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Bipartisan Support for LCS Means Alabama Jobs

By Representative Bradley Byrne (AL-1) Alabama Political Reporter Last week, the House Armed Services Committee considered the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), legislation that the committee passes every year to authorize funding and set policy for the military. The scope of this legislation is so wide, it typically takes well over 12 hours to complete … Continued
May 11, 2014

Byrne Defends Future of LCS

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, April 28, 2014, U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne (R) sent two letters urging support for funding the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). One letter was sent to House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R) from California, Ranking Member Adam Smith (D) from Washington, Seapower Subcommittee Chairman … Continued
April 30, 2014

Senator Shelby Defends LCS Program

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, March 26, 2014, U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R) questioned Navy Secretary Ray Mabus at a hearing on fiscal year 2015 funding for the military on the importance of the littoral combat ship (LCS) to the U.S. naval fleet and the program’s future.  Mabus said that a small surface … Continued
March 28, 2014

Byrne Fights For LCS

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter During the administration of Ronald Reagan (R) the United States Navy had a force of over 600 ships.  Decades of budget cuts to defense capabilities due to the growth in entitlements has shrunk that force to less than 300 ships.  Last week Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (R) announced … Continued
March 11, 2014

Hagel Slashes Defense Including LCS Program

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (R) announced that President Obama’s administration was proposing massive cuts to shrink America’s military to levels not seen in almost 75 years.  Among Secretary Hagel’s new budgetary priorities is a much smaller fleet of littoral combat ships. U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne (R) … Continued
February 25, 2014

Byrne Rallies Support for Littoral Combat Ship

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, February 6, 2014 U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne (R) from Montrose penned a letter along with 21 of his colleagues to the President of the United States, Barack H. Obama, supporting the Navyís Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program. It was recently reported that Navy planners were poised to … Continued
February 10, 2014

Bonner Announces that Funding for Two More Austal Built LCSs Clears the House

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congressman Jo Bonner (R) from Mobile announced in his Friday column that the U.S. House of Representatives has approved additional funding to build four more littoral combat ships (LCS). Two will be build by local shipbuilder, Austal, and two will be built by Lockheed Martin in Wisconsin. Representative Bonner … Continued
July 30, 2013

Bonner On Austal And The Littoral Combat Ship Program

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congressman Jo Bonner (R) from Mobile praised Austal and the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program in his most recent column. Representative Bonner said, “I recently joined Mary Sessions, wife of Senator Jeff Sessions, and local officials at Austal USA to witness the authentication of the keel for the newest … Continued
July 8, 2013

Bonner Receives Navy’s Highest Award for Non-Navy Civilian

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, the Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus awarded Congressman Jo Bonner with the Department of the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award. The award is the highest honor given by the Secretary of the Navy to a civilian non-employee of the U.S. Navy. Representative Bonner said in a … Continued
June 17, 2013

Bentley Announces Thousand New Jobs for Mobile

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Governor Governor Robert Bentley issued a written statement on Tuesday to announced that the state of Alabama had reached a new project agreement with Austal USA. The Phase V agreement is a five year $5 million deal that will see the shipbuilder add up to 1,000 new jobs … Continued
August 15, 2012