tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11842510275182044702024-03-13T12:06:22.522-05:00River Region Military NewsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160660775105767649noreply@blogger.comBlogger632125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184251027518204470.post-73913069183029970542010-10-15T16:21:00.003-05:002010-10-15T16:21:52.205-05:00Alabama company awarded defense contractSysco Foodservice of Sysco Alabama of Calera is being awarded a maximum $22,500,000 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, sole-source, prime vendor, bridge contract for food and beverage support.<br /><br />There are no other locations of performance. <br /><br />Using services are Army, Navy, and Air Force.<br /><br />The original proposal was Web-solicited with one response. <br /><br />The date of performance completion is Oct. 16, 2011.<br /><br /> The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160660775105767649noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184251027518204470.post-19491960485227385812010-10-15T16:21:00.001-05:002010-10-15T16:21:51.720-05:00Alabama company awarded defense contractSysco Foodservice of Sysco Alabama of Calera is being awarded a maximum $22,500,000 fixed-price with economic price adjustment, sole-source, prime vendor, bridge contract for food and beverage support.<br /><br />There are no other locations of performance. <br /><br />Using services are Army, Navy, and Air Force.<br /><br />The original proposal was Web-solicited with one response. <br /><br />The date of performance completion is Oct. 16, 2011.<br /><br /> The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160660775105767649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184251027518204470.post-58586589000837579202010-10-13T16:25:00.003-05:002010-10-15T16:20:42.668-05:00Montgomery company awarded defense contractClement Group, LLC of Montgomery was awarded on Sept. 30 a $11,405,417 firm-fixed-price contract.<br /><br />This contract is for brigade complex headquarters/sensitive compartmental information facilities, "(L) Phase 1 B, PN 65362," Fort Carson, Colo.<br /><br />Construct one standard design Brigade headquarters building with sensitive compartmental information facilities.<br /><br />Work is to be performed in Fort Carson, Colo., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 20, 2012.<br /><br />Four bids were solicited with two bids received.<br /><br />Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha, Neb., is the contracting activity.<br /><br />-------------------------<br /><br />Raytheon Co., IDS of Huntsville was awarded on Sept. 29 a $11,963,111 firm-fixed-price contract.<br /><br />This contract is for the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) plug and fight (P&F) A-kit design definition to develop an integrated set of components/platform end item preliminary engineering change proposals for the development of IAMD P&F A-kits that integrate the government furnished equipment IAMD B-kits.<br /><br />Work is to be performed in Huntsville with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received.<br /><br />AMCOM Contracting Center, Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal is the contracting activity.<br /><br />------------------------<br /><br />Brassfield & Gorrie of Birmingham was awarded on Sept. 30 a $9,742,000 firm-fixed-price contract to design and construct a soldier family care clinic.<br /><br />Work is to be performed in Fort Stewart, Ga., with an estimated completion date of March 22, 2012.<br /><br />Corps of Engineers Savannah District, Ga., is the contracting activity.<br /><br />-----------------------<br /><br />BAE Systems, Inc. of Anniston was awarded on Sept. 29 a $6,200,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the overhaul of 20 M113A3 Bradley family of vehicles for the Army National Guard.<br /><br />Work is to be performed in Anniston with an estimated completion date of Jan. 1, 2011.<br /><br />One bid was solicited with one bid received.<br /><br />TACOM, CCTA-AHLA, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160660775105767649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184251027518204470.post-51916579117576298762010-10-12T16:19:00.000-05:002010-10-12T16:20:37.966-05:00Alabama company awarded defense contractAustal USA, of Mobile is being awarded a $204,652,897 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-08-C-2217) for the exercise of construction options for ships four and five of the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) program. <br /><br />The JHSV will provide high speed, shallow draft transportation capability to support the intra-theater maneuver of personnel, supplies and equipment for the Navy, Marine Corps, and Army. <br /><br />Work will be performed in Mobile and is expected to be completed by December 2013. <br /><br />Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. <br /><br />The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160660775105767649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184251027518204470.post-87533141708774347742010-10-08T13:55:00.002-05:002010-10-08T13:59:13.448-05:00Stop Loss extension<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="maintextlarge"><span style="color: black;">Congress approved an extension for veterans affected by Stop Loss to claim their benefits.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="maintextlarge"><span style="color: black;">The new deadline is Dec. 3, 2010.<br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="maintextlarge"><span style="color: black;">For more information, click <a href="http://www.defense.gov/home/features/2010/0710_stoploss/">here</a>. <br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="maintextlarge"><span style="color: black;">Here's the story I wrote in August on the issue:</span></span></p><p>Service members and veterans who were on "<span class="highlight">stop loss</span>" from Sept. 11, 2001, to Sept. 20, 2009, are eligible for extra money. The problem is the Department of Defense is having a hard time finding them.</p> <p><span class="highlight">Stop loss</span> refers to service members who were kept on active duty beyond their contract to the military, typically because of shortages or needs in certain career fields.</p> <p>The defense department estimates that 145,000 service members and veterans nationwide are eligible for the benefit. More than $111 million has been paid to 25,000 troops and the Pentagon has about $423 million left in the program's fund, according to DoD figures.</p> <p>Congress approved the $500 per-month-served special payment when it passed the end of service dates as part of the 2009 War Supplemental Appropriations Act.</p> <p>But, the law only allows the department to accept applications for the benefit between October 2009 and this October. There are no authorizations in the law to make payments after the deadline.</p> <p>The average payout is $3,000 to $4,000, according to DoD figures. Each of the services has been reaching out to its members but finding all those eligible for the retroactive pay is proving to be a challenge, said Sam Retherford in a Department of Defense news release. He's the director for the DoD officer and enlisted personnel management office.</p> <p>"Getting the word out is our No. 1 challenge," he said in the news release. "Many are former members. Many have no obligation to the military anymore and are scattered across the world right now. Getting the word out for people to solicit the claim is our first challenge."</p> <p>More than 420,000 veterans are living in Alabama. Thousands have deployed or been activated with the National Guard and Reserves since Sept. 11, 2001.</p> <p>To apply for the retroactive payment, service members must have been honorably discharged and have documentation to prove they were affected by <span class="highlight">stop loss</span>. Those who served under <span class="highlight">stop loss</span> but later decided to extend their commitment or re-enlist are also eligible for the benefit.</p> <p>Documents that will be used to determine eligibility include a certificate of discharge, separation orders, retirement orders, memos from previous commanders or organizations.</p> <p>Retherford encourages service members to apply even if they don't have all the documentation because the service may have the documents to fill in the holes.</p> <p><span class="highlight">Stop Loss</span> has been used by the military since 1983 in cases of national emergency, according to the department.</p> <p><b>FIND OUT MORE</b></p> <p>Here's where to get information from each service:</p> <p><b>Army:</b> www.stoplosspay.army.mil or e-mail to RetroStopLossPay@conus.army.mil</p> <p><b>Navy:</b> E-mail to NXAG_N132C@navy.mil</p> <p><b>Air Force:</b> www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/stoploss/</p> <p><b>Marine Corps:</b> www.manpower.usmc.mil/stoploss or e-mail to stoploss@usmc.mil</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><span class="maintextlarge"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160660775105767649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184251027518204470.post-77168964381931458362010-10-08T13:44:00.002-05:002010-10-08T13:48:01.685-05:00USS Alabama Commission has new chairmanFrom the USS Alabama Commission:<br /><br />Col. Bill Callender of Mobile was elected chairman of the USS Alabama Battleship Commission at their September 2010 meeting held aboard Battleship USS Alabama in Mobile. <p class="MsoNormal">Callender has served on the Commission since 2005. He is an US Army Aviator who flew helicopters during the Vietnam War, retiring with the rank of colonel. He is also a retired public school administrator and served on the administrative staff at the University of South Alabama. He and his wife, Kay, have three daughters and a son.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Callender has been very involved in the Military Officers Association of America and Association of the US Army. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama with additional studies at the University of South Alabama and the Army War College. He is a member of several military organizations and led the drive for a veterans cemetery located in Baldwin County. He served as chairman of the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee and the Mobile Bay Veterans Day Commission, Inc. for several years. He is an ambassador for Honor Flight South Alabama.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Commission officers also elected include: Vice-Chair – Aubury Fuller of Summerdale, Secretary - Col. Pat Downing, USA (Ret) of Mobile, and Treasurer - Cdr. B. C. Jackson of Hope Hull. Immediate Past Chairman is Col. Barney Gass of Gulf Shores.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Additional Commissioners are: Greg Albritton, Range; Terry Ankerson, Mobile; Barry Booth, Spanish Fort; Ben Brooks and Robert Edington, Mobile; Gary Fitts, Tuscaloosa; William J. “Happy” Fulford, Montgomery; Lee A. Hallman, Tuscaloosa; Herb Malone, Gulf Shores; Hal Pierce, Daphne; Tim Russell, Foley, and; Paul Wesch, Mobile. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">The USS Alabama Battleship Commission is an independent agency of the State, whose 18 members are Alabama citizens appointed by the Governor. Created in 1963, the Commission oversees operations at Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, which displays the Battleship USS Alabama, Submarine USS Drum, 25 aircraft, and other exhibits. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Established to honor Alabamians who served in all United States military actions, Battleship Memorial Park has hosted more than 13 million visitors since opening in 1965, and is an internationally known major tourist attraction. Since inception, the Park has been self-supporting for daily operations without using any State of Alabama, or Mobile City and County tax funds.<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160660775105767649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184251027518204470.post-63190664903208040922010-10-01T09:41:00.002-05:002010-10-01T09:43:35.615-05:00Alabama airman killed in Afghanistan<p>Senior Airman Mark Forester, 29, of Tuscaloosa died Sept. 29 in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, while conducting combat operations in the area, according to a Defense Department release.<br /></p><p>He was assigned to the 21st Special Tactics Squadron, Pope Air Force Base, N.C.<br /></p><p><br /></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160660775105767649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184251027518204470.post-9072344116092062562010-09-27T14:24:00.002-05:002010-09-27T14:27:50.261-05:00Alabama companies awarded defense contractCaddell Construction Co., Inc. of Montgomery, was awarded on Sept. 20 a $15,485,000 firm-fixed-price contract for repair of buildings 2762 and 75 with an estimated completion date of May 27, 2012. <br /><br />Work is to be performed at Fort Benning, Ga. <br /><br />Bids were solicited via Web, with four received. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity.<br /><br />----------------------------<br /><br />ATAP, Inc. of Eastaboga was awarded an estimated $9,218,236 contract for the repair and overhaul of AS32R refueler vehicles. <br /><br />Best estimated quantity for the basic year is 84 refuelers. <br /><br />For Option I, the best estimated quantity is 58 vehicles; 57 for Option II-IV; and 52 for Options V-IX. At this time, no money has been obligated. <br /><br />WR-ALC/GRVKBA, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., is the contracting activity.<br /><br />----------------------------<br /><br />Systems Products & Solutions, Inc. of Huntsville, was awarded on Sept. 15 a $19,743,495 firm-fixed-price contract for training mechanics for the Iraqi Interior Ministry to train mechanics to repair HMMWV, air conditioning, hydraulics, power generation repair with an estimated completion date of Sept. 15, 2012. <br /><br />Work is to be performed at Baghdad, Iraq. <br /><br />Bids were solicited via the Web, with three received. Army Contracting Command, Rock Island, Ill., is the contracting activity.<br /><br />---------------------------Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160660775105767649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184251027518204470.post-71263312756771074732010-09-15T00:06:00.003-05:002010-09-15T09:31:35.154-05:00Oil spill with 'bama Guard<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxagBCwjHOimVh3wBie5CjG6k8Q0cir_GHRRDjpOnyuZzg9LfC-eHw7bL6cwoEwuVdEx-xk1GcGFDo_gl4Y' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div>I went down to Mobile to fly over the Gulf with the Alabama National Guard back in early July. Here's some of the video I shot that day. Sorry it took so long to get it up, I'll post more throughout the week. </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160660775105767649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184251027518204470.post-57776049545490767682010-09-13T17:08:00.004-05:002010-09-13T17:17:17.279-05:00908th members returning this weekMembers of the 908th Airlift Wing are returning from the desert this week. Check back here for more information and coverage.<br /><br />The 908th deployed in May, after several delays due to the volcanic ash over Europe.<br /><br />About 150 people deployed with several of the wing's C-130 cargo planes. The 908th is the only Air Force Reserve unit in the state and this was their first time back to the desert since 2008.<br /><br />They've been flying combat support mission in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Horn of Africa for about four months. Flights crews, maintenance personnel and medical personnel are on the volunteer deployment.<br /><br />While there, some of the aircraft and crews were diverted to aid in the Pakistan flood relief operations.<br /><br />In mid-August, two aircraft and crews and maintenance personnel were diverted to Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan and then on to Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, to help transport relief supplies, said Lt. Col. Jerry Lobb, the wing spokesman. <p>Lobb said they supported the Pakistan relief efforts for about two weeks and then returned to their undisclosed deployed location.<br /></p> <p>While deployed, the Maxwell unit is the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron and their commander is Lt. Col. Scott Hayes of Montgomery.</p> <p>The airmen used their C-130 Hercules cargo planes to move food, medical supplies and other relief items from an airfield near Islamabad to smaller, outlying airfields closer the where the supplies are needed, Lobb said.</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160660775105767649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184251027518204470.post-37952980304042409762010-09-13T16:42:00.001-05:002010-09-13T16:48:16.118-05:00Montgomery company awarded defense contractCaddell Construction Co., Inc. of Montgomery, was awarded on Sept. 10 a $14,756,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the repairs/renovation of the Volar Barracks (buildings 4-1137, 4-1238, H-4952, H-4817, and H-5752) at Fort Bragg, N.C., under multiple award task order contract. <br /><br />Estimated completion date is May 16, 2012, with work to be performed at Fort Bragg, N.C. Bids were solicited on the Web with three bids received. <br /><br />U.S. Army Engineer District Savannah, Ga., is the contracting activity.<br /><br /><br />-----------------------------------------<br /><br />Interconn Resources, Inc. of Birmingham is being awarded a maximum $15,722,042 fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract for natural gas deliveries. <br /><br />Other locations of performance are Florida and Louisiana. <br /><br />Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force and federal civilian agencies. <br /><br />The original proposal was Web-solicited with 29 responses. <br /><br />The date of performance completion is Sept. 30, 2012. <br /><br />The Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160660775105767649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184251027518204470.post-21844144369466163322010-09-10T16:19:00.000-05:002010-09-10T16:20:25.217-05:00Huntsville company awarded defense contractScience and Engineering Services, Inc. of Huntsville was awarded a $39,800,000 contract which will resolve pending obsolescence of various instruments within the F-15 electronic systems test set. <br /><br />At this time, $4,404,315 has been obligated. <br /><br />ASC/WWQK, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160660775105767649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184251027518204470.post-44932252049600762962010-09-07T16:18:00.001-05:002010-09-07T16:18:55.353-05:00Huntsville company awarded defense contractThe Boeing Company of Huntsville is being awarded a $23,654,354 task order #0002 Phase IB under a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery order contract for the critical design of a 100-kW class Free Electron Laser (FEL) device which can be used to demonstrate scaleability of the necessary FEL physics and engineering for an eventual MW class Free Electron Laser (FEL) device. <br /><br />Under this effort, this Navy FEL Innovative Naval Prototype (INP) Program will encompass the transition from a demonstrated 14 kW FEL capability, currently at hand, to a weapon class 100-kW class capability. <br /><br />This 100 kW FEL effort is intended to provide the physics and engineering information needed to support a MW class FEL device development. The desired outcome of this effort is to transfer laboratory capability to Industry and to assess potential industrial roles in supporting the procurement program for FEL weapon systems. <br /><br />The Navy also wishes to gain insight into industry's longer term interest in participating in the follow-on integration, at a government test facility, or elsewhere, of the FEL device into a complete naval weapon system test bed to validate the concept for shipboard use. <br /><br />Work will be performed in Albuquerque, N.M. (45 percent); Medford, N.Y. (20 percent) and various government labs and subcontractor locations (35 percent), and work is expected to be completed Dec. 3, 2011. <br /><br />Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. <br /><br />The Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160660775105767649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184251027518204470.post-12228323312047363222010-08-31T15:07:00.002-05:002010-08-31T15:08:14.361-05:00Cessnas and HellfiresSomeone asked me this week if we were helping the Iraqis retrofit Cessnas as bombers. Not happening. But the AF is helping the Iraqis put Hellfire missiles on the Cessnas and here's some <a href="http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&newspaperUserId=27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3a3be30834-7420-4bb5-b61f-669d2fa69c50&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=">video </a>of one such aircraft.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160660775105767649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184251027518204470.post-80485686945758903072010-08-30T16:34:00.002-05:002010-08-30T16:39:12.280-05:00Huntsville companies awarded defense contractsThree Huntsville companies have been selected for one of five indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts for advisory and assistance services from the Missile Defense Agency.<br /><br />ERC, Incorporated was chosen as a small business and Madison Research Corporation and Computer Sciences Corporation were selected as large businesses.<br /><br />The other two large businesses are General Dynamics information Technologies Incorporated of Fairfax, Va. and Sparta, Incorporated of Lake Forest, Calif.<br /><br />MDA will award each firm an Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity contract to provide advisory and assistance services to the Directorate for Engineering and the Directorate for Test, Missile Defense Agency. <br /><br />The contractors will assist the Engineering and Test directorates in providing engineering and test services in support of the Ballistic Missile Defense System. <br /><br />This procurement is managed by the MDA Engineering and Support Services (MiDAESS) Program Office. This Directorate is responsible for centrally managing the acquisition of advisory and assistance services for the Agency. <br /><br />These contracts are being competitively awarded under the full and open (unrestricted) Request for Proposal HQ0147-09-R-0002. <br /><br />Each contract has a not to exceed ordering ceiling of $1,618,900,000. <br /><br />The companies will have the opportunity to bid on each individual task order. <br /><br />Work will be performed in Huntsville; Colorado Springs, Colo.; Vandenberg, Calif. and Washington, DC. <br /><br />The performance period is through August 2015. <br /><br />Obligations will be made by task orders using Research, Development, Test and Evaluation funds.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160660775105767649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184251027518204470.post-54020306536840982952010-08-27T16:41:00.000-05:002010-08-27T16:42:40.152-05:00Alabama company awarded defense contractRegal Select Services, Inc. of Abbeville is being awarded a $22,755,119 firm-fixed-price contract for Facility Inmate Grounds and Public Works services at Naval Air Station, Pensacola. <br /><br />The work to be performed provides for routine grounds maintenance and other as needed Public Works services aboard the air station and surrounding areas. Work will be performed in Pensacola, Fla., and is expected to be completed by Aug. 2015. <br /><br />Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. <br /><br />This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website,with two proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160660775105767649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184251027518204470.post-48348097960762248202010-08-18T17:19:00.000-05:002010-08-18T17:20:03.513-05:00Alabama company awarded defense contractSUMMA Technologies, Inc. of Huntsville was awarded on Aug. 11 a $28,881,650 firm-fixed-price contract for the production of 3,227 MK1077 flat racks. <br /><br />Work is to be performed in Cullman, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2011. <br /><br />One bid was solicited with one bids received. TACOM-LCMC, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160660775105767649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184251027518204470.post-49791950974664555732010-08-10T13:31:00.003-05:002010-08-10T13:37:39.332-05:00Hometown News TuesAfter a break, I'm bringing back Hometown News Tues. First, to get caught up on some hometown news releases, and then also to start adding more and more content on Tuesdays.<br /><br />Happy Tuesday!<br /><br />Krystal R. Rankin has been promoted to the rank of technical sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Rankin is an airfield management operations supervisor assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. The sergeant has served in the military for nine years.<br /><br />She is the daughter of Sabrina D. Rankin and Charles A. Rankin Sr., both of Eclectic.<br /><br />The sergeant graduated in 2001 from Elmore County High School in Eclectic and received an associate degree in 2009 from Community College of the Air Force, Charleston.<br /><br />----------------<br /><br />Army National Guard Pfc. Terence T. Thomas has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.<br /><br />He is the son of Sheila Thomas of Montgomery.<br /><br />The private graduated in 2004 from Jefferson Davis High School in Montgomery and received a bachelor’s degree in 2009 from Alabama A&M University.<br /><br />---------------<br /><br />Air Force Reserve Airman Timothy E. Bennett has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio.<br /><br />He is the son of Tim and Pandora Bennett of Montgomery.<br /><br />Bennett is a 2008 graduate of Robert E. Lee High School in Montgomery.<br /><br />---------------<br /><br />Air Force Airman Summer E. Hatcher has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio.<br /><br />She is the daughter of Tammy Cochran of Deatsville and Frank Hatcher of Hazel Green. Hatcher is a 2009 graduate of Stanhope Elmore High School in Millbrook.<br /><br />--------------<br /><br />Marine Corps Pvt. Justin F. Pickett recently graduated from the Marine Corps Basic Combat Engineer Course at Marine Corps Engineer School, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, N.C.<br /><br />He is the son of Shelia A. Martin of Clanton and Raymond F. Pickett of Fitzpatrick.<br /><br />Pickett is a 2007 graduate of Brewbaker Technology Magnet High School in Montgomery and joined the Marine Corps in November 2009.<br /><br />--------------<br /><br />Navy Seaman Recruit Andrew A. Sutton recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.<br /><br />He is the son of Jeanette L. Pepping of Prattville.<br /><br />Sutton is a 2004 graduate of Shaw High School of Mobile.<br /><br />---------------<br /><br /> Army National Guard Pfc. James P. Tincombe Jr. has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.<br /> <br />Tincombe is the son of Angela Hatfield of Montgomery.<br /> <br />The private is a 2007 graduate of Charles Henderson High School in Troy.<br /><br />--------------<br /><br />Army National Guard Spec. Charles B. Tillery Jr. is returning to the U.S. after a deployment to Iraq.<br /> <br />The newly promoted specialist served in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Iraq Theater of Operations. While deployed, he was decorated with the Army Commendation Medal for his distinguished service.<br /> <br />Tillery, a military police officer, is a member of the 217th Military Police Company, Prattville. He has served in the military for three years.<br /><br />He is the son of Charles B. and Sandy A. Tillery of Montgomery. In 2005, Tillery graduated from Chapman Christian Academy in Millbrook.<br /><br />---------------<br /><br />Army National Guard Sgt. Daniel B. Richardson is returning to the U.S. after a deployment to Iraq.<br /> <br />The sergeant served in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Iraq Theater of Operations.<br /> <br />Richardson, a military police officer, is a member of the 217th Military Police Company, Prattville. He is the son of David B. and Belinda J. Richardson of Wetumpka.<br /> <br />In 1996, Richardson received a bachelor’s degree from Faulkner University and earned a master’s degree in 1999 from Auburn Montgomery.<br /><br />---------------<br /> <br />Army National Guard Spec. Jenna L. Farrell is returning to the U.S. after a deployment to Iraq.<br /> <br />The specialist served in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Iraq Theater of Operations. While deployed, she was decorated with the Army Commendation Medal for distinguished service.<br /> <br />Farrell, a human resource specialist, is a member of the 217th Military Police Company, Prattville. She has served in the military for two years.<br /> <br />She is the sister of Robert A. Farrell Jr. and Megan K. Proctor, both of Prattville. In 2005, Farrell graduated from Prattville High School.<br /><br />--------------<br /><br />Navy Seaman Recruit Brandon M. O’Bryant recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.<br /> <br />He is the son of Julie A. and James M. O Bryant of Prattville.<br /><br />O’Bryant is a 2009 graduate of Prattville High School.<br /><br />--------------<br /><br />Navy Seaman Recruit Victor A. Lewis recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.<br /><br />Lewis is a 2009 graduate of Sidney Lanier High School in Montgomery.<br /><br />---------------<br /><br />Lt. Col. Steve Simmons of the U.S. Marine Corps has graduated from the Naval War College in Newport, R.I., with a Masters of Arts in National Strategy and Policy.<br /><br />He was awarded the Colonel James T. Larken USMC Award for academic excellence.<br /><br />Simmons is a 1985 graduate of Jefferson Davis High School and is the son of Martha Poole Simmons of Montgomery.<br /><br />He graduated from The Ohio State University in 1990 and was commissioned a second lieutenant. He has served for more than 20 years and has deployed twice to Middle East in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.<br /><br />Simmons is now assigned to U.S. Africa Command located in Stuttgart, Germany, where he will be the plans chief for the Standing Joint Force Headquarters.<br /> <br />-----------<br /><br />Navy Seaman Recruit Freddie J. Hamilton, Jr, a 2007 graduate of Saint Jude Educational Institute High School, Montgomery, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160660775105767649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184251027518204470.post-74986735633249686722010-08-06T20:34:00.003-05:002010-08-06T21:28:22.966-05:00Alabama companies awarded defense contractCamber Corp. of Huntsville was awarded on July 29 a $16,631,058 firm-fixed-price contract.<br /><br />This procurement is for the acquisition of services to update Army technical manuals.<br /><br />Work is to be performed in Huntsville, with an estimated completion date of July 31, 2011.<br /><br />Three bids were solicited with two bids received. TACOM, Warren, Mich., is the contracting activity.<br /><br /><br />------------------<br /><br />Science Applications International Corp. of Huntsville was awarded on July 28 a $10,843,432 firm-fixed-price contract.<br /><br />This contract is to procure rapid deployment integrated systems, combat outpost surveillance, and force protection systems to provide early warning force protection.<br /><br />Work is to be performed in Huntsville, (53.72 percent); Stillwater, Okla. (34.57 percent); and Arab, (11.71 percent), with an estimated completion date of Jan. 25, 2010.<br /><br />Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with two bids received.<br /><br />U.S. Army Research Development & Engineering Command-Contracting Center, Natick Contracting Division, Natick Contracting Division, Orlando, Fla., is the contracting activity.<br /><br />-----------------<br /><br />Infinite-Wyatt of Coosada was awarded on Aug. 3 a $8,411,005 firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of a chapel complex located at Fort Campbell, Ky.<br /><br />Work is to be performed in Fort Campbell, Ky., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 3, 2012.<br /><br />Bids were solicited on the World Wide Web with eight bids received.<br /><br />U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, Louisville, Ky., is the contracting activity.<br /><br />-------------------<br /><br />G & G Steel, Inc. of Russellville was awarded on Aug. 3 an $8,166,111 firm-fixed-price contract.<br /><br />This contract is to fabricate and install "Main lock Miter Gate for lock Miter Gate for Lock 27, Granite City Illinois."<br /><br />The work consists of fabricating, delivering and installing a replacement main lock for meter gate. Work is to be performed in Russellville.<br /><br />-------------------<br /><br />Altec Industries of Birmingham is being awarded a maximum $6,163,000 fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract for telescopic truck cranes. <br /><br />There are no other locations of performance. Using service is Army. <br /><br />There were originally seven proposals solicited with four responses. <br /><br />The date of performance completion is May 11, 2011. The Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160660775105767649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184251027518204470.post-82817735513772767412010-07-27T13:23:00.000-05:002010-07-27T13:24:25.253-05:00Montgomery company awarded defense contractCaddell Construction Co., Inc. of Montgomery is being awarded a $6,511,288 firm-fixed-price modification to increase the maximum dollar value of a design-build construction contract for the purchase of furniture, fixtures and equipment for the Command and Control Facility at the U. S. Army Central Command headquarters complex at Shaw Air Force Base. <br /><br />work to be performed provides for the base realignment and closure project to relocate Army Central Command personnel from Fort Gillem and Fort McPherson, Ga., to Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. <br /><br />After award of this modification, the total cumulative contract value will be $98,406,251. Work will be performed in Sumter, S.C., and is expected to be completed by February 2011. <br /><br />Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. <br /><br />The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast, Resident Officer in Charge of Construction-Shaw, is the contracting activity.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160660775105767649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184251027518204470.post-24681921185892413552010-07-23T16:51:00.001-05:002010-07-23T16:53:34.942-05:00Alabama company awarded defense contractEngineering Research and Consulting, Inc. of Huntsville, was awarded on July 19 a $5,765,171 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This is an indefinite/quantity contract, with five year ordering periods.<br /><br />Order period 1, task order 0001, with funding modification 01-07 for firing test division test and evaluation support. Funds are obligated upon the issuance of each order period 1 modification. <br /><br />The contractor shall provide support to Redstone Test Center for testing, evaluation, and other associated activities scheduled to be conducted by the flight test branch, field sensors test branch, and telemetry, and data management test branch of the firing test division. <br /><br />Work is to be performed in Redstone Arsenal, with an estimated completion date of Mar. 30, 2015. <br /><br />Five bids were solicited with five bids received. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Contracting Center Research Development & Engineering Command, CCAM-RD-A, Redstone Arsenal is the contracting activity.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160660775105767649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184251027518204470.post-62635163831086573182010-07-21T17:23:00.000-05:002010-07-21T17:24:41.046-05:00Alabama company awarded defense contractAcquisition Services Corp. of Huntsville; BCF Solutions, Chantilly, Va.; and Quantech Services, Inc., Lexington, Mass. are each being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide advisory and assistance services to the Acquisition Functional Capability Group, which is comprised of five independent directorates: acquisition management; international affairs; business and financial management; legislative affairs; and readiness management. <br /><br />The contractors will assist these directorates by providing the agency with acquisition support services for the Ballistic Missile Defense System. <br /><br />These contracts are being competitively awarded under the small business set-aside request for proposal HQ0147-09-R-0001. Each contract has a not-to-exceed ordering ceiling of $601,800,000. <br /><br />The companies will have the opportunity to bid on each individual task order. <br /><br />Work under these contracts will be performed in Huntsville, Ala.; Dahlgren, Va.; and other Missile Defense Agency locations. <br /><br />The performance period is through July 2015. Obligations will be made by task orders using Research, Development, Test and Evaluation funds. <br /><br />This procurement is managed by the Missile Defense Agency Engineering and Support Services Program Office. The Missile Defense Agency is the contracting activity.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160660775105767649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184251027518204470.post-46462894228789180352010-07-19T16:14:00.001-05:002010-07-19T16:15:11.856-05:00Alabama company awarded defense contractAegis Technologies Group, Inc. of Huntsville, was awarded on July 14 a $8,099,452 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. <br /><br />The contractor shall develop a reconfigurable arbitrary-waveform scene projector under the "OSD, Test Resource Management Center Multispectral Test" program. <br /><br />Work is to be performed in Huntsville with an estimated completion date of Dec. 5, 2013. <br /><br />Bids were solicited via Broad Agency Announcement with 30 bids received. <br /><br />U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Contracting Center, Aberdeen Installation Contracting Division, CCRD-AI-MC, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160660775105767649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184251027518204470.post-9537994914725537712010-07-06T16:40:00.001-05:002010-07-06T16:41:41.097-05:00Alabama company awarded defense contractCamber Corp. of Huntsville was awarded on June 29 an $8,398,998 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract is for systems engineering and technical support, and program management support to the Joint Project Management Guardian, under the Joint Program Executive Office, Chemical Biological Detection, in Falls Church, Va. <br /><br />Work is to be performed in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. (25 percent); Falls Church, Va. (25 percent); Fort Belvoir, Va. (25 percent); and Dahlgren, Va. (25 percent), with an estimated completion date of Dec. 30, 2010. <br /><br />One bid was solicited with one bid received. <br /><br />U.S. Army, Research, Development, and Engineering Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160660775105767649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1184251027518204470.post-81363789029488938832010-07-06T11:47:00.004-05:002010-07-06T12:00:10.041-05:00Romanian plane crashes, Alabama partnered with RomaniaA Romanian aircraft crashed near the Black Sea during a military training mission on Monday.<br /><br />According to the BBC, the Antonov AN-2, a military plane, was carrying paratroopers for training, but crashed shortly after takeoff.<br /><br />BBC reported that 10 were killed and the three survivors had jumped out before the crash.<br /><br />Romanian is partnered with the Alabama National Guard through the State Partnership for Peace Program.<br /><br />Members of the Alabama Guard and the state government routinely travel to Romania and teams of Romanians come here to learn about military, government and other programs.<br /><br />The SPP program evolved from the Partners for Peace program established in the early 1990s and was furthered by a 1993 decision to send reserve soldiers and airmen to the Baltic region. At that time, military officials said it would appear less aggressive to the new Russian Federation, according to an information paper from the National Guard Bureau.<br /><p>The program continued when the NGB paired state national guards with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.</p> <p><span class="highlight">Romania</span> and Alabama have been partners since 1994 and the program now includes 56 partnerships.</p><p> During the partnership, <span class="highlight">Romania</span> has been accepted into NATO and the European Union.</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160660775105767649noreply@blogger.com0