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  • June

    William J. Eggleston III, right, a safety engineer with the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville's Safety Office, explains a solar array project at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to summer hire, Lorraine Rosello Del Valle; Erika Cosper, a Pathways Intern; and Jacob Morrison, a summer hire during a recent trip to Fort Campbell. Work on the solar array began in 2012 when the Fort Campbell Directorate of Public Works partnered with the Huntsville Center and the Department of Energy to put together a renewable energy plan for the post.

    Phase II increases Fort Campbell solar array wattage

    A ribbon-cutting ceremony June 9 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, celebrated the completion of the final phase of Fort Campbell’s 5 megawatt solar array.
  • From left to right, U.S. Army Garrison Fort Riley Cmd. Sgt. Major James Collins; Albert "Chip" Marin, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville; Joseph Cvetas, Executive Vice President, Southland Industries; H. Sandy Walker, Fort Riley Public Works; and Col. John Lawrence, Fort Riley Garrison Commander, turn ceremonial dirt during a groundbreaking ceremony June 13 at Fort Riley, Kansas. The ceremony highlighted the award of an energy savings contract to Southland Energy and commemorated the start of the construction phase.The contract is overseen by the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville.

    Fort Riley leaders, partners break ground on energy saving contract

    This first phase of a multi-phased ESPC project at Fort Riley will provide $37,721,463 in facility improvements across 280 buildings.

  • May

    Karl F. Schneider (Left), senior career official performing the duties of the Under Secretary of the Army, host of the 2016 Lean Six Sigma excellence awards program ceremony May 18, 2017 at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., poses with Diane Parks (Second from left), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District chief of Operations, Tim Dunn (Third from left), Nashville District deputy chief of Operations, and Maj. Gen. Richard L. Stevens, (Fourth from left) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deputy commanding general, and Lt. Gen. Edward C. Cardon, director of the Office of Business Transformation. Parks and Dunn accepted the Army’s Lean Six Sigma Award Program Process Improvement Project Team Excellence Award. (U.S. Army photo by Leroy Council)

    Process improvement earns Nashville District team LEAP award

    WASHINGTON (May 25, 2017) – A process improvement effort to streamline how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District purchases its supplies paid off during a ceremony May 18, 2017 at the Pentagon when the Army’s Lean Six Sigma Award Program gave its Process Improvement Project Team Excellence Award to the project delivery team.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District Commander Adam Czekanski met with the Mayor of Sodus, New York Chris Tertinek (both centered) and local emergency management officials to discuss Army Corps of Engineers flood supplemental support efforts. They also toured areas affected by high Lake Ontario water in Sodus, New York.

    USACE responds to Lake Ontario flooding

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District, technical field teams have visited 13 Lake Ontario coast sites in response to emergency flood efforts. New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo formally requested Corps of Engineers assistance on May 9 and initiated additional interagency coordination to supplement the state’s emergency response to record water levels.

  • April

    Laurel Blackman, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Engineering and Construction Division geologist, is the district’s employee of the month for February 2017. (USACE photo by Mark Rankin)

    Nashville District names Blackman Employee of the Month for February 2017

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 7, 2017) – Laurel Blackman, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering and Construction Division geologist, is the district’s employee of the month for February 2017.

  • March

    A team Corps employees from various locks and dams throughout the Nashville District hoist a simulated injured worker from a permitted confined space at the Center Hill power plant during a permitted confined space training class March 16, 2017.

    Training simulation rescues dummy to save lives

    LANCASTER, Tenn. (March 30, 2017) – Maintenance workers, mechanics, electricians and safety personnel recently descended into confined spaces deep within Center Hill Dam to rescue a trapped dummy in a training simulation. The group set up a tripod rescue system, placed it over an opening in the power plant floor and used a horizontal lift technique to hoist the mock victim 30 feet to safety.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Facility managers from Cheatham Lake, J. Percy Priest Lake, Old Hickory Lake, Cordell Hull Lake, Center Hill Lake, Dale Hollow Lake, Lake Barkley, and Lake Cumberland attended a conference March 7-9, 2017 at the Cheatham Lake Resource Managers Office in Ashland City, Tenn. They shared and discussed information on contract procedures, operations, safety, deadlines, timelines, facility upgrades, and use of geospatial and geographic information systems.

    Corps recreation facility managers prepare for another great recreation season

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 24, 2017) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District employees maintain some of the largest and most used recreational areas in the country close by in the Cumberland River Basin, not a simple task. Just like preparing a home, an apartment, or a recreational vehicle for the next season, the key to maintaining facilities at campgrounds is planning.
  • Park Ranger Phillip Sliger greets a kid wearing a life jacket at Defeated Creek Campground during a past recreation season. The campground at Cordell Hull Lake is one of 25 campgrounds at eight lakes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District operates every recreation season. The public is encouraged to begin reserving for the 2017 recreation season at www.recreation.gov.

    Get ready to recreate in Cumberland River Basin

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 13, 2017) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s 146 recreation areas, 25 developed campgrounds and primitive camping areas in Kentucky and Tennessee remain quiet, empty and closed, but that all changes this week.

  • February

    Colonel Jason A. Kirk is the Commander and District Engineer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District. Colonel Kirk assumed command on July 17, 2015.

    Focus on STEM during National Engineers Week

    As the commander and District Engineer of the Jacksonville District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its 800-strong team of scientists, engineers and other professionals, I encourage everyone to celebrate and recognize the important contributions of science, technology, engineering and mathematics professionals during this year’s National Engineers Week — February 19-25. This is also a great week to encourage young people from all walks of life to consider a career in one of these vital “STEM” fields.

  • November

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District Chief of Counsel Michelle Barczak is retiring after 33 years of Federal service.

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District Chief of Counsel Retiring

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District Chief of Counsel Michelle Barczak is retiring after 33 years of Federal service.

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