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Two Niceville businesses are among a number of Northwest Florida businesses to which defense contracts have been awarded in recent days.

Fifteen years ago, working out of his own home, he started his Care Packages for Troops mission, sending more than 23,000 boxes of full of supplies to troops overseas.

The Pentagon has upped the amount of entrees, sides and desserts distributed to troops on Thanksgiving this year by nearly 50 percent as in-person dining largely returns after being nixed in 2020 thanks to COVID-19. 

The Defense Department's total shipments of holiday meals to service members increased by nearly 48% this year.

14 HONOLULU – The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Indo-Pacific said goodbye to one commander and welcomed aboard a new one during a change of command ceremony April 30 at the Palm Circle Gazebo at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Family, friends, and Troop Support employees welcomed Navy Commander Erik Decker, and bid farewell to outgoing Commander Shani LeBlanc during the outdoor ceremony. Decker thanked his family, particularly his mother who traveled from New Jersey, for their ...

The Fayetteville Observer Editors note: This story has been corrected to state that Lt. Gen. Bryan Fenton will be leading the Joint Special Operations Command, which falls under the U.S. Special Operations Command. A previous version of the story incorrectly listed one of his commands.  The Department of Defense has announced 13 leadership changes for Fort Bragg, since the start of 2021. On Jan. 25, the chief of staff of the Army announced that Lt. Gen. Bryan P. Fenton would be the commander...

By RACHAEL RILEY | The Fayetteville Observer, N.C. | Published: March 17, 2021 FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (Tribune News Service) — The Department of Defense has announced 13 leadership changes for Fort Bragg, since the start of 2021. On Jan. 25, the chief of staff of the Army announced that Lt. Gen. Bryan P. Fenton would be the commander of the Joint Special Operations Command and Joint Special Operations Command Forward. Fenton previously served as the senior military assistant to the secretary o...

3 FORT DETRICK, Md. -- In order to bolster the current fight against the global pandemic, U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command has spent the last several months tailoring packages of essential COVID-19 supplies. This initiative has been executed utilizing multiple procurement options in collaboration with both the Defense Logistics Agency-Troop Support and the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity. In a Dec. 11 meeting with Army Materiel Command leaders, AMLC Commander...

View bound to rattle americas allies. the white house remains tight lipped on reports of back channel overtures to the kremlin but the presidents former national security adviser ready to respond to subpoenas on the russia probe. and a deadly attack in kabuls diplomatic quarter. a hundred dead. hundreds more hurt. this comes as the president weighs more troop support in afghanistan. welcome back to "early start" this morning. im christine romans. >> im dave briggs. this morning the white h...

Future for afghanistan over the course of the next ten years. troop support and so on. so what do we make of the presidents legacy in afghanistan? fighting terrorism and other areas of international relations. back with us, michael hastings of buzz feed. and joining us, professor michael eric dyson, and of course im with colonel jack jacobs, the retired u.s. army colonel. if i can start with you, you have actually reported some misgivings by the navy s.e.a.l. team six about the president talking...