Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Bryan Watson, AEA’s president and host of the USACE Birthday Gala, along with Command Sgt. Major Douglas Galick, the 15th Command Sgt. Major of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, presented the Sapper and Miner Award of Distinction to Sgt. Maj. (Ret.) William Arthur. The award of distinction is considered a lifetime service award for a member of the Engineer Regiment, military or civilian, and is targeted toward individuals who contributed to the missions of mobility, counter-mobility, survivability, general engineering, or geospatial Army engineer operations.