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  • July

    Annual Maintenance Bulkhead Exercise

    Annual Maintenance Bulkhead Exercise

    While conducting the annual maintenance bulkhead exercise, access across Sutton Dam to the Jerimiah Carpenter hiking trail was closed. This important exercise enables staff the opportunity to maintain a state of readiness and to test the various pieces of equipment and steps required to complete the process.
  • The Inland Waterways Users Board receives a presentation July 19, 2023, about site geology at the Kentucky Lock Addition Project on the Tennessee River in Grand Rivers, Kentucky. The ongoing construction can be seen on the left while the active navigation lock miter gates are visible on the right. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is constructing a larger lock at the Tennessee Valley Authority dam. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    IWUB checks on progress of Kentucky Lock Addition Project

    GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (July 21, 2023) – The Inland Waterways Users Board checked on the progress of the Kentucky Lock Addition Project this week as part of its visit to the region for a board meeting in nearby Paducah, Kentucky.
  • Rhonda Cole, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District CIO/G6 operations officer, center, poses with her family at her retirement ceremony at the Mobile District annex building in Mobile, Alabama, July 14, 2023. Cole, who retired after 40 years of service in the federal government, said her family has been her rock throughout her career. (U.S. Army photo by Chuck Walker)

    Cole Leaves Legacy of Selfless Service

    The U.S. Army Core Values are loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and personal courage. Although she never spent a day in Army greens, Rhonda Cole, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District CIO/G6 operations officer, served her 40-year civilian career working and serving the Army.
  • Chaez Moore, a tenth grader at River City Early College, does a science project

    Students learn new concepts during ERDC’s GEMS summer camps

    A new era of young scientists and engineers recently wrapped up summer camps geared toward preparing them for future careers in STEM.
  • Col. John Atilano visits personnel and assesses damage at Ball Mountain Dam, Townshend Dam, and Winhall campground on Friday, July 14, 2023.

    USACE Team fights floods in New England

                  Torrential downpours in mid-July inundated New England with massive amounts of