https://www.usace.army.mil Headquarters U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fact Sheets RSS Feed en-us Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:09:00 GMT Mon, 11 May 2026 02:43:10 GMT https://www.usace.army.mil/Media/Fact-Sheets/Fact-Sheets-View/Article/4428419/art-palmer-a-different-kind-of-thrill/ At 17, Art Palmer wanted adventure.He walked into an Army recruiter’s office hoping to jump out of<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2026/Mar/09/2003896079/115/75/0/260309-A-KY383-003.JPG' alt='Art Palmer and other radiation safety professionals enter Three Mile Island Unit 2 Reactor Building in December 1980 to conduct radiation-level readings following the reactor&#39;s partial meltdown. Palmer, now a health physicist with USACE Baltimore District, Radiological Health Physics Regional Center of Expertise, has served 52 years in radiation protection. (Courtesy Photo)' /> <br /> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:09:00 GMT Press Operations https://www.usace.army.mil/Media/Fact-Sheets/Fact-Sheets-View/Article/4428419/art-palmer-a-different-kind-of-thrill/ Environmental Professionals https://www.usace.army.mil/Media/Fact-Sheets/Fact-Sheets-View/Article/4428410/dave-hays-did-someone-say-radiation/ Dave Hays said he and the other USACE health physicists don’t wait for problems to emerge; they get<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2026/Mar/30/2003904364/115/75/0/260330-A-KY383-001.JPG' alt='Dave Hays, senior health physicist with the Kansas City District, speaks to community members at a public information session on radioactive waste disposal in Michigan.' /> <br /> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 13:47:00 GMT Press Operations https://www.usace.army.mil/Media/Fact-Sheets/Fact-Sheets-View/Article/4428410/dave-hays-did-someone-say-radiation/ Environmental Professionals https://www.usace.army.mil/Media/Fact-Sheets/Fact-Sheets-View/Article/4428358/darrell-liles-from-operations-to-decommissions/ Darrell Liles’ career in health physics began at sea.He spent six years in the U.S. Navy’s Nuclear<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2026/Mar/09/2003896062/115/75/0/260309-A-KY383-002.PNG' alt='Darrell Liles, senior health physicist with the Baltimore District, bends down to get a closer look during a radiation survey at the site of the former SM-1 nuclear reactor Fort Belvoir, Virginia.' /> <br /> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 13:41:06 GMT Press Operations https://www.usace.army.mil/Media/Fact-Sheets/Fact-Sheets-View/Article/4428358/darrell-liles-from-operations-to-decommissions/ Environmental Professionals https://www.usace.army.mil/Media/Fact-Sheets/Fact-Sheets-View/Article/4428304/jessica-lauda-translating-risk-providing-relief/ For Jessica Lauda, the most meaningful part of health physics isn’t the science — it’s the<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2026/Mar/30/2003904368/115/75/0/260330-A-KY383-002.JPG' alt='USACE health physicists, including Jessica Lauda, pictured right, conduct groundwater sampling in Andrews, Texas.' /> <br /> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 13:24:00 GMT Press Operations https://www.usace.army.mil/Media/Fact-Sheets/Fact-Sheets-View/Article/4428304/jessica-lauda-translating-risk-providing-relief/ Environmental Professionals https://www.usace.army.mil/Media/Fact-Sheets/Fact-Sheets-View/Article/4428230/neil-miller-mission-driven-professional-growth/ Neil Miller joined the USACE as a new graduate looking for direction. Nearly two decades later, he<br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2026/Mar/09/2003896024/115/75/0/240529-A-MC713-1009.JPG' alt='Maj. Gen. Mark Quander, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, visits the former Guterl Steel Site in Lockport, New York, May 29, 2024. Guterl was commissioned by the Atomic Energy Commission to mill over 25 million pounds of uranium metals and over 30 thousand pounds of thorium metals between 1948 to 1956, and is now a Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program site, with plans to be cleaned up by the Buffalo District. (U.S. Army photo by Ryan Campbell)' /> <br /> Mon, 09 Mar 2026 13:14:53 GMT Press Operations https://www.usace.army.mil/Media/Fact-Sheets/Fact-Sheets-View/Article/4428230/neil-miller-mission-driven-professional-growth/ Environmental Professionals