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  • November

    Commander's Thanksgiving message to the TAD team

    Thanksgiving is a day of gratitude that reminds us to take time to acknowledge all the blessings we enjoy as Americans. Too often we get caught up in the everyday pace of our lives and forget how fortunate we are for all we have.
  • Mason Rudder, Holt, Mo., harvests a doe during the 30th annual managed deer hunt at Smithville Lake, Nov. 23, 2019.

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Smithville Lake celebrates 30th managed deer hunt

    Nearly 150 people filled a maintenance facility with excitement at Smithville Lake around 4 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. They were all there for one reason, to get out into the wild and seek a big buck this weekend. For the 30th year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Smithville Lake hosted what’s known as the world’s largest managed deer hunt for mobility-impaired hunters. During this two-day event, 60 hunting blinds are set up across 3,800 acres of prime ground, not available for public hunting. Along with a volunteer, these hunters seek out the best spot near daybreak and wait out their target.
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    Thanksgiving: A time to be grateful for … the Corps?

    Another year has passed and it’s Thanksgiving season once again. Like many others across the states
  • Leaders with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division, Los Angeles District and the Bureau of Land Management officially reopened Red Spring boardwalk Nov. 8. Roughly a half-mile in length ... the accessible boardwalk is in the Calico Basin of the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Nev. From left to right, Claudia Garcia, project manager with the LA District's Arizona-Nevada Area Office; Catrina Williams, field manager for the BLM's Red Rock/Sloan Field Office; 1st Lt. Kara Styers, aide-de-camp to the SPD commander; Brig. Gen. Kim Colloton, SPD commander; Brian Christ, vice president S&B Christ Consulting, LLC, of Las Vegas; Col. Aaron Barta, District commander; Viet Tran, project engineer for the district’s Las Vegas Resident Office; and Raymond Tsui, civil engineer with BLM's Southern Nevada District Office.

    Corps completes Red Spring boardwalk

    Leaders with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division, Los Angeles District and the Bureau of Land Management officially reopened Red Spring boardwalk Nov. 8.
  • Dr. Zeki Demirbilek, a research hydraulics engineer with the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, received a giant penny during his retirement ceremony held at the ERDC-Vicksburg main campus, Nov. 15, 2019. Demirbilek is known for handing out pennies to co-workers for accomplishing good works. (U.S. Army photo by Carol C. Coleman)

    Demirbilek retires after 30 years of service to the Corps

    VICKSBURG, Miss. (November 15, 2019) -- In a packed conference room on a Friday morning, Dr. Zeki Demirbilek, a research hydraulics engineer for the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, bid farewell to his colleagues and friends at a retirement ceremony held in his honor, November 15, 2019.