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- Happy new year and welcome

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to another edition of Corp Connection,

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The US Army Corps of
Engineers monthly vlog,

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taking you around the world to
see what USACE is working on.

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I'm your host, Patrick Bloodgood

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and this is Corp Connection.

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(upbeat music)

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In this month's episode, we
take you to our Omaha district

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where they are working on
construction of a setback levee

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near Bartlett in Thurman, Iowa.

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USACE's Engineering Research
and Development Center

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highlights a decade of the engineering

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with nature initiative, where
nature is used in conjunction

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with human engineering to
achieve desired results

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on infrastructure projects.

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The Buffalo district takes
us to Sodus Point, New York

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where they are constructing a
shoreline protection project

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along Lake Ontario, and
the Jacksonville district

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talks about the challenges
of trying to control

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an invasive species found
in the Florida waterways.

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Also our 55th chief of engineers,

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Lieutenant General Scott Spellman,

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debuts a new segment
called 55 from the field

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where he goes on location
and interviews core employees

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about the projects they are working on.

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And finally, we'll give
you an update on a project

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we highlighted last month
from our little rock district.

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But first, work along the
Missouri River is always ongoing.

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The Omaha district monitors
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of the federal levee system,

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which reduces the risk of
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commercial and residential land,

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as well as local infrastructure.

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One such project in Iowa
is nearing completion.

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(upbeat music)

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- So currently we're
constructing a setback levee,

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so we're taking the existing
levee and bumping it landward.

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We started January 5th
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had the levee back to
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That was our temporary repair,

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and this is our full replacement repair.

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We started on the setback September

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and we'll finish in January.

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- [Patrick] What purpose
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- That's really two main purposes.

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One, it protects the
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and two, it protects the
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So 0594 represents that
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of the, you, or in between
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well bonds and creek.

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There's three residents
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It's pretty much what it's for.

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Currently we've worked 145,000
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That's for the levy project,

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roughly 8,500 feet long.

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It's gonna be eight,
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5,500 tons of levy surfacing.

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So he's to fill until he's
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Roughly 850,000 yards.

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- For 10 years.

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USACE's Engineering Research
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has been championing the
intentional alignment

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of natural and engineering processes

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to efficiently and
sustainably deliver economic,

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environmental, and social benefits

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through collaborative processes.

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Engineering With Nature
marked this milestone

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with some well-wishes
from many stakeholders

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and partners from across the globe.

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(soft music)

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- 10 years of Engineering With Nature.

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Our overarching vision for the

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Engineering With Nature initiative,

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is to move beyond the
view that engineering

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and infrastructure development
are achieved at a cost

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to nature, to an approach where nature

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and human engineering,
our partners and allies

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in the development of
infrastructure value.

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The connections that we've made

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across organizational boundaries,

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the strong relationships
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across the country and around the world,

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and the collaborations
that we have developed

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have fueled our progress
over the last 10 years.

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- Happy anniversary
Engineering With Nature.

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Happy 10th anniversary.

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- Happy anniversary
Engineering With Nature.

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And we look forward to the next 10 years

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of your collective good work.

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- Congratulations Engineering With Nature,

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happy 10th anniversary.

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- Congratulations Engineering With Nature,

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happy 10th anniversary.

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- Congrats Engineering With
Nature on 10 awesome years.

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- Congratulations on 10 years
and keep pushing forward.

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- Congratulations to the
Engineering With Nature initiative

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on its first 10 years.

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And may they be another
10 years after that.

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- So happy anniversary
Engineering With Nature.

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Here's to many more.

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- Happy 10th anniversary
from Buffalo, New York.

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- Congratulations and
happy 10th anniversary

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to Engineering With Nature.

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- Congratulations Engineering With Nature.

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Happy 10th anniversary.

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- Happy 10th anniversary
to Engineering With Nature.

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- So congratulations
Engineering With Nature

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and happy 10th anniversary.

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- And on behalf of the
Philadelphia district, I'd like to

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congratulate the Engineering
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on its 10 year anniversary.

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- Happy 10th anniversary
EWN and congratulations.

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- I wanna congratulate the US Army Corps

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of Engineers, Engineering
With Nature program

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on their 10th anniversary.

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- Congratulations engineering with nature,

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happy 10th anniversary.

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- Congratulations to EWN
on your 10th anniversary.

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- Happy 10th anniversary
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- Congratulations and
happy 10th anniversary

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from the port of Huelva.

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- And I wanted to congratulate
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on 10 successful years.

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We look forward to many more to come.

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Congratulations and happy birthday.

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- We are going to build
strong relationships,

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learn from others and share our successes,

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our useful successes over
the next 10 years and beyond.

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The future is bright with opportunity for

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- Lake Ontario makes up
the final body of water

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the great lakes region drains through,

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and with its wind whipped
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in water levels, shorelines along the Lake

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can be vulnerable to erosion.

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One such portion of the Lakes
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and your Sodus Point, New York.

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- Hi, I'm Victoria Towndrow
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We're out here in Sodus Point, New York

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The project consists of
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(indistinct) Will help with
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is the (indistinct).

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(indistinct) Bedding stone
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will come all the way up to
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- To many, water hyacinth
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with no major predators to
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forcing out native species and
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The Jacksonville district
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to see how they and their
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to keep this destructive plan in check.

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- [Man] My coworkers that
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It's the same thing for them.

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You know, they, they
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deep love and respect for
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We the people of the state of Florida,

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we tried everything
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Management of aquatic plants
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Plants like water hyacinth
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flexibility when it comes
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that when we come through
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and then demise any off target damage.

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designed to target the plant
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where it won't affect the native plant.

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what we're looking to do is to

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make sure we're minimizing
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by making sure we're disposing

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of their park vegetation
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and that we are getting the most

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utilizing the stakeholders money.

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So we wannna be as cost
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- [] They can literally
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in those little six to 10 days

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Which, you know, within two
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we're out here trying
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minimize our impacts on
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and also just allow access
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and, you know, explore the river,

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recreate on the river fish on the river.

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- Lieutenant general, Scott
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of Engineers, does a lot of traveling.

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Visiting core districts and divisions.

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Getting a firsthand look at the projects

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and the people behind bringing
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In a segment, we call 55 from the field.

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The chief introduces you
to the people he meets

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and the projects they are working on.

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With the first one coming
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as they are working on a project

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on Pope Army airfield in
Fayetteville, North Carolina.

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- [Scott] I'm Lieutenant
general, Scott Spellman

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55th Chief of Engineers.

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And I'm coming to you

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from the field this morning
at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

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specifically Pope Air Force base.

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I'm here with our great
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Colonel Dan Hebner, in our
18th airborne Corps Engineer,

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Colonel Dave fielder.

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Dan, you have a sustainment restoration

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and modernization project of national

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and strategic significance.

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Can you talk to the team, a
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- Yes sir. This is a
two-year program overall.

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It's a $90 million project.

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Most significant to it is that we're gonna

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have to shut this airway
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A plan to shut down of 120 days.

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And that means that all of the
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are gonna operating at installations

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and regional facilities elsewhere.

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Making the runway closure very important

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that we try and keep that
as short as possible.

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The goal is 120 days

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and we're gonna work very
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- Great, thanks Dan.

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- Hey Dave, we don't do
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we do everything with partners
and with strong partnership.

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And you're a great partner for us here

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from (indistinct) airport.

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Can you talk a little
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of this project to your mission?

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- Absolutely, sir.

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(indistinct) Corps is probably one

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of the biggest players at Fort Bragg

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but it also has a number
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FORSCOM very much into
the pocket to partner

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with a Dave Headnote
and his team down here.

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We ensure that we have every bombing.

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Some of the (indistinct)
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Even use the (indistinct)

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that has stakeholders under his pocket.

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And his team and my team,

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we will work together

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and make sure that there is no stopping

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of any (indistinct).

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- Great. Thanks, David.

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Dan, we're all about
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on time and within budget.

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And I know you've got a teammate here

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that's helping us do that.

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- Yes sir. Someone who's central

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to that is Marsha Meekins.

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If I could get you to
come up here, Marsha.

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Our area engineering at Fort Bragg.

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Newly arrived, not too
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Her last accomplishment
there was a delivery

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on time, on budget of the
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there at Fort Gordon.

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So we're relying on her expertise.

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We're relying on her partnership building

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of which she is expert at,

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in order to make sure that

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we're delivering this facility
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She's the right person for the right job.

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Already in the trenches,

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already doing a credible job

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to make sure that we're
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- Come on up here.

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One way I'd like to say, thank you

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is with a helmet sticker.

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(indistinct)

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So I just wanna say thanks to
the entire (indistinct) team.

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'Cause you are actually one
of our strongest teammates

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helping us feel strong
and stay army strong.

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So thanks for all you do.

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- In the last episode of Corp Connection

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we highlighted the efforts

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to reopen Toad Suck Park
along the Arkansas river.

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We returned there this
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of the little rock district
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- So after a year and a half,

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today's park reopening
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not only how devastating the flood was,

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but also the the potential of what can be

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and where we're headed in the future.

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And we have a lot of work to do,

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but I'd like to welcome
you back to Toad Suck Park.

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Starting tomorrow again,

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our visitors can make reservations

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and begin camping here again.

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And enjoy Arkansas beauty.

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- You can make reservations for camping

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and other activities at Toad Suck Park

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or other core projects via
the recreation.gov website.

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A link is available in
the description portion

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of this video.

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Also, if you are
interested in learning more

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about Engineering With Nature

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or any of the other projects
we highlighted in this episode,

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links are available in the
description portion of the video.

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So that does it for this month's
edition of Corp Connection.

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We will see you next
month with more highlights

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from around USACE

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and thank you for tuning in.

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Once again I'm Patrick Bloodgood

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and this has been Corp Connection.

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