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  • March

    Martin Parker, site manager for Voith Hydro, explains the roles of a lamination sheet within a generator core with Maj. Gen. Donald Jackson during his visit to the Center Hill Hydropower Rehabilitation Project in Lancaster, Tenn., March 29, 2016.

    Jackson gets general overview of Nashville District construction projects

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 31, 2016) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deputy commanding general for Civil and Emergency Operations visited a Nashville District project for the first time to interact with project managers and engineers.
  • Carol Elder, Interior Design Section team lead for the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, meets with Interior Designer Lauren Ploetze and other members of the Huntsville Center Medical Interior Design team. Elder played a key role in standing up the interior design mission, an effort that began in 2010.

    Faces of the Force: Carol Elder

    Carol Elder, Huntsville Center's Interior Design chief, is featured on "Faces of the Force," an online series highlighting members of the Army Acquisition Workforce.
  • The intake canal and Citrus Boulevard Bridge was constructed as part of the Corps' first construction contract for the C-44 project, which was coimpleted in July 2014.

    Corps of Engineers, partners, report on progress restoring America’s Everglades

    Significant progress has been made in restoring America’s Everglades over the past five years and a comprehensive report highlighting these efforts has recently been submitted to Congress. The 2015 Report to Congress for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) was jointly submitted to Congress last week by the secretaries of the Army and the Interior. The report details the collaborative effort of participating agencies and their combined commitment to restore America’s Everglades.
  • Brig. Gen. Richard G. Kaiser, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commanding general in Cincinnati, makes a statement during a media availability at Old Hickory Dam in Old Hickory, Tenn., March 29, 2016. He stressed that dam safety is the Corps' priority at Old Hickory Dam that is maintained and operated by the Nashville District.

    Corps general discusses dam safety issues at Old Hickory Dam with Nashville leaders

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 29, 2016) – During a visit to Nashville and Old Hickory Dam today, Brig. Gen. Richard G. Kaiser, commanding general of the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division and regional Corps authority on Old Hickory Dam safety issues, U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper, Tennessee 5th District congressman, and members of their staffs met to discuss safety concerns local leaders have regarding the operation of a quarry adjacent to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Old Hickory Dam.
  • The Environmental Laboratory’s Dena Dickerson, shown with her show dog, Jada, used her canine training and field trial expertise to test a possible solution to chase off birds causing extensive damages at Oklahoma’s Robert S. Kerr Lock and Dam. The impressive experiment with Panda, her own border collie, resulted in the Corps’ Tulsa District purchase of border collie Ellie, who keeps the facility clear of thousands of cormorants and gulls

    EL’s Dickerson uses animal expertise to solve lock and dam problem

    Like scientists and engineers, border collies are problem-solvers, so Research Biologist Dena