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For the final episode of Heroes in Arms, Southern Nuclear’s Rick Gayheart and Southern Power’s Ren Lawson both served on nuclear submarines and reminisce about what it was like being on a submarine. The impacts of their careers in the Navy on nuclear submarines created many opportunities for them.

As Southern Company continues to celebrate Veterans Day and veteran employees, SCS veteran recruiter Jamal Jessie talks to Kendall Richardson from Atlanta Gas Light. Jessie helped recruit Richardson to Southern Company. They reflect on their time spent in the Air Force and Navy and how those experiences shaped their careers at Southern Company. Narrated by: Keisa Sharpe Edited by: Cody Rhodes Scor...

Military veterans add great value to Southern Company’s rich and diverse workforce. Alabama Power’s Council on Culture and Inclusion recognized those service members and acknowledged the unique talents and experiences they bring to our company. In honor of Veteran’s Day, the CCI hosted retired Brig. Gen. and former Alabama Power employee Wendell McLain to share with a group of employee service mem...

Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico and wiped out the island’s power grid. Suddenly, 3.3 million people were without power. Southern Company wanted to help. Southern Company believes that our employees deliver superior performance, even in the wake of a natural disaster. PowerSecure’s Sidney Hinton and Gulf Power’s Diana Rivera talk about what superior performance looked like restoring power in Puerto...

Safety, Southern Company’s number one priority, had to be taken seriously during the restoration in Puerto Rico. How do you keep employees and Puerto Ricans safe during the aftermath of a devastating hurricane? What are some of the challenges? Georgia Power’s Kim Drake is featured in this episode focusing on safety down in Puerto Rico. Employees featured on this episode: Kim Drake, Georgia Power N...

At Southern Company, we believe being totally committed is part of serving others. How do you stay totally committed when a hurricane decimates nearly an entire island? How do you stay committed when other energy service providers are intimidated by the enormous task and leaving the island? Kenan Davila and Stephen House, from Georgia Power and Alabama Power, dive into these questions in this epis...

It was a scene unlike anything else. Unprecedented. An island destroyed...Not just any island, but Puerto Rico, what many people call our 51st state. Yet Southern Company and their proud subsidiaries, PowerSecure, Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power and Mississippi Power, partnered with FEMA and the Army Corps of Engineers to begin an almost impossible task in nearly impassable conditions. Em...