Mississippi Business Journal » U.S. Navy http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Huntington Ingalls gets $2.38 billion Navy contract http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/01/huntington-ingalls-gets-2-38-billion-navy-contract/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=huntington-ingalls-gets-2-38-billion-navy-contract http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/01/huntington-ingalls-gets-2-38-billion-navy-contract/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:18:50 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=57918 JACKSON — The U.S. Navy has awarded a $2.38 billion contract to Huntington Ingalls Industries to build an amphibious assault ship. The future USS Tripoli will be built at the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula. The Defense Department announced the contract Thursday. The shipyard earlier won a contract to order advance materials. The Tripoli’s [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/01/huntington-ingalls-gets-2-38-billion-navy-contract/feed/ 0 Natchez mansion is setting for mystery and romance http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/01/31/book-biz-natchez-mansion-is-setting-for-mystery-and-romance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=book-biz-natchez-mansion-is-setting-for-mystery-and-romance http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/01/31/book-biz-natchez-mansion-is-setting-for-mystery-and-romance/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:46:39 +0000 Lynn Lofton http://msbusiness.com/?p=51363 Booksellers in Mississippi really like promoting Mississippi writers, and it isn’t difficult to do because, fortunately, we have an abundance of writers. Diane Shepherd, owner of Main Street Books in Hattiesburg, chose River’s Bend by Coast writer Charlsie Russell because she enjoys the author’s works. “It’s a great book for historical fiction and romance,” Shepherd [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/01/31/book-biz-natchez-mansion-is-setting-for-mystery-and-romance/feed/ 0 Reeves named director http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/01/29/reeves-named-director/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reeves-named-director http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/01/29/reeves-named-director/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:06:48 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=51957 Randy Reeves, who helped oversee work on the new Veterans Cemetery in Newton County, has been named executive director of the State Veterans Affairs board. Reeves succeeds Adrian Grice who has retired. Reeves entered military service in 1980 when he enlisted in the United States Air Force. In 1998, Reeves was commissioned as an officer [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/01/29/reeves-named-director/feed/ 0 U.S. Navy Secretary Discusses BP Oil Spill Crisis http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/07/15/us-navy-secretary-discusses-bp-oil-spill-crisis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=us-navy-secretary-discusses-bp-oil-spill-crisis http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/07/15/us-navy-secretary-discusses-bp-oil-spill-crisis/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:55:52 +0000 Stephen McDill http://msbusiness.com/?p=27057 JACKSON- Former Mississippi governor and current U.S. Navy secretary Ray Mabus addresses the media regarding his role in the Gulf Coast oil spill recovery process.

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