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  • July

    Veterans Honored During Memorial Day Ceremony at Coralville Lake

    In communities across the country people gather on Memorial Day to honor those who died while serving in the U.S. military. For the past 28 years the staff from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, along with representatives from several Johnson County, Iowa, veterans’ organizations, have been coming together on Memorial Day to honor living veterans who nearly lost their lives.
  • Research mechanical engineer Dr. Zoe Courville displays a chunk of 60,000 year old ice to Advanced Studies Program students from St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire, during a field trip to the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research Laboratory on July 12.

    Summer school goes Arctic at Army lab

    HANOVER, N.H. (July 12, 2017) – Twelve rising seniors and two college interns from the Advanced
  • Greg Forte, an Old Hickory power plant senior mechanic, at the Old Hickory Lock and Dam provides NSTI students with information about the interior operations of the Old Hickory Power Plant on June 21, 2017. Both were part of a group of 17 students who attended the Tennessee State University Engineering Department's four-week NSTI National Summer Transportation Institute program that introduces students to various aspects of engineering. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District has partnered with the Tennessee State University College of Engineering, Technology and Computer Science Department to mentor science, technology, engineering and math students during a four-week National Summer Transportation Institute program June 20 through July 2 on the campus of TSU.

    Corps Engineers STEM message for college bound students

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 12, 2017) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District has partnered with the Tennessee State University College of Engineering, Technology and Computer Science Department to mentor science, technology, engineering and math students during a four-week National Summer Transportation Institute program June 20 through July 2 on the campus of TSU.
  • A technician uses the new paint booth area which was built during building 409’s $9.5 million modernization. The administration area and break room were renovated; and a new break room and safety suit storage area were created.

    Mobile District’s $9.5 million modernization keeps Army’s combat vehicles moving

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, recently completed a $9.5 million modernization project which will keep the Army’s combat vehicles moving at Anniston Army Depot, in Anniston, Ala.
  • Contractors pressure test pipe at Anniston Army Depot, or ANAD. In 2014, ANAD and the Corps developed a master plan to overhaul the utilities there. The initial project was the Water Line Distribution Repair project that replaced 8-inch water line at a cost of more than $1 million. The project’s duration was 400 days. The next overhaul project was the Industrial Area Water and Sanitary Sewer project that replaced a significant amount of 8-inch water line and 8-inch gravity sewer.

    Mobile District modernizes Army Depot’s infrastructure for tomorrow’s mission

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, is partnering with the Anniston Army Depot, or ANAD, in a four-year modernization, overhauling the depot’s utility system and preparing it for tomorrow’s mission.