Eglin AFB, Duke Field, & Hurlburt are among Northwest Florida bases that will receive a large part of $85.5 million being budgeted for construction projects. Included is a medical clinic for the Army 7th Special Forces Group near Crestview.

President Obama will present Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta with the Medal of Honor on Tuesday, awarding the soldier for his courageous actions during combat operations in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan in October 2007. What’s Salvatore’s response to this honor? For Giunta, who was a 22-year-old Army specialist when he raced head-on into an enemy...

My daughter took my grandchildren (ages 7 and 9) to a Veterans Day Parade yesterday. What a wonderful thing to do with little ones! Unfortunately, even though we live in a military community, it was very sparsely attended. She asked me why our company didn’t participate and I had no good answer. I will next year! We’ll be doing something in that...

Thursday, November 11th is the opening day of the 2010 Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show. This is one of our area’s favorite air shows. And, being situated between almost a half dozen military installations, we have some great air displays to enjoy – whether in a scheduled show or just as the “Sound of Freedom” flies overhead during their daily schedules....

The US Army 6th Ranger Training Battalion at Camp Rudder hosted a brief visit by Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates recently. As always, the Rangers lived up to their reputation as great hosts. During the visit, they presented Secretary Gates with a Ranger walking stick and a hat. Camp Rudder’s “swamp” is the final stage of Ranger training. To...

2010 Air Show Dates: April 10-11 ERA American Realty is proud to be one of the sponsors this year. Look for our table. We will be handing out 3,000 American flags. We can’t get enough of that wonderful flag. If you’re local, you know that each year on Independence Day we place around 40,000 flags along our community streets. It’s a logistical...