11 Jul 2022

Hero of the Month

Jonathan “Jay” Aya-ay is LRH’s Chief of Planning Branch in Planning, Programs, and Project Management Division. He is currently acting as Chicago District’s Deputy District Engineer for Project Management. While traveling back to his hotel from dinner one night while in Chicago for the Corps-wide Planning Chiefs meeting, he encountered an intoxicated man lying on an escalator to the subway.

13 May 2021

Corps employee saves life of boater in distress

In the blink of an eye the unexpected can happen, especially on the water. Imagine heading out to go fishing at sunrise to be the first to hit that honey hole in the calm of the morning. Fog gently rising above the water, slight breeze through the air, it seems like the perfect start to the day, until something bad happens. That’s how the day started as Trevor Lindsey, construction contract representative for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, started a 7 a.m. meeting on May 7, 2021 at Longview Lake in Kansas City, Mo. Just a beautiful day by the lake with a construction meeting outdoors, until he heard a cry for help near the lake.

10 Feb 2016

Army Corps employee honored for stopping runaway vehicle at Tioga-Hammond and Cowanesque Lakes

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Command Sgt. Major Antonio Jones and Baltimore District

5 Jul 2012

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Engineering Technician saves three lives in Duck, NC

"The moment I realized those young men were in trouble, my adrenaline kicked in. There was not a question in my mind, or time to think much about what I was about to do," Preisser said. "The look of those boys in panic and their desperate yelling for help stirred me to do what I did."