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  • November

    US, Romania begin work on missile defense complex

    Top U.S., Romanian and NATO officials broke ground Monday on a new ballistic missile defense facility being built to boost regional stability and strengthen the alliance’s collective security stance.
  • Patricia Fatherree, front left, stands next to Ann Horrell, who cuts the ribbon on the Madigan-South Sound Community Medical Center. The $740,000 clinic, located in Olympia, Wash., will be able to serve up to 8,200 patients.

    In the nick of time

    It was down to the wire. On the Friday before the end of Fiscal Year 2012 Patricia Fatherree, U.S.
  • Mark Ohlstrom has lived by the words respect, integrity and professionalism since his U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, career began 35 years ago. Those words on his office white board were erased when he retired on Nov. 1, but they will remain with those he worked with through the decades.

    Mark of Excellence

    For the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District, Engineer Division chief, the words respect,
  • The district’s second player, Anne Holdener, is in her rookie season. Holdener, a budget analyst for Mud Mountain and Howard Hanson Dams, goes by the derby name Holdener Hosstage. Donning number 33, she played in her first career bout in April with her team, the Rainier Roller Girls, losing a last second, back-and-forth battle to the Grunge City Rollers.

    Cruisin' for a bruisin'

    For some, extracurricular activities are traditional sports like bicycling, running, basketball,
  • Great Bridge Lock, Chesapeake, Va.

    Great Bridge Lock down; Corps divers on the scene

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers closed the Great Bridge Lock in Chesapeake, Va., at approximately 7:30 a.m., today to repair inoperative valve.