1 Aug 2024

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.

11 Jun 2024

A team of teams: How multi-agency power teams restore vital services after disasters

A power outage that began in Ohio spread across seven states and into Canada as brush fires caused transmission lines to go out of service.

29 Jun 2020

Oakdale resident selected for prestigious U.S. Army award

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Valley Division, recently selected Lt. Col. Patrick Sullivan, St. Paul District deputy commander and Oakdale, Minnesota, resident as the division’s nominee for the national John W. Macy, Jr. Award.

28 Jun 2019

Human Capital data helps Huntsville Center plan for the future

Tracking human capital data allows the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Canter, Huntsville to monitor information such as hiring action timelines, rates of attrition and percentages of those eligible for retirement now or in the near future, helping the Center keep the big picture in focus when it comes to workforce planning.

3 Jun 2015

A new lease on life: Realty assistant aids Ebola response efforts in Liberia

SAVANNAH, Ga. – No stranger to warfare in the jungles of Vietnam and the mountainous terrain of Afghanistan, Angel Rivera set out on a familiar task in an unfamiliar territory that bred an enemy just as malignant as those he encountered as a career Soldier.

16 Dec 2014

Clock winds down as elite engineering team readies for deployment

SAVANNAH, Ga. – As 2014 departs, so will 12 members of the 542nd Forward Engineering Support Team – Advanced (FEST-A), who deploy to Kuwait in January for more than six months to provide specialized technical engineering support for the Central Command area of responsibility.

19 Apr 2013

Army Corps civilian builds up Wounded Warriors with sled hockey program

Last year, Mark McKenna, a project engineer with the Fort Drum Field Office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District was working out at the gym at Fort Drum in Watertown, N.Y. "I was working out in the gym and a Soldier in a wheelchair came in and then turned around and left the gym."