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  • December

    Brigadier General Peter Helmlinger, Northwestern Division commander, toured the Portland Veteran's Affairs Medical Center (PVAMC) with Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers team members who are working on designs and plans to retrofit the PVAMC, Sept. 28, 2018. The tour was a way for District staff to discuss the difficulties the team will face during seismic retrofitting.

    Crowded crest in Portland confronts crafty crew of engineers, planners

    The Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center campus sits on a 450-foot-tall basalt-rock hill south of downtown. Marquam Hill, also known as “Pill Hill” due to the amount of medical facilities clustered on its crest, is also crowded with homes, steep slopes and daily commuters (during non-pandemic times). These steep and rocky slopes garnered ridicule for Dr. Kenneth Mackenzie when he initially proposed to build a medical school on Marquam in 1914. According to Oregon Health and Science University’s historical collections, “The land, unusable to the railroad company, came to be known as ‘Mackenzie’s Folly’ in reference to its location on an inaccessible hilltop.”
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    Army Corps helps USMA West Point cadets prepare for what comes next

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District is constructing a state-of-the-art academic center for the cadets at the USMA at West Point, New York.
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    Norfolk District’s small business program achieves third banner year

    Although she probably won’t, Norfolk District Deputy for Small Business Programs Cherie Kunze could sit back and enjoy some well-deserved downtime; after all, this is the third consecutive year Norfolk District met and surpassed district goals for awards to small businesses.
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    MEET TAD CSM Delfin J. Romani - Introducing the professionals behind the projects who are BUILDING STRONG and why what they do is so vital

    The MEET TAD series introduces you to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Division professionals behind the vital projects throughout the Middle East and Afghanistan who are BUILDING STRONG!
  • Lt. Col. Sonny B. Avichal, Nashville District commander, presents Patty Coffey, deputy district engineer, with the Department of the Army Superior Civilian Service Medal during a retirement ceremony Dec. 10, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee, on behalf of Maj. Gen. Robert F. Whittle Jr., Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commanding general, for more than 40 years of outstanding and faithful service to the nation. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Nashville District deputy district engineer culminates impactful career

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 11, 2020) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District honored its retiring deputy district engineer yesterday. Few people were physically present due to COVID-19 social distancing requirements, but more than 120 employees, leaders, and friends joined the ceremony virtually to make sure they recognized Patty Coffey’s impactful career and unique blend of strong and caring leadership.