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News Stories

  • November

    The U.S. Port and Inland Waterways Modernization Study Team receives the Team of the Year award from IWR Director Robert Pietrowsky (center). Team leader Keith Hofseth accepts the award for the team. Left to Right: Henri Langlois, Richard Cole, Jae Chung, Keith Hofseth, Robert Pietrowsky, Kelly Barnes, Hal Cardwell.

    IWR Celebrates Excellence with Awards

    ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.  The Institute for Water Resources (IWR) recently honored team members for
  • From his backyard workshop at his Savannah residence, David Lekson carves the shape of a duck's head from a piece of tupelo wood, Oct. 13, 2013. Photo by Tracy Robillard.

    Regulatory Chief master of his own duck dynasty

    Savannah District employee David Lekson doesn't have to watch the popular television show "Duck Dynasty" to experience the wonder of ducks—just give him a piece of wood and some power tools.
  • MSG Lonny Rogers (USARPAC) looks on as SRC-PB members offload an earthquake victim from an ambulance at the 2013 Indonesia Pacific Resilience Disaster Response Exercise & Exchange.

    Pacific Resilience Featured in Asia Pacific Defense Forum

    ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.  U.S. Army Lt. Colonel G. Scott Dewitt and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

  • Paying it Forward: USACE Engineers Serve as Mentors, Guest Lecturers

    HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Promoting STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education is more than a passing trend for Derek Maxey and Don Whitmore, two registered professional engineers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District. Both quietly volunteer as guest lecturers at local universities, bringing their real-world experience and stories from the field to undergraduate students. Maxey, a mechanical engineer and Whitmore, a civil engineer, are committed to inspiring and mentoring tomorrow's engineers, they said.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District grades near the west tie in with the existing Bear Creek Road at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., Oct. 9, 2013. AVISCO is a women-owned small business that has the contract for this project.

    Nashville District reaches women-owned small business milestone

    NASHVILLE, Tenn.-- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District exceeded its goal of two percent of all contractible actions for women-owned small businesses in fiscal year 2013. Roy Rossignol, Nashville District Small Business Office chief, said the achievement is significant because the district had upwards of $200 million in total contracts -- and awards went to more than 50 women-owned small businesses that accounted for about $21 million of that total.