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    Larry Cole, power plant electrician serving at Old Hickory Powerhouse, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for January 2017.

    Nashville District names Cole Employee of the Month for January 2017

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 7, 2017) – Larry Cole, an Operations Division power plant electrician at Old Hickory Powerhouse, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for January 2017.
  • Col. Ed Chamberlayne, Baltimore District commander, places shoulder boards with the rank of lieutenant colonel on Lt. Col. Brad Morgan, Baltimore District deputy commander, during a promotion ceremony from major to lieutenant colonel at the District Headquarters in Baltimore, March 1, 2017. Morgan's wife Rebecca is also pictured. (U.S. Army photo by Alfredo Barraza)

    New deputy commander’s passion for engineering runs in the family

    When the Baltimore District was in the search for a new deputy commander, Col. Ed Chamberlayne said three peers had reached out to him personally to recommend Lt. Col. Brad Morgan. Morgan was selected and started with the district on Jan. 23, bringing with him nearly 17 years of service to the Nation in the Army. This is Morgan's second time serving as deputy commander for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' district, having also done so from 2013 - 2015, at the Nashville District, ironically as his older brother Clay was also serving as deputy commander at the Fort Worth District (and still is).

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  • One of the pontoon bridges Gen. Ulysses Grant ordered built across the Big Black River immediately after Maj. Samuel Lockett, the Confederate chief engineer, burned the railroad bridge to allow the a retreat to Vicksburg without Union pursuit.

    The Engineers at Vicksburg, Part 18: Bridging the Big Black River

    Introduction:Engineers in Union blue and Confederate gray played a prominent role in the Vicksburg
  • Mobile District Natural Disaster Manager J. Matt Tate, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, assesses debris Feb. 21 near Albany, Ga., following a tornado. Assessing the type, quantity, and location of debris following a natural disaster is a critical piece of emergency management operations.

    Unmanned Aircraft lift USACE emergency response operations to new heights

    When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District (Mobile), assembled an emergency response team to support recovery operations in the wake of an EF3 tornado that touched down near Albany, Ga. in January, the district decided to try a unique approach. Among the nine-member team who deployed to the field to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), were two members of the USACE, Jacksonville District’s (Jacksonville), Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) team.