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  • May

    Army Corps vessel with a big job steams on during parade of ships

    NEW YORK-The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) drift collection vessel the DCV GELBERMAN helped kick off what was an epic scene along the Hudson River earlier this week. As scores of people stood on Engeldrum Bluff at Fort Hamilton the DCV GELBERMAN carried the American flag during with pride, a USACE New York District tradition. USACE crews on board the DCV GELBERMAN work day in and day out to keep the Hudson River and other essential federal navigation channels open and vacant of dangers. “The crew takes pride in keeping the navigation channel free and clear from hazards.” Said Colonel David A. Caldwell, Commander, USACE, New York District.
  • Karl F. Schneider (Left), senior career official performing the duties of the Under Secretary of the Army, host of the 2016 Lean Six Sigma excellence awards program ceremony May 18, 2017 at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., poses with Diane Parks (Second from left), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District chief of Operations, Tim Dunn (Third from left), Nashville District deputy chief of Operations, and Maj. Gen. Richard L. Stevens, (Fourth from left) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deputy commanding general, and Lt. Gen. Edward C. Cardon, director of the Office of Business Transformation. Parks and Dunn accepted the Army’s Lean Six Sigma Award Program Process Improvement Project Team Excellence Award. (U.S. Army photo by Leroy Council)

    Process improvement earns Nashville District team LEAP award

    WASHINGTON (May 25, 2017) – A process improvement effort to streamline how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District purchases its supplies paid off during a ceremony May 18, 2017 at the Pentagon when the Army’s Lean Six Sigma Award Program gave its Process Improvement Project Team Excellence Award to the project delivery team.
  • Capt. Andrew Hickenlooper served as chief engineer of the XVII Corps during the campaign and directed approach and mining operations along the Jackson road aimed at Third Louisiana Redan. He is honored by this statue on the grounds of Vicksburg National Military Park.

    The Engineers at Vicksburg, Part 21: Plotting Logan’s Approach

    Introduction:Engineers in Union blue and Confederate gray played a prominent role in the Vicksburg
  • TRINIDAD, COLO. – Over 1,500 children from kindergarten to 12th grade attended the Trinidad Water Festival, May 18, 2017. Three District employees from the Trinidad Dam project office presented to more than 200 participating students during the festival.

    District Employees Engage Students at Trinidad Water Festival

    More than 1,500 students attended the 6th Annual Trinidad Water Festival, May 18, 2017.

  • Franklin County and Jefferson County Sheriff Department’s Partner with the Army Corps of Engineers at Rend Lake

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Rend Lake, along with Jefferson County Sheriff Travis Allen and Franklin County Sheriff Don Jones established a framework of cooperation among the agencies when they signed a Memorandum of Understanding Wednesday, May 18, at Rend Lake.