• Huntsville Center’s contracting director’s journey from boots to the boardroom

    Contracting director looks ahead to his one-year mark in the position by recalling his Army career beginning as an Air Defense Artillery officer and a Quartermaster Officer.
  • Nashville District hosts Adjutant General for Tennessee at Cheatham Dam

    Do you know the difference between the U.S. Army and the Tennessee Army National Guard? It’s a distinction that’s easy to miss. After all, the two forces wear the same uniform, with “U.S. ARMY” splashed across National Guard blouses. But the differences are important to Maj. Gen. Warner A. Ross II, the 77th Adjutant General for Tennessee, who visited the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Cheatham Lock in Ashland City, Tennessee, July 29, 2024.
  • USACE and DNREC sign agreement for Bayshore beaches

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Philadelphia District has signed a design agreement with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) for the Delaware Beneficial Use of Dredged Material (BUDM) for the Delaware River, Philadelphia to Sea Project, also known as the ‘Delaware Bayshore BUDM Project.’
  • USACE partners with USCG to conduct security drills at McAlpine Locks and Dam

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District hosted personnel from the U.S. Coast Guard, and
  • Detection and Decay of Different Classes of Environmental RNA (eRNA) from Zebrafish (Danio rerio)

    Purpose: This technical note contributes to the growing body of knowledge about macroscopic eukaryotic environmental RNA (eRNA) by exploring detection and decay for several different zebrafish (Danio rerio) eRNAs in a mesocosm setting. The study addressed four basic hypotheses: (1) D. rerio would deposit detectable levels of eRNA into water, (2) different classes of eRNA would be detected, (3) different eRNA sequences (for example, loci) would degrade at different rates, and (4) abiotic and biotic factors would influence rates of degradation. For the last hypothesis, we tracked eRNA concentration decay under treatments with different water temperatures and levels of microbiological activity, two factors known to significantly influence environmental DNA (eDNA) decay (Barnes et al. 2014; Lance et al. 2017; Nielsen et al. 2007; Strickler et al. 2015).
  • Soldier, Brewer, Drill Sergeant, and more: The journey of ERDC’s Trey Burchfield

    Trey Burchfield brings a wealth of diverse experience to the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in his current role in the Materials and Structures Branch.
  • Smokey Bear’s Ranger Hat

    80 years is a tremendous milestone—for anyone. To make it to 80 means you have overcome life’s greatest challenges and you truly become the elder, the sage, the one who knows a thing or two and should be listened to. Being the spokes-bear, if you will, of the longest running and most successful advertising campaign in American history, at 80 years old, I think Smokey Bear would agree, so does Lake Shelbyville.
  • Clearing the way for navigation at Elizabeth

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District is prioritizing the opening of a 100-foot-wide navigation channel through the dam at Monongahela River Locks and Dam 3 near Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, by August 28.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Kentucky Lock contractor celebrate safety milestone

    GRAND RIVERS, Ky. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, in partnership with the contractor currently working on the Kentucky Lock project, Thalle Construction, celebrated a significant safety milestone with a ceremony, July 30, 2024. The event honored the achievement of surpassing one million man-hours without a lost time accident, a testament to the unwavering commitment to safety by all involved.
  • Memphis District section chief named 2024 Geotechnics Professional of the Year

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Headquarters Engineering and Construction Division announced in June that Nicholas "Nikko" Aleman, the Geotechnical Section Chief for the Memphis District (MVM), is the recipient of this year's Timothy Skeen Geotechnics Professional of the Year award.