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  • February

    San Francisco District operated Kyen Campgrounds at Mendocino Lake are currently being designed for a temporary housing mission to allow survivors of the California wildfires the means to continue with rebuilding their lives. Infrastructure improvements will remain once the temporary housing mission is complete.

    Negotiating a win-win-win

    Many of those in business negotiate deals; if each side gets what it wants, it is considered a ‘win-win’. However, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mendocino County, the California Office of Emergency Services, and survivors from last year’s devastating wildfires can consider the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s recent action a “win-win-win.”
  • Huntington District Unmanned Aerial System Support to Task Force Power

    Huntington District Unmanned Aerial System Support to Task Force Power

    The Huntington District has deployed an Unmanned Aerial System team in support of Task Force Power to assess the damage to electric transmission and distribution lines in remote areas where access is limited by the steep and densely vegetated terrain. The team utilizes the Lockheed Martin Indago 2 Unit with the ION HD Inspection Payload with a 30X Optical Zoom. In addition to real time video feed to the hand control unit, it also possess the ability to stream video to secure internet links based on the availability of high speed cellular in that location.
  • Firefighters in formation during the ceremony to formally open Hill's new flight line fire station. The station will improve response times and the quality of life for the firefighters who live and work there. The $14 million facility will house 45 firefighters and has enough space for 16 vehicles.

    Hill AFB opens 35,000 square-foot flight line fire station

    Firefighters here have a new home – a 35,000 square foot facility that not only improves their response times, but also their quality of life. The building’s grand opening Thursday – attended by Air Force leadership, federal, state and local politicians – was marked by a traditional ceremony, where instead of a ribbon being cut, a fire hose was uncoupled and a “return home” code rang from a bell.
  • Tony Bivens, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Middle Tennessee Area manager, leads first responders across the upper gates at Old Hickory Lock in Old Hickory, Tenn., during First Responders Day Feb. 1, 2018. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Nashville District hosts ‘First Responders Day’ at Old Hickory Dam

    OLD HICKORY, Tenn. (Feb. 1, 2018) – What would happen if a towboat and barge were commandeered and its hijackers threatened public safety while inside a Corps of Engineers navigation lock? First responders wrestled with this potential scenario during a tabletop exercise at Old Hickory Dam today.

  • January

    Holly Boland, lead budget analyst at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Program Management Section in Nashville, Tenn., is the employee of the month for December 2017. (USACE Photo by Mark Rankin)

    Boland named Nashville District Employee of the Month for December 2017

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 31, 2017) – Holly Boland, lead budget analyst at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Program Management Section in Nashville, Tenn., is the employee of the month for December 2017.