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  • November

    John T. Myers Locks and Dam

    USACE successfully completes gate rehab project at John T. Myers

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District, in partnership with The Great Lakes and Ohio
  • Computer scientist Tung “Alex” Ly with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) invented the “Digital Buoy Systems and Method” in his laboratory at ERDC’s Geospatial Research Laboratory (GRL), Alexandria, Virginia. He received a patent in May 2022 for his digital system which will help reduce operational costs to the U.S. Government and provide real-time, reliable and enhanced marine navigation safety for U.S. private, public and commercial industries.

    Army’s Digital Buoy System selected as R&D 100 finalist

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) collaborative effort with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Army Geospatial Center (AGC) on a Digital Buoy System has been selected as a 2023 R&D 100 Finalist in the IT/Electrical category.
  • Dave Kopecky served as an enlisted soldier and as a commissioned engineering officer during his 25 years of service to the nation.

    Retired soldier continues to serve on Louisville VA project

    Louisville, Ky. – Dave Kopecky has worn quite a few hats, and military ranks, since he first enlisted in the Army in 1996. He went on to serve for 25 years before retiring from military service. Now he continues to serve the nation and other veterans as member of the Louisville District’s Louisville VA Medical Center construction team as a project engineer and contracting officer’s representative.
  • A man administers an oath to another man.

    John L. Primavera inducted into Senior Executive Service

    The 55th Chief of Engineers Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon hosted a Senior Executive Service induction ceremony for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, North Atlantic Division Regional Director of Business John L. Primavera at the Fort Hamilton Community Club in Brooklyn, New York, Nov. 7.
  • Fred Miller, case manager for the deaf with the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB), demonstrates a sign during an American Sign Language (ASL) Lunch and Learn at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District headquarters building in Mobile, Alabama, Nov. 7, 2023. Miller and his interpreter, Lisa Gould, Interpreter Coordinator with the AIDB, spoke about ASL in recognition of National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Miller and Gould taught not just sign language but how to make your home and workplace deaf-friendly. (U.S. Army photo by Chuck Walker)

    American Sign Language (ASL) Lunch and Learn

    Fred Miller, case manager for the deaf with the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB), demonstrates a sign during an American Sign Language (ASL) Lunch and Learn at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District headquarters building in Mobile, Alabama, Nov. 7, 2023