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Contractors working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District install a 23-foot-tall concrete shaft enclosure weighing approximately 120,000 pounds as part of the guard wall at the Monongahela River Locks and Dam 4 in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, Nov. 16, 2023.

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  • March

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District park rangers that work at the 10 lakes the district operates in the Cumberland River Basin pose together March 5, 2024, during the Park Ranger Workshop in Paducah, Kentucky. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Workshop equips park rangers with tools of the trade

    PADUCAH, Ky. (March 11, 2024) – Corps of Engineers officials equipped park rangers throughout the Cumberland River Basin with the tools of the trade during a workshop March 5-7 at the West Kentucky Community and Technical College Emerging Technology Center in Paducah, Kentucky.

  • February

    Girl Scouts with Troop 296 pose Feb. 22, 2024, while volunteering at the Environmental Study Area on the shoreline of Old Hickory Lake. (Photo by Carrie Darling)

    Girl Scouts spruce up Old Hickory Lake’s Environmental Study Area

    HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 29, 2024) – Girl Scout Troop 296 joined other community volunteers and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers park rangers Saturday to spruce up and make minor improvements to the Environmental Study Area on the shoreline of Old Hickory Lake.
  • Lt. Col. Robert W. Green (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, and Ben Rohrbach (Far Left), Nashville District Engineering and Construction Division chief, recognize the newest licensed professionals affixed onto the “Registered Professional Personnel” board Feb. 20, 2024, at the district headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Officials highlight professional accreditation during National Engineers Week

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 20, 2024) – To celebrate National Engineers Week, officials highlighted the importance of achieving professional accreditation and recognized the newest licensed professionals during a recognition ceremony today in the hallway where their nameplates are now affixed on the “Registered Professional Personnel” board.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District has named Civil Engineer Sarah Rhoton as employee of the month for November 2023 for her public outreach efforts to showcase ongoing geotechnical ground remediation at Mountain Home National Cemetery with students in the Department of Geoscience at East Tennessee State University. (USACE Photo)

    Civil engineer recognized as employee of the month for outreach efforts

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 8, 2024) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District has named Civil Engineer Sarah Rhoton its employee of the month for November 2023 for her public outreach efforts to showcase ongoing geotechnical ground remediation at Mountain Home National Cemetery with students in the Department of Geoscience at East Tennessee State University.
  • Todd A. Mainwaring’s mother Debbie and son Calvin pin on the new rank of lieutenant colonel during a promotion ceremony Feb. 2, 2024, at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee. His wife Darcy in the background also assisted with his promotion. Mainwaring is the Nashville District’s deputy commander. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Army promotes Nashville District deputy commander to lieutenant colonel

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 5, 2024) – The U.S. Army promoted Nashville District’s deputy commander, Maj. Todd A. Mainwaring, to the rank of lieutenant colonel Feb. 2, 2024, with Corps of Engineers officials, distinguished visitors, family, friends, and the district’s workforce present to celebrate a career milestone.

  • January

    This is an aerial view taken Dec. 10, 2023, of the damage sustained to the Electronic Service Section Building when a tornado struck the area the day before on the shoreline of Old Hickory Lake in Hendersonville, Tennessee.

    Nashville District begins extensive recovery in wake of Old Hickory tornado

    HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 25, 2024) – In the wake of a tornado last month that skirted Old Hickory Dam, an extensive recovery is underway to restore communications and rebuild after the twister walloped indiscriminately with its 125 mph winds.

  • October

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District recently named a trio of its employees as employees of the month for June, July, and August 2023. (Left to Right) Kelley Philbin, civil engineer and chief of the Water Resources Section in the Hydrology and Hydraulics Branch, is the employee of the month for June 2023. Jake Pierce, civil engineer in the Civil Site and Survey Section, is the employee of the month for July 2023. Ryan Evans, biologist in the Regulatory Division Technical Service Branch, is the employee of the month for August 2023. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Commander announces trio of outstanding employees of the month

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 27, 2023) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander recently announced a trio of outstanding employees of the month, recognizing their positive impact to the organization and projects.
  • Nate Brock, UAS pilot in the Survey Mapping Section, flies a LIDAR drone above Antioch Middle School’s football field as students watch and ask questions during a Tennessee STEAM Festival event Oct. 17, 2023, in Antioch, Tennessee. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District partnered with the school to “show and tell” about the careers related to science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Employees share career crafts with students for Tennessee STEAM Festival

    ANTIOCH, Tenn. (Oct. 24, 2023) – Corps of Engineers employees representing a variety of career fields shared their crafts with students at Antioch Middle School last week during a sanctioned Tennessee STEAM Festival event. Hundreds of sixth, seventh and eighth graders observed demonstrations and presentations and took notes on the many opportunities to pursue careers that require studies focused on science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics.
  • Lt. Col. Robert W. Green, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, chats with Thalle Construction Company and Tully Group officials about the safety milestone reached of 500,000 hours without a lost-time incident Oct. 17, 2023, at the Kentucky Lock Addition Project in Grand Rivers, Kentucky. (USACE Photo by Vanessa Rudd)

    USACE lauds Kentucky Lock Addition Project contractor for safety milestone

    GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (Oct. 23, 2023) – Thalle Construction Company celebrated reaching 500,000 labor hours without a lost time accident in constructing a larger navigation lock on the Tennessee River. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District recognized the remarkable milestone last week and thanked construction workers for their role in delivering a project of national significance.
  • Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Michael L. Connors, Lt. Col. Robert W. Green, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, and employees look into a hydropower unit being rehabilitated during a tour of the Barkley Dam Powerplant in Kuttawa, Kentucky, Oct. 13, 2023. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Nashville District showcases projects to Army’s assistant secretary for Civil Works

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 16, 2023) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District showcased two of its mega construction projects on the Tennessee River and its hydropower rehabilitation efforts at Barkley Dam on the Cumberland River last week to the assistant secretary of the Army for Civil Works.
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