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    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District employees pose with their children at Old Hickory Dam during a tour March 30, 2018 during "Bring Your Kids to Work Day." A total of 36 kids joined their parents for a tour of the dam, lock and power plant. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Employees engineer ‘fun’ learning activities for ‘Bring Your Kids to Work Day’

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 30, 2018) – Some very accomplished employees in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District recently engineered “fun” learning activities for “Bring Your Kids to Work Day.”
  • Pat Kopf (Right), chief finance officer with V.F. Workwear, and Keith Steward, vice president of customer relations with VF Solutions, install traction strips on wood steps at a campsite while volunteering for an early Earth Day clean-up event March 22, 2018 at Seven Points Campground on the shoreline of J. Percy Priest Lake in Hermitage, Tenn. Sixty VF Solutions employees partnered with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District to spruce up the popular campground ahead of the 2018 recreation season. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Volunteers paint Seven Points Campground for Earth Day

    HERMITAGE, Tenn. (March 22, 2018) – Equipped with spray paint, brushes and rollers, 60 volunteers applied a fresh coat of color today to recondition Seven Points Campground on the shoreline of J. Percy Priest Lake.
  • Brig. Gen. Mark Toy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commander, meets with Christopher Ballard, vice president of operations for Simms Building Group, and Endia Javon, administrative assistant and project administrator for Simms Building Group, during the Business Opportunities Open House, also known as "BOOH," at Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tenn., March 15, 2018. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Business Opportunities Open House provides access to the Corps

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 15, 2017) – Business leaders met with Corps of Engineers officials at Tennessee State University today for the Business Opportunities Open House, commonly referred to as the “BOOH” event.

  • February

    Lt. Col. Cullen Jones, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, welcomes Corps employees and state emergency managers present for a water management tabletop exercise Feb. 27, 2018 at the district headquarters in Nashville, Tenn. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Nashville District holds high water tabletop exercise

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 27, 2018) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Crisis Management Team held a water management tabletop exercise today to walk through a simulated high-water event within the Cumberland River Basin in Middle Tennessee.
  • Lt. Col. Cullen Jones (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, presents the Hedgehog Award to a team credited with ensuring a construction project for the U.S. Department of Energy at Oak Ridge, Tenn., finished on time and $5 million under budget. The award is given quarterly by the Nashville District to individuals or team of employees to recognize excellence at the district’s headquarters in Nashville, Tenn. Those present at the presentation are (Left to Right) Barry Cunningham, Isaac Taylor, Bonnie Jagoditz, Jason Phillips, Jacqueline Huff, Joe Duncan, Brian Whitus, and Jones. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Oak Ridge project team earns Nashville District’s Hedgehog Award

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 15, 2017) – A team of employees received the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Hedgehog Award today in recognition of efforts that ensured a construction project for the U.S. Department of Energy finished on time and $5 million under budget.
  • Lock 1 on the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tenn., is shown under construction Nov. 18, 1893. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District constructed the lock and dam to establish a navigation channel. This lock and dam was replaced by today's modern dam system. (USACE Photo)

    Nashville District tames Cumberland River with the 'Old Locks'

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 14, 2018) – Using wood coffer dams, primitive hand tools, A-frames and even animals to haul in supplies and stone blocks on tracks from nearby rock quarries, Army engineers constructed 15 navigation locks in the late 1800s and early 1900s to tame the Cumberland River for steamboats moving people and commerce throughout the region a century ago.
  • Tony Bivens, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Middle Tennessee Area manager, leads first responders across the upper gates at Old Hickory Lock in Old Hickory, Tenn., during First Responders Day Feb. 1, 2018. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Nashville District hosts ‘First Responders Day’ at Old Hickory Dam

    OLD HICKORY, Tenn. (Feb. 1, 2018) – What would happen if a towboat and barge were commandeered and its hijackers threatened public safety while inside a Corps of Engineers navigation lock? First responders wrestled with this potential scenario during a tabletop exercise at Old Hickory Dam today.

  • January

    Bryan McCarter, vice mayor of Sevierville, Tenn., welcomes members of Tennessee Silver Jackets to the city's emergency management center Jan. 25, 2018. The Silver Jackets team received a briefing on the wildfires that moved through Sevier County and city of Gatlinburg in November 2016. Silver Jackets is an innovative partnership where local, state and federal agencies facilitate flood risk reduction, coordinates programs, promotes cohesive solutions, synchronizes plans and policies, and ultimately provides integrated solutions. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Silver Jackets team learns about Gatlinburg wildfires

    SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 25, 2018) – More than a year after deadly wildfires ravaged Gatlinburg and Sevier County, Tennessee, the state’s Silver Jackets team is grappling with the catastrophe in hopes of saving lives and properties as emergency managers plan for future disasters.
  • Dewayne Ponds, project geologist for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tenn., is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for November 2017. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Ponds named Nashville District Employee of the Month for November 2017

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 24, 2017) – Dewayne Ponds, project geologist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project in Chattanooga, Tenn., is the employee of the month for November 2017.
  • Construction is ongoing at Lock 1 on the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 31, 1891. The view shows the stone blocks for the walls looking downstream. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District built the lock and dam to establish a navigation channel. The old locks and dams were replaced by today's modern dams. (USACE Photo)

    Nashville District celebrating its 130th Anniversary in 2018

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 18, 2018) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is celebrating its 130th anniversary in 2018. The Nashville District formed from the Chattanooga District to construct a series of locks and dams on the Cumberland River. Army Special Order 191 created the district Aug. 18, 1888, and Lt. Col. John W. Barlow took command.

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