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    Mary Bouldin, a nurse educator from the Redstone Arsenal Center for Comprehensive Wellness, talks with Huntsville Center employees on the topic of nutrition in Huntsville, Alabama, March 29, 2019.

    Redstone nurse educator talks smart nutrition

    A nurse educator from the Redstone Arsenal Center for Comprehensive Wellness hosted a lunchtime talk with Huntsville Center employees here on the topic of nutrition March 29.
  • Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Division's Task Force Mosul Dam, headquartered in Iraq, pose in front of their building. The team was presented with an award for voting their organization a one of the "Best Places To Work" in the Federal Government.

    TAD HQ and forward deployed task forces rate their jobs as ‘Best places to work’

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Division Headquarters and TAD’s Deployed Task Forces were voted “best places to work” across USACE for 2018. The designation came from an unusual source: The employees working in Winchester, Va., and those forward deployed across the Middle East. The BPTW score is calculated based on the percentage of positive responses to questions during the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, taken annually by Federal employees.
  • TAD Commander Col. Mark C. Quander, presents the Employee of the Quarter Award for Oct-Dec 2018 to Transatlantic Division Emergency Management Specialist Carey L. Grubbs, during a ceremony held at the TAD headquarters in Winchester, Va. in Feb. 28, 2019. Quander lauded Grubbs for his great work, spearheading several highly visible and planning-intensive initiatives for TAD’s Plans and Operations Center.

    Grubbs named TAD Employee of the Quarter

    Transatlantic Division Emergency Management Specialist Carey L. Grubbs was recently named TAD Employee of the Quarter for Oct-Dec 2018, during a ceremony held at the TAD headquarters in Winchester, Va. The award was presented by TAD Commander Col. Mark C. Quander, who lauded Grubbs for his great work, spearheading several highly visible and planning-intensive initiatives for TAD’s Plans and Operations Center.
  • New York District Hosts Career Fair

    Career Fair Draws Interest, Job Offers Extended

    New York District Commander implements innovative method to hire staff more quickly.
  • Lindsay Warner, a paralegal specialist with the Transatlantic Middle East District, gives a presentation on identifying relevant documents in legal discovery at the USACE worldwide paraprofessionals training.

    District Office of Counsel develops unique expertise in contract law

    The amount and complexity of the Transatlantic Middle East District’s legal work gives its attorneys a unique opportunity to represent the Government on a number of intricate issues, an experience that they likely would not get in other USACE districts, or in the private sector, and one that allows them to become true subject matter experts on the issues they litigate.