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$7 Billion Announcement Part of DoD Goal to Increase Energy Security HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, through its Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, has issued a Multiple-Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) Request for Proposal (RFP) for $7 billion in total contract capacity to procure reliable, locally generated, renewable and alternative energy through power purchase agreements. The $7 billion capacity would be...

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Riki Ellison, Chairman and Founder of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA), www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org, comments on the announcement of the first U.S. Navy nomination for director of the Missile Defense Agency, Rear Adm. (lower half) James D. Syring for appointment to the rank of Vice Admiral. Ellison is one of the top lay experts in missile defense in the world. His comments and observations are below: "Today,...

AKRON, Ohio, July 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- James Rebholz, Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) National Chairman joined Steve McClellan, President of Goodyear's North American tire unit, today at an event in Akron, Ohio, supporting Veteran and Reservist employment at Goodyear. During the event, McClellan announced Goodyear's intent to hire 1,000 veterans over the next three years through its partnership with the United States Chamber of Commerce Hiring Our Heroes...

WASHINGTON, July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) THURSDAY, JULY 26: ARMED FORCES UNIFIED 65TH Profile America -- Thursday, July 26th. The shape of the modern American military was cast on this date 65 years ago when President Truman signed the National Security Act. The Department of War was renamed the Department of Defense, and the...

RMS Military Productions donates all historical work produced for 24 State Commands to the National Guard Museum; gift consists of 130 unique interactive historical records on DVD-ROM and represents approximately 130,000 Guardmembers Salt Lake City, UT (PRWEB) July 22, 2012 In recognition of RMS Military Productions’ contribution of all National Guard histories they have produced to the preservation of National Guard history, the National Guard Association of the United States presented...

PHOENIX, July 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TriWest Healthcare Alliance announced today that the company will not continue to challenge the Department of Defense award of the TRICARE West Region Contract. This announcement comes after TriWest originally secured the contract in July 2009. "July 13 is the third anniversary of the initial award to our company of the Defense Department's third generation TRICARE contract for the 21-state West Region, a contract that has yet to start. It is...

WASHINGTON, July 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Guard Association of the United States today released the following statement by retired Maj. Gen. Gus L. Hargett Jr., the association president: "There is an effort underway in Congress to prohibit the U.S. military from sponsoring professional motorsports as part of military recruiting. "On the surface, this may seem like a good idea in the face of current fiscal challenges. But a closer look reveals that such a...

Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty release an iPad optimized version of their website. New City, N.Y. (PRWEB) July 11, 2012 Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty announced today the release of the iPad optimized version of their website, RandRealty.com. The iPad version of RandRealty.com takes advantage of many of the unique features of tablet computing including the ability to swipe through multiple property photos on a given property. “We’ve seen iPad traffic on RandRealty.com...

WASHINGTON, July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Guard Association of the United States today released the following statement by retired Maj. Gen. Gus L. Hargett Jr., the association president: "Last month's report of the Defense Department's 11th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation, and subsequent media coverage, paints a false picture of National Guard service and compensation. "The QRMC report correctly states that Guardsmen receive four days of military...

PHOENIX, July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) announced today that it has denied TriWest Healthcare Alliance's protest of the award of the TRICARE West Region T-3 Contract to a subsidiary of UnitedHealthcare. The award of the contract in March 2012 to UnitedHealthcare was a re-bid of the contract TriWest initially won in July 2009. TriWest was the only incumbent contractor to initially be awarded a T-3 Contract. "Given our 16-year long...