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  • The Secretary of Navy and FOX News weren’t the only visitors in Alabama last week… and more will come

    The Secretary of Navy and FOX News weren’t the only visitors in Alabama last week… and more will come

    January 13, 2026

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    OPINION

    Photo: Fox News interviews the Secretary of Navy with the USS Alabama battleship in the background. COMMENTARY By Troy Turner [email protected] Alabama remains

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  • Austal USA christens the future USNS Lansing multi-use fast transport ship

    Austal USA christens the future USNS Lansing multi-use fast transport ship

    January 12, 2026

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    NAVY

    Special to AlaDefense.com MOBILE — The final U.S. Navy Expeditionary Fast Transport Ship – the future USNS Lansing (EPF 16) – was christened

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  • Alabama Rep. Mike Rogers to be honored for his role in advocating the creation of U.S. Space Force

    Alabama Rep. Mike Rogers to be honored for his role in advocating the creation of U.S. Space Force

    January 8, 2026

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    SPACE FORCE

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The Air Force Historical Foundation is honoring Alabama Congressman Mike Rogers with its Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond Award

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  • Mobile company picks up Navy contract to deactivate oiler ship USNS John Ericcson

    Mobile company picks up Navy contract to deactivate oiler ship USNS John Ericcson

    January 7, 2026

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    CONTRACTS, NAVY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Navy has awarded Alabama Shipyard LLC a nearly $17 million contract for the deactivation of Military Sealift

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  • BL Harbert International adds Huntsville data center project to its lengthy government resume

    BL Harbert International adds Huntsville data center project to its lengthy government resume

    January 6, 2026

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    ARMY, CONTRACTS

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Army awarded Birmingham-based BL Harbert International LLC a nearly $172 million contract for the conversion of existing

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  • Alabama company lands $1.87 billion contract for operations work at major Air Force test base

    Alabama company lands $1.87 billion contract for operations work at major Air Force test base

    January 3, 2026

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    AIR FORCE, CONTRACTS

    A 96th Test Wing F-15E Strike Eagle flies during a test mission with laser-guided rockets May 22, 2025, over Eglin Air Force Base,

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  • TURNER:  Black-eyed peas tradition seeded in Civil War lore

    TURNER:  Black-eyed peas tradition seeded in Civil War lore

    December 31, 2025

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    ARMY, OPINION

    Sherman’s march to the sea, November-December 1864. (Felix Octavius Carr Darley/J. P. Finch,1883, via Library of Congress) By Troy Turner [email protected] Southerners associate

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  • 12 military innovations that are now everyday parts of society

    12 military innovations that are now everyday parts of society

    December 24, 2025

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    Uncategorized

    By Katie Lange Pentagon News Every morning, many of us scour the internet on our phones for a bit before popping some breakfast

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  • Senate confirms next commanding general for Army Space & Missile Defense Command

    Senate confirms next commanding general for Army Space & Missile Defense Command

    December 21, 2025

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    ARMY

    By Jason Cutshaw U.S. Army SMDC REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. – Maj. Gen. John L. Rafferty Jr. was confirmed by the U.S. Senate for

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  • Horseshoe Bend National Military Park reopens tour road, trails, after tornado

    Horseshoe Bend National Military Park reopens tour road, trails, after tornado

    December 18, 2025

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    By Troy Turner [email protected] DAVISTON — Horseshoe Bend National Military Park has reopened its main tour road and portions of its eastern trail

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  • Navy’s USNS Comfort hospital ship slated for return to Mobile

    Navy’s USNS Comfort hospital ship slated for return to Mobile

    December 17, 2025

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    By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Navy has awarded Alabama Shipyard LLC, Mobile, a $16.7 million contract for a 102-calendar day shipyard availability

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  • Waterman Transport nets new contract for cargo transport across the Pacific

    Waterman Transport nets new contract for cargo transport across the Pacific

    December 16, 2025

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    CONTRACTS, NAVY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Navy has awarded Waterman Transport Inc., based in Mobile, an almost $9.5 million contract for the chartered

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    Huntsville-based IS4S awarded Air Force contract update to provide radio comms system work

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