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    Major Doug Droesch, an engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Tulsa District, inspects the gates on R.S. Kerr Lock and Dam (#15) as part of a periodic inspection. Droesch is using the rope access technique, which allows him access to areas he would not have easily accessed by using the fall arrest method. Rope access allows the inspectors to ascend and descend via ropes, while fall arrest requires them to scale the structure with only a safety line to keep them from falling. (photo by Thomas Mills USACE)

    Engineers hang around to get the job done

    Go to Robert S. Kerry Lock and Dam (#15), Oklahoma, thisweek and you might see Maj. Doug Droesch and
  • With scissors in hand, Brig. Gen. Carl Schaefer, 412th Test Wing commander (left, and Army Col. Kirk Gibbs, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander, prepare to cut the ceremonial ribbon signifying the official opening of the new 411th Flight Test Squadron facility March 22. The squadron is responsible for the developmental testing of the F-22 Raptor and its systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christian Turner

    Corps completes F-22 relocation project

    EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District participated in a ceremony March 22 to cut the ribbon at the 411th Flight Test Squadron’s new F-22 Raptor facility here.
  • Water is released from Miller’s Ferry Lock and Dam in Wilcox County, Alabama, Mar. 11. Miller’s Ferry is one of several locks on the Alabama River that will be involved in a fish passage study led by Auburn University.

    Mobile District to facilitate Auburn University fish passage study

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, is working with the Auburn University School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences to facilitate a study on the effectiveness of conservation lockages on migratory fish species in the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin. The study is part of a continuing effort by the district and members of academia to identify how lock and dam operators can better support the passage of migratory fish through our Nation’s waterways.
  • Matthew Grunewald, stands in the jungle base camp in the Quang Tri Province of Vietnam overlooking the excavation site. Grunewald, a Mobile District archeologist participated in a month-long Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency mission in Vietnam, in an effort to recover military personnel lost during the Vietnam War.

    District archeologist assists POW/MIA Accounting Agency in recovery mission

    A Mobile District employee was recognized for his work as the recovery leader for a joint American and Vietnamese team that spent a month in Vietnam conducting an archaeological excavation in an effort to recover military personnel lost during the Vietnam War.
  • Col. John Hurley, Huntsville Center commander, presents Gina Elliott with a Meritorious Civilian Service Award during Elliott's retirement ceremony March 31. Elliott served as Huntsville Center deputy commander for four months in 2014 and most recently served as Huntsville Center's Facilities Division chief. Elliott retires from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with 37 years of service.

    Elliott retires after 37 years' service to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

    After 37 years of service to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Gina Elliot has retired. Throughout her career, Elliott successfully managed complex, high priority projects spanning design, procurement, construction and service acquisitions.