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  • June

    Charlie Bryan, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District,lock master talks with a student while crossing the Old Hickory Lock June 24, 2015. The students from Tennessee State University Engineering Department's four-week National Summer Transportation Institute program visited the lock to study engineer and navigation.

    Corps prepares future engineering students at Summer Engineering Program

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 26, 2015) –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District collaborated with the Tennessee State University College of Engineering, Technology and Computer Science Department to mentor science, technology, engineering and math students involved in a four-week National Summer Transportation Institute program on the campus of TSU June 22 through July 3.
  • Jacob Kresel (right), senior park ranger and natural resource specialist, and Cole Van Beusekom (left), park ranger, are easy to recognize with their forest green uniforms, “Smokey bear” hats and Corps castle belt buckles. The opportunity to work at the Chena Project in North Pole is a fulfilling vocation for both.

    Corps park rangers share passion for outdoors, flood mitigation

    Jacob Kresel, senior park ranger and natural resource specialist, and Cole Van Beusekom, park ranger, are easy to recognize with their forest green uniforms, “Smokey bear” hats and Corps castle belt buckles. The opportunity to work at the Chena Project in North Pole is a fulfilling vocation for both.
  • From left: Paula Hanna, Savannah District’s family readiness coordinator and executive secretary for Savannah District’s deputy commander, and a USO staff member take a break after welcoming home the 542nd FEST-A team at the Savannah-Hilton Head International airport, June 23.

    District’s backbone crowned USACE’s top FRN coordinator

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – A magnet for recognition, Paula Hanna, the Savannah District’s Family Readiness Network coordinator, adds to her string of awards receiving the Family Readiness Individual Excellence Award for 2014-2015.
  • Dominic Ragucci named Installation Support Professional of the Year June 2015.

    USACE names Installation Support Professional of the Year

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers names Huntsville Center's Dominic Ragucci Installation Support Professional of the Year.
  • Nautical tackle from the CSS Georgia. Tackle was used to move objects topside on the ship. A closer look reveals tracks left by teredo worms, which are organisms that consume wood in watery environments. Damage from teredo worms can be seen on the right side of the artifact.

    Divers continue to unveil ‘little shards of life’ from CSS Georgia

    SAVANNAH, Ga. - Last week marine archaeologists diving on the CSS Georgia entered their fifth and final month of the small artifact recovery phase. And though the number of artifacts they have been discovering has slowed to a trickle, the nuance each new item adds to the growing narrative cannot be understated.