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  • May

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Several District employees are participating in the Cascade Bicycle Club's Bike Month Challenge Presented by Adobe. The team, known as the Rio Grande Corps-muters, pose for a photo on National Bike to Work Day, May 15, 2015.

    Employees Bike to Work

    Approximately a dozen employees participated in National Bike to Work Day, May 15, despite the day’s wet ending with rain, wind and thunderstorms rolling across the Albuquerque area.
  • Rendering of finished complex expected to be completed in winter 2016.

    New flight center takes off

    In the skies somewhere above the Middle East, several Blackhawk helicopters hover. Their doors open
  • Lesslie Williams, Budget Technician, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District employee of the month for March 2015. She works in the Mid-Cumberland Area office at Cordell Hull dam and is being recognized for her significant contributions to Operations.

    Williams named Nashville District March 2015 Employee of the Month

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 19, 2015) – Lesslie Williams, budget technician, Operations Branch in the Mid-Cumberland Area office at Cordell Hull dam is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District employee of the month for March 2015.
  • Linda Adcock (Left), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Center Hill Dam Safety project manager assists Tennessee State Rep. Terri Lynn Weaver place a ceremonial concrete form into a small-scale model commemorating the completion of the Center Hill Dam Barrier Wall Project May 18, 2015 on the work platform of the dam.

    Ceremony marks completion of Center Hill Dam barrier wall

    LANCASTER, Tenn. (May 18, 2015) – Officials celebrated the completion of a barrier wall in the main dam embankment of Center Hill Dam during a ceremony today at the work platform on top of the dam. The $115 million foundation barrier wall is a key component of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Center Hill Dam Safety Remediation Project.
  • Deploying with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to places in the CENTCOM area of responsibility like Afghanistan or to the U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility in support of Operation Inherent Resolve can be a rewarding and challenging experience.

    USACE deployments offer personal, professional development

    Deploying with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to places in the CENTCOM area of responsibility like Afghanistan or to the U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility in support of Operation Inherent Resolve can be a rewarding and challenging experience.