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We SAFELY deliver agile, responsive, and innovative, design, construction, engineering and contingency solutions in support of U.S. Central Command, U.S. Special Operations Command and other global partners to advance national security interests.

Transatlantic Division News

  • September

    Construction continues on the almost one billion dollar mega-project collectively known as Shield 5 in Qatar. The project has remained on track in part because of the District's use of cost schedule management to monitor progress.

    District Cost Scheduling Practices Contribute to Success

    When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Middle East District (MED) was awarded the USACE Project Delivery Team of the Year award recently, many on the team attributed some of that success to the District’s increased focus on using cost schedule management, a practice widely used in commercial construction projects but one that the District had not fully utilized until recently.
  • Local National Quality Assurance Representatives and Project Engineer Brian Cagle, USACE discuss the excavation of one of the new Sewage Lift Stations with the contractors at the Kandahar Waste & Water Treatment Project.

    Afghanistan District continues building Afghan capacity with on-going construction

    More than 50 construction projects are being executed in support of Afghan National Defense Security Forces
  • Once the flown flag is lowered it is handled respectfully in preparation to be folded.

    U.S. flags raised and lowered on Patriot Day

    Kandahar Resident Office was on a mission on Patriot Day to provide USACE personnel on Kandahar with flags flown over the resident office in Afghanistan.
  • Col. Jason Kelly, Afghanistan District Commander presents to Lawrence W. Thomas from the Army Engineer Association on behalf of the Engineer Regiment the Bronze order of the DeFleury Medal. His citation read in part, “In recognition of superior service to the United States Army Engineer Regiment as it supports the Army to assure mobility, enhance protection, enable expeditionary logistics, and build capacity in order to provide commanders with the freedom of action required for full spectrum operations in an era of persistent conflict.” Signed Todd T. Semonite, Lieutenant General, U. S. Army Chief of Engineers.

    Memphis District native earns top engineer regimental honor

    A Memphis District native recently redeployed from Afghanistan received one of the highest honors delivered by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
  • Sergeant First Class Juan Morel, Logistics is chosen as the Transatlantic Afghanistan District's Corps of Engineers Safety and Occupational Health Management System (CE-SOHMS) Safety Champion.

    Safety is not a job, Safety is a mindset

    A Champion is chosen.
  • The Contracting team receives a Transatlantic Division coin for expediting the contract award schedule for the Design and construction of Entry Control Point #3 at Bagram Airfield, Parwan Province, Afghanistan. Doing Business with the Afghanistan District is as easy as clicking on the link: https://www.tad.usace.army.mil/About/Afghanistan-District/Contracting-With-Us/

    Delivering the Program

    The Contracting team receives a Transatlantic Division coin for expediting the contract award schedule for the Design and construction of Entry Control Point #3 at Bagram Airfield, Parwan Province, Afghanistan.
  • Upon completion of a Three-phased Inspection Training in Kabul, Afghanistan Local National Quality Assurance Engineers receive their Certificates of completion and are joined by members from the New Kabul Compound in acknowledging their accomplishments. (Photo Courtesy of USACE)

    LNQA engineers complete Three-Phase Inspection Process Training

    Local National Quality Assurance (LNQA) Engineers from around Afghanistan complete the Three-Phase Inspection process at the New Kabul Compound, Afghanistan.
  • Securing the gear and items before movement to Camp Black are from left; Emilija Kolevski, Chief of Engineering and Technical Services Division; Nathan Alford, Operations and Maintenance O&M) COR); Patrick Grey, Civil Engineer; Tyler Crumbley, Quality Assurance Manager; Julie Meyer, Contracting Specialist; and Penny Coulon, Lead O&M COR.

    Protecting the Force by holding quarterly drills

    A contingency environment means being well aware of your surroundings and the Afghanistan District knows this better than most.

  • August

    USACE Afghanistan District holds Change of Responsibility Ceremony

    Afghanistan- U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Afghanistan District held its change of responsibility ceremony August 13, 2018. Command Sgt. Maj. Nathaniel Atkinson, Jr. assumed responsibility from Sgt. Maj. Jorge A. Rivera, who held the senior advisor position for more than seven months.
  • Peter DeMattei, Elaine Lawson, Margaret Jones, Daryl Puffinburger, and Daniel Rivera spent time on Capitol Hill to learn about Congressional operations. DeMattei and Puffinburger, program managers with the Middle East District, are enrolled in the leadership development program, and Jones and Lawson manage the Tier III program for the Transatlantic Division. Rivera is a TAD program manager.

    Leadership development brings an opportunity to visit Capitol Hill

    Leaders in the Transatlantic Division’s leadership development program recently broadened their exposure to Congressional affairs and the operations of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers headquarters. Daryl Puffinburger and Peter DeMattei, both program managers with the Middle East District, spent three days on Capitol Hill and another day with senior military and civilian leaders at USACE headquarters in Washington, D.C. The Government Affairs Institute sponsored the USACE Congressional briefing.