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Define Solar, a leading solar installation company serving New Jersey and Pennsylvania, proudly announces a major achievement: the successful installation of solar energy systems for over 1,000 families. This milestone highlights the company’s rapid growth and continued commitment to making clean, renewable energy affordable and accessible to homeowners across the region.
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Since opening its doors over three years ago, Define Solar has become a trusted name in residential solar solutions. Known for exceptional communication, premium solar technology, and personalized service, the company has expanded largely through referrals and strong community trust.
“From day one, our mission has been to empower homeowners with energy independence while making the process simple and transparent,” said a spokesperson for Define Solar. “We’re proud to have helped more than 1,000 families in New Jersey and Pennsylvania lower their energy bills and reduce their carbon footprint.”
Customers across the area consistently praise Define Solar for its professionalism and dedication.
“I had a great experience working with DEFINE SOLAR for my solar installation. From the very beginning, they were professional and genuinely invested in helping me find the best solar solution for my home. Their communication was top-notch, and everything went smoothly from start to finish.” said John P.
“Best solar company I ever worked with, hands down, and I have worked with many in last 10 years best service and people,” added David H.
Define Solar’s team of local experts provides customized solar solutions tailored to each homeowner’s needs and goals. With a strong focus on education, quality craftsmanship, and sustainability, the company continues to lead the charge in Pennsylvania and New Jersey’s clean energy transition.
About Define Solar
Define Solar, serving NJ and PA, specializes in professional solar installations with an unmatched commitment to communication, quality, and detail. With years of experience and a track record of helping numerous families, the company delivers reliable, world-class service. Every project is tailored to meet individual client needs, ensuring exceptional results.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that he will allow service members to carry personal weapons onto military installations, citing the Second Amendment and recent shootings at bases across the country.
In a video posted to X, Hegseth said he is signing a memo that will direct base commanders to allow requests for troops to carry privately owned firearms “with the presumption that it is necessary for personal protection.”
He said any denial of a service member's request must be explained in detail and in writing.
“Effectively, our bases across the country were gun-free zones,” Hegseth said. “Unless you're training or unless you are a military policeman, you couldn't carry, you couldn't bring your own firearm for your own personal protection onto post.”
Questions about why service members lacked access to weapons have often emerged following shootings on the nation's military bases. Such shootings have ranged from isolated events between service members to mass casualty events, such as the shootings by an Army psychiatrist at Texas’ Ford Hood in 2009 that left 13 people dead.
Hegseth cited some of the events in his video, including a shooting that injured five soldiers at Fort Stewart in Georgia last year. Officials said the shooter, an Army sergeant who worked at the base, used his personal handgun before he was tackled by fellow soldiers and arrested.
“In these instances, minutes are a lifetime,” Hegseth said. “And our service members have the courage and training to make those precious, short minutes count.”
Defense Department policy has prohibited military personnel from carrying personal weapons on base without permission from a senior commander, with strict protocol for how the firearms must be stored.
Typically, military personnel must officially check their guns out of secure storage to go to on-base hunting areas or shooting ranges, then check all firearms back in promptly after their sanctioned use. Military police are often the only armed personnel on base, outside of shooting ranges, hunting areas or in training, where soldiers can wield their service weapons without ammunition.
Tanya Schardt, senior counsel at the Brady gun violence prevention organization, said in a statement that Defense Department leaders and the military’s top brass have opposed relaxing the current policy, which was originally enacted under President George H.W. Bush.
Schardt noted that most active duty service members who die by suicide do so with a weapon they own personally, not one military-issued, and argued that there will “undoubtedly be an increase in gun suicide and other gun violence.”
While fewer American service members died by suicide in 2024, the suicide rates among active duty troops overall still have gradually increased between 2011 and 2024, according to a Pentagon report released Tuesday.
“Our military installations are among the most guarded, protected properties in the world, and they’ve never been ‘gun-free zones,’” Schardt said. “If there is a problem with violent crime on these installations, then the Secretary of Defense has an obligation to alert the American people and describe how he’s working to prevent that crime.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
