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    Isaac Taylor, a contract specialist in Contracting Division for the Nashville District, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Employee of the Month for November 2012. (USACE photo by Mark Rankin)

    Taylor named District Employee of the Month for November 2012

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 29, 2013) – Isaac Taylor, a contract specialist in Contracting Division for the Nashville District, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Employee of the Month for November 2012.
  • Charlie Bryan, a supervisory navigation facilities specialist for the Nashville District, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Employee of the Month for October 2012. (USACE Photo)

    Bryan named district employee of the month for October 2012

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 29, 2013) – Charlie Bryan, a supervisory navigation facilities specialist for the Nashville District, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Employee of the Month for October 2012.
  • Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations Maj. Gen. Michael J. Walsh looks on during Great Minds in STEM's Viva Technology Day at Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles, Jan. 18 2013. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than half of the 30 fastest-growing occupations through 2018 are science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM-related. Environmental engineers are leading the way at an expected 31 percent job growth.

    STEM students building bridges to bright futures

    LOS ANGELES -- During Great Minds in STEM's Viva Technology Day at Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles, Jan. 18, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commanding General Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick delivered last-minute instructions to science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, students during the beam bridge challenge.
  • New York Recovery Field Office Commander Lt. Col. John A. Knight (at left) and RFO Operations Chief Sean O'Donnell speak with local homeowners, Fire Island, N.Y., Jan. 11, 2013. The Corps of Engineers and the municipalities on Fire Island are exploring alternate ways of removing debris from the narrow walkways and paths that exist on the remote barrier.

    Corps awards Fire Island debris removal contract

    Yaphank, New York -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Jan. 25 the award of a Hurricane Sandy debris removal contract worth $8.8 million to DS3 Enterprises Inc. of Central Islip, N.Y.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District continues work in December on NATO's Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe International School campus in Mons, Belgium. The endeavor, funded collectively by Department of Defense Dependents Schools-Europe and NATO, will bring new elementary, middle and high schools to DoDDS students and new classrooms for the international school in an environmentally sustainable campus setting. Officials have targeted 2018 for completion of the entire campus.

    Taking SHAPE: USACE projects key to organization's future

    MONS, Belgium -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is managing a major push into upgrading decades-old buildings on the NATO base here as part of an endeavor that will have a lasting impact on the culture and mission of Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, military and education leaders say.