procurement vehicle for professional support services across the Navy, Marine Corps and other Department…
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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. Howard is a Medal of Honor recipient and one of America’s most decorated soldiers. By Katie Lange DOD News Army Col. Robert Lewis Howard was a legend for his service in the Special…
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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 Troy Turner [email protected] Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Huntsville, was awarded a $481 million Army contract for updates and improvements to software for the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System. The…
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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 POW/MIA Accounting Agency on Aug. 10, 2023, identified the remains of 2nd Lt. Fred L. Brewer Jr., missing from World War II. Brewer, who joined the U.S. Army Air Forces from North…
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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 (UAH) for research work and engineering and aviation development services. The Department of the Defense announced the contract Wednesday (Dec. 18). Work locations and funding will be determined with each order for…
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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 – The U.S. Navy is looking for ways to arm its warships at sea with weapons that don’t run out of ammunition. The Marine Corps and Army are developing ground warfare models…
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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 logistics officer for the Alabama National Guard’s 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne), became the first female Alabama National Guard soldier to graduate from U.S. Army Ranger School. The ceremony, Dec 6, 2024,…
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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, 1941, including Julius Ellsberry, a Birmingham native who was the first African American and Alabamian to die in World War II. Others lost that day included: Navy Chief Warrant Officer John A. Austin…
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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 a critical influence on the direction of future warfare and an accompaniment of defense industries that will solidify the mecca of American military space technology. It is time to bring the U.S.…
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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 on Nov. 20, 2024, for ELB Services LLC, of Columbus, Georgia, thus continuing the 11-year, $600 million contract set to expire in 2034. *********************** By Troy Turner [email protected] ELB Services LLC, of…
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