First Lady Melania Trump to visit Fort Rucker
The visit marks a rare occurrence where a member of the first and/or second families have visited the southeast Alabama Army post.
Nov 10, 2026Open source
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Student-led hydration tour makes stop at Opelika Fire Department
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Sep 9, 2026Open source
CRI Names Dee Burger Chief Executive Officer
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Alabama Crushes LSU, Georgia Dominates Ole Miss in SEC
Alabama beats LSU 31-13 to bolster its CFP case, while Georgia crushes Ole Miss 42-0. Both teams now appear headed for an SEC Championship Game showdown.
Nov 10, 2026Open source
The GOP redrew House districts across the South to save Republican seats. Their plan failed — and succeeded
After President Donald Trump pressed Republican-led states to redraw their maps to help the GOP keep its U.S. House majority, Northeastern political scientis...
Nov 10, 2026Open source
Were celebrities a distraction for LSU in Alabama loss? Here’s why Lane Kiffin doesn’t think so.
LSU coach Lane Kiffin doesn’t believe the appearance of celebrities, like Kevin Costner, distracted the Tigers in their loss to Alabama.
Nov 10, 2026Open source
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Fort Rucker is in Dale County, Alabama.
Region: South Alabama
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Alabama Crushes LSU, Georgia Dominates Ole Miss in SEC
Alabama beats LSU 31-13 to bolster its CFP case, while Georgia crushes Ole Miss 42-0. Both teams now appear headed for an SEC Championship Game showdown.
Nov 10, 2026Open source
The GOP redrew House districts across the South to save Republican seats. Their plan failed — and succeeded
After President Donald Trump pressed Republican-led states to redraw their maps to help the GOP keep its U.S. House majority, Northeastern political scientis...
Nov 10, 2026Open source
Were celebrities a distraction for LSU in Alabama loss? Here’s why Lane Kiffin doesn’t think so.
LSU coach Lane Kiffin doesn’t believe the appearance of celebrities, like Kevin Costner, distracted the Tigers in their loss to Alabama.
Nov 10, 2026Open source
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Fort Rucker is the U.S. Army's primary flight training post and home of the Army Aviation Center of Excellence and the Army Aviation Museum. In the 1930s the federal government acquired submarginal farmland in southwestern Dale County, and in 1941 Ozark leaders persuaded the War Department to make it the core of an infantry training camp. First called the Ozark Triangular Division Camp, it opened on May 1, 1942, as Camp Rucker, named for Confederate Colonel Edmund W. Rucker, with quarters for 3,280 officers and 39,461 enlisted soldiers.
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During World War II the 81st, 35th, 98th and 66th Infantry Divisions trained here, along with tank, replacement and Women's Army Corps units, and several hundred German and a few Italian prisoners of war were held in stockades on the post. An airfield built south of Daleville in 1942 became Cairns Army Airfield in 1959. The camp was inactive from 1946 to 1950, reopened for the Korean War, and after it became a helicopter training base was renamed Fort Rucker in October 1955. On October 5, 1959, Hanchey Army Airfield became home of the Army Aviation School's Department of Rotary Wing Training. Under a 2021 law removing Confederate names from military bases, the post was renamed Fort Novosel on April 10, 2023, for aviator Michael J. Novosel. In June 2025 it was renamed Fort Rucker again, this time honoring Captain Edward W. Rucker, a World War I aviator. Sources Wikipedia: Fort Rucker, Alabama The Historical Marker Database: Early Ozark / Ozark's Role in the Origin of Fort Rucker
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