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  • February

    John Lewis, third from right, describes a training site layout to Col. John Hurley, commander of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, and Huntsville Center Program Director Albert “Chip” Marin, during the leaders’ Jan. 11 visit to Redstone Arsenal. Accompanying them, from left to right, are Bill Sargent, director of Huntsville Center’s Ordnance and Explosives Directorate; Roger Young, project manager with APTIM; Jason Watson, Redstone environmental site manager; and Ashley Roeske, project manager with Huntsville Center’s Chemical/Biological Warfare Materiel Division.

    Munitions site removal project makes progress

    The mission to investigate and remove World War II-era chemical warfare materiel suspected to be buried in 17 sites at Redstone Arsenal has reached a new milestone as Huntsville Center’s Chemical Warfare Design Center prepares to lead fieldwork at the post’s 10th such site.
  • The New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam (NSBL&D) is owned and minamally maintained by the Savannah District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It is located outside Augusta, Georgia, on the Savannah River between Georgia and South Carolina. The NSBL&D was originally opened in the late 1930s to aid in river navigation between Augusta and the deep water ocean port in Savannah. Commercial operations on the Savannah River essentially ended in 1979. The NSBL&D later entered caretaker status. Today it impedes the migration of certain endangered fish to traditional spawning grounds upstream. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Billy Birdwell)

    Column: The fate of the lock and dam in Augusta, but first a little history

    The fate of the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam has become a topic widely discussed in the past year. The issues surrounding the lock and dam are complex and deeply rooted in the past.
  • The Langley Air Force Base Hospital will be receiving a $52 million addition, which will bring all patient services under one roof.

    District awards JBLE hospital project to Kansas City company

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, awarded J.E. Dunn Construction Company, of Kansas City, Missouri, a $52 million contract Jan. 18, 2018, for a new project at Joint Base Langley-Eustis.
  • Valerie Clinkenbeard, the acquisition liaison manager for Huntsville Center, is the most recent recipient of the Department of Defense’s Individual Achievement Award in Facilities Engineering.

    HNC employee earns DOD-level honors

    A long-time member of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, is the recipient of the Department of Defense’s Individual Achievement Award in Facilities Engineering.
  • Col. John Hurley, commander of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, signs up for the 2018 Commander’s Fitness Challenge at the organization’s Wellness Center. Next to Hurley are members of the Huntsville Center Wellness Committee.

    2018 Commander’s Fitness Challenge is fit for all

    The commander of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, has launched this year’s fitness and health initiative for all members of the organization.