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  • September

    Memphis District Team Members Recognized

    Team Recognition

    IN THE PHOTO: Memphis District Commander Col. Zachary Miller (fourth from left) poses with members of the District Team after presenting each with a Certificate of Appreciation and On-the-Spot Award for improving the District’s program and project delivery processes. During the presentation, Deputy District Engineer for Programs and Project Management Donny Davidson (far left) recognized the group as “super troopers” and discussed how each person’s hard work and dedication supports and advances the District’s mission. Great job team!
  • The Augusta Training Wall, indicted by the white line down the center of the river, runs from near Eighth Street in downtown to 1,800 feet past the Boathouse Community Center in Augusta, Georgia.

    Corps kicks off Augusta Training Wall Disposition Study

    AUGUSTA, Ga. – Geologists from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District began collecting soil samples from the bottom of the Savannah River recently as part of a disposition study to determine the cost and benefit of removing an old underwater training wall in the Savannah River.
  • K-water Chief Research Officer Dr. Park, Jae Young (center), Maj. Gen. Anthony C. Funkhouser (center right) and senior leaders pose for a group photo.

    Korea Water Resource Development Corporation (K-water) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers further develop technical cooperation

    K-water and leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) met to discuss advanced water
  • USACE photo by Mark Rankin

    Corps employees partner with EK PRIDE and community to remove trash from Lake Cumberland

    BURNSIDE, Ky. (Sept. 21, 2019) – Extreme temperatures and a beautiful day on the water greeted volunteers who showed up Saturday in Somerset and Monticello to help clean up trash and debris from Lake Cumberland and its shoreline.
  • Executive level Power Governance team at the U. S. Embassy, Kabul, Afghanistan on September 21, 2019.

    Power Team successfully turns over final USFOR-A AIF Project

    On September 21, 2019 at the Power Governance meeting at the U. S. Embassy, Kabul Afghanistan, the Power Team successfully turned over the final USFOR-A Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund (AIF) Project Southern Electric Power System (SEPS) Sangin to Lashkar Gar to the Afghanistan Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW).