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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 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

Sessions Receives Naval Distinguished Public Service Award

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R) from Alabama, received the Distinguished Public Service Award today from the Department of the Navy.  The award is the highest award the Navy gives to people outside of actual naval service. Sen. Sessions issued a written statement following the announcement.  Sen. Sessions … Continued
February 12, 2013

Sessions Announces that Navy Will Be in Town for Mobile Mardi Gras

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R) from Alabama a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement today after Navy Secretary Ray Mabus replied to Sessions’ letter requesting the availability of a naval vessel for the City’s upcoming Mardi Gras events: Sen. Sessions said in a … Continued
December 6, 2012

Bonner Says the Navy Orders Two More LCSs Made in Mobile

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter In his monthly newsletter, Congressman Jo Bonner announced that the U.S. Navy had exercised its option to buy two more littoral combat ships (LCS) from Austal USA.  Austal’s Mobile shipyard continues to build cutting edge Aluminum ships for the United States Navy. The two new LCSs will be the … Continued
March 26, 2012