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Col. Mark C. Quander, commander, USACE Transatlantic Division, charges Col. Jason E. Kelly with command of the Afghanistan Engineer District in a ceremony on Bagram Airfield June 28.
Kelly assumes command of USACE Afghanistan District
Col. Mark C. Quander, commander, USACE Transatlantic Division, charges Col. Jason E. Kelly with command of the Afghanistan Engineer District in a ceremony on Bagram Airfield June 28.
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Peter DeMattei, Elaine Lawson, Margaret Jones, Daryl Puffinburger, and Daniel Rivera spent time on Capitol Hill to learn about Congressional operations. DeMattei and Puffinburger, program managers with the Middle East District, are enrolled in the leadership development program, and Jones and Lawson manage the Tier III program for the Transatlantic Division. Rivera is a TAD program manager.
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Peter DeMattei, Elaine Lawson, Margaret Jones, Daryl Puffinburger, and Daniel Rivera spent time on Capitol Hill to learn about Congressional operations. DeMattei and Puffinburger, program managers with the Middle East District, are enrolled in the leadership development program, and Jones and Lawson manage the Tier III program for the Transatlantic Division. Rivera is a TAD program manager.
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Col. Philip Secrist III now commands the Mosul Dam Task Force, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers unit providing the Government of Iraq with engineering expertise for its grouting contract to stabilize Mosul Dam.
Secrist assumes command of Mosul Dam Task Force
Col. Philip Secrist III now commands the Mosul Dam Task Force, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers unit providing the Government of Iraq with engineering expertise for its grouting contract to stabilize Mosul Dam.
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Capt. Scott Pancotto with members of the Bahrain Resident Office during a visit from the Middle East District Commander, Colonel Stephen Bales.
Capt. Pancotto with USACE Bahrain Team
Capt. Scott Pancotto with members of the Bahrain Resident Office during a visit from the Middle East District Commander, Colonel Stephen Bales.
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Mentor MAJ Chelsey O’Nan, MED program manager forward and mentee Cadet Samantha Lowdermilk in Kuwait during Lowdermilk's assigned summer cadet leadership training opportunity with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Middle East District (MED) through the Army ROTC program at the University of Virginia.
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Mentor MAJ Chelsey O’Nan, MED program manager forward and mentee Cadet Samantha Lowdermilk in Kuwait during Lowdermilk's assigned summer cadet leadership training opportunity with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Middle East District (MED) through the Army ROTC program at the University of Virginia.
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USACE Afghanistan District holds Change of Responsibility Ceremony

Afghanistan- U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Afghanistan District held its change of responsibility ceremony August 13, 2018. Command Sgt. Maj. Nathaniel Atkinson, Jr. assumed responsibility from Sgt. Maj. Jorge A. Rivera, who held the senior advisor position for more than seven months.
Published: 8/13/2018

Leadership development brings an opportunity to visit Capitol Hill

Leaders in the Transatlantic Division’s leadership development program recently broadened their exposure to Congressional affairs and the operations of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers headquarters. Daryl Puffinburger and Peter DeMattei, both program managers with the Middle East District, spent three days on Capitol Hill and another day with senior military and civilian leaders at USACE headquarters in Washington, D.C. The Government Affairs Institute sponsored the USACE Congressional briefing.
Published: 8/8/2018

Secrist assumes command of Mosul Dam Task Force

Col. Philip Secrist III now commands the Mosul Dam Task Force, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers unit providing the Government of Iraq with engineering expertise for its grouting contract to stabilize Mosul Dam.
Published: 7/27/2018
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Peter DeMattei, Elaine Lawson, Margaret Jones, Daryl Puffinburger, and Daniel Rivera spent time on Capitol Hill to learn about Congressional operations. DeMattei and Puffinburger, program managers with the Middle East District, are enrolled in the leadership development program, and Jones and Lawson manage the Tier III program for the Transatlantic Division. Rivera is a TAD program manager.
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Peter DeMattei, Elaine Lawson, Margaret Jones, Daryl Puffinburger, and Daniel Rivera spent time on Capitol Hill to learn about Congressional operations. DeMattei and Puffinburger, program managers with the Middle East District, are enrolled in the leadership development program, and Jones and Lawson manage the Tier III program for the Transatlantic Division. Rivera is a TAD program manager.
  • Peter DeMattei, Elaine Lawson, Margaret Jones, Daryl Puffinburger, and Daniel Rivera spent time on Capitol Hill to learn about Congressional operations. DeMattei and Puffinburger, program managers with the Middle East District, are enrolled in the leadership development program, and Jones and Lawson manage the Tier III program for the Transatlantic Division. Rivera is a TAD program manager.
  • Leadership development program participants Daryl Puffinburger and Peter DeMattei pose with Maj. Gen. Michael Wehr, USACE Deputy Commanding General, during a visit to Headquarters USACE in Washington, D.C. Daniel Rivera is far right.
  • Representatives of each partner on the Mosul Dam stabilization project hold a core sample representing the mutual goal of stabilization. From left, Col. Muntadar, Iraq; Col. Mike Farrell, outgoing Commander, Mosul Dam Task Force; Mr. Miconi, Project Manager,Trevi; Mr. Riyadh, Iraq Ministry of Water Resources; Col. Philip Secrist, Commander, Mosul Dam Task Force; and Col. Settesoldi, Commander, Task Force Presidium.
  • Col. Mark Quander, Transatlantic Division Commander, charges Col. Philip Secrist with command of the Mosul Dam Task Force through the passing of the USACE flag. Col. Mike Farrell, left, and Creg Hucks, right, observe the ceremonial event.
  • The multi-national audience for the Mosul Dam Task Force change of command ceremony included government officials from Iraq, Italy and the United States. From left, Mr. Riyadh, Ministry of Water Resources; Howard Stickley, Director of Programs and Business, Transatlantic Division; Col. Settesoldi, Commander, Task Force Presidium; Col. Muntadar, Iraq; and Mr. Miconi, Project Manager, Trevi.
  • The Governments of Iraq, Italy, and the United States have combined their efforts to stabilize Mosul Dam, the largest earthen dam in Iraq and the fourth largest in the Middle East. The dam provides water supply, irrigation, flood control, and hydro-power for the people of Iraq along the Tigris River Valley.
  • From left, Maj. Gen. Michael C. Wehr, USACE Deputy Commanding General; Col. Kimberly M. Colloton, outgoing Afghanistan District commander; Col. Mark C. Quander, Transatlantic Division commander; and Col. Jason E. Kelly, incoming Afghanistan District commander. These USACE leaders participate in a change of command ceremony for the Afghanistan District June 28.
  • Col. Mark C. Quander, commander, USACE Transatlantic Division, charges Col. Jason E. Kelly with command of the Afghanistan Engineer District in a ceremony on Bagram Airfield June 28.
  • Col. Colloton and staff visit the site where the Camp Commando School of Excellence is being built.
  • Justin (left) and Matt Scherzberg
  • Matt and Justin Scherzberg pose with a friend in front of the U.S. flag at Camp Marmal in Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan.
  • Matt Scherzberg (right) works with now-Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, commanding general of USACE, on a project at a VA hospital in Aurora, Colorado.
  • Justin (left) and Matt Scherzberg show off their catch during a fishing trip
  • Col. Jon Chytka, former commander of the Transatlantic Afghanistan District, thanks his staff for their dedication over the last year to support the Resolute Support Mission. Chytka relinquished command to Colloton during a ceremony in the rose garden at the Jirga Center, Aug 12 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.
  • (R to L) Brig. Gen, David Hill, USACE Transatlantic Division commander, Col. Jon Chytka, USACE Transatlantic Afghanistan District outgoing commander, Col. Kimberly Colloton, USACE Transatlantic Afghanistan District incoming commander, Ms. Anjna O'Conner, USACE Transatlantic Afghanistan District outgoing deputy engineer, and Mr. John Drake, USACE Transatlantic Afghanistan District incoming deputy commander prepare for the start of the district's change of command ceremony, Aug. 12 at Bagram Airfield Afghanistan.
  • Col. Kimberly Colloton (right) receives the Army Colors from Brig. Gen. David Hill, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Transatlantic Division commander, in a change of command ceremony, Aug. 12 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Colloton became the first female commander of the Transatlantic Afghanistan District sine the district's establishment in 2013.
  • Col. Kimberly Colloton, second from right, recognizes the staff at the New Kabul Compound Medical Clinic for providing life-saving support to USACE personnel.
  • Col. Kimberly Colloton expresses her appreciation to the staff at the New Kabul Compound Medical Clinic for supporting all deployed personnel.
  • A new substation and transmission lines were inaugurated in ceremonies in May.
  • Captain Scott Pancotto with a group of working dog handlers and Navy Captain Scott Guenther, Commander Navel Support Activity Bahrain during a ribbon cutting for a new military working dog training area. The training area was one of the projects Captain Pancotto oversaw during his time with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Middle East District.
  • Capt. Scott Pancotto with members of the Bahrain Resident Office during a visit from the Middle East District Commander, Colonel Stephen Bales.
  • Mentor MAJ Chelsey O’Nan, MED program manager forward and mentee Cadet Samantha Lowdermilk in Kuwait during Lowdermilk's assigned summer cadet leadership training opportunity with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Middle East District (MED) through the Army ROTC program at the University of Virginia.
  • The official party and audience stand for the National Anthem during the Transatlantic Division change of command ceremony on May 22 in Winchester, Va.
  • Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite passes the Transatlantic Division flag to Col. Mark C. Quander, incoming commander, thus charging him with command.
  • Music during the change of command ceremony was provided by the 29th Division Band, Virginia Army National Guard, located in Troutville.
  • Melanie Barajas, Middle East District's Chief of Safety and Occupational Health, Kevin Raposa, Safety and Occupational Health Specialist TAM Construction Division, and Viv Turner, Site 1 Safety and Security Manager on site in Qatar assessing the construction program and safety program.
  • COL Mark C. Quander remarks following his official assumption of command for the Transatlantic Division.
  • F-16 inside the 75,000 square foot F-16 Aircraft Maintenance Hanger
  • Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Balad Air Base in the Aircraft Maintenance Hanger that is a 75,000 square feet facility that can accommodate seven F16 aircraft.
  • The ribbon cutting ceremony at Balad Air Base also marked the 87th birthday of the Iraqi Air Force on 22 April.
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