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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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  • September

    Surveyor Trevor Groce, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, operates a terrestrial scanner Sept. 3, 2024, to assess the condition of an existing boat ramp at J. Percy Priest Lake in Nashville, Tennessee. Groce is the district’s employee of the month for May 2024. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Groce named Nashville District employee of the month for outstanding survey support

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 5, 2024) – A surveyor that kept a slope remediation project on track at Dale Hollow Dam is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Employee of the Month for May 2024.

  • August

    Col. Phillip J. Valenti, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division deputy commander, presents the Department of the Army Achievement Award for Civilian Service to Kellie Withers, administrative assistant in the USACE Nashville District, during a ceremony Aug. 22, 2024, at Center Hill Dam in Lancaster, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Colonel lauds Center Hill Powerplant administrative assistant

    LANCASTER, Tenn. (Aug. 26, 2024) – An administrative assistant at Center Hill Dam received high praise last Thursday for her exceptional work during a developmental assignment well beyond the dam and powerplant she normally supports on the Caney Fork River.
  • Gary and Judi Fleeman pose together during a retirement celebration July 31, 2024, in Lenoir City, Tennessee. They both culminated more than 51 combined years of federal government service supporting navigation missions together on the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District. (USACE Photo by Melissa Kear)

    Officials recognize dynamic couple that spent decades supporting navigation

    LENOIR CITY, Tenn. (Aug. 16, 2024) – Gary and Judi Fleeman recently culminated a combined 51 years supporting navigation missions together on the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District. When they decided to retire together, Corps officials made it a point to thank and duly recognize this dynamic couple for their tremendous impact and many years of service.

  • June

    Lt. Col. Robert W. Green, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, presents the Department of the Army Meritorious Civilian Service Medal June 11, 2024, on behalf of Maj. Gen. Mark Quander, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commanding general, to Stephanie Coleman, Equal Employment and Opportunity Office chief, during a retirement ceremony in Nashville, Tennessee. The medal recognized her commitment and outstanding leadership in promoting equal opportunity, diversity, and inclusion within the workforce from Sept. 28, 1987, to June 30, 2024. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Equal employment opportunity manager to retire after over 37 years of service

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 28, 2024) -- Stephanie Coleman, the manager of the Equal Employment Opportunity office, will be retiring on June 28 after over 37 years of service for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District.

  • March

    Tim Dunn, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Operations Division deputy chief, presents the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Water Safety Award March 5, 2024, to Old Hickory Lake Park Ranger Gabby Fontaine at the Nashville District's Park Ranger Workshop in Paducah, Kentucky. Fontaine is lauded for her promotion of water safety to visitors, school groups, and nearby communities during the 2023 recreation season. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Park ranger awarded for outstanding work promoting water safety

    PADUCAH, Ky. (March 13, 2024) – Park Ranger Gabby Fontaine received the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division’s Water Safety Award during a workshop here March 5, 2024, for her outstanding work promoting water and boating safety at Old Hickory Lake during the 2023 recreation season.
  • Tim Dunn, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Operations Division deputy chief, presents the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Water Safety Team Award March 5, 2024, to (Left to Right) Park Rangers Stone Fagan, Hunter Humphrey, Lucas Hix, Ashley Webster, and Resource Manager Kenny Claywell at the Nashville District's Park Ranger Workshop in Paducah, Kentucky. The team is lauded for its promotion of water safety during the 2023 recreation season and the project’s 50th Anniversary activities. Teammates Brad Potts and Nathan Pennington were not able to attend the award presentation. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Cordell Hull Lake staff garners Water Safety Team Award

    PADUCAH, Ky. (March 13, 2024) – The staff at Cordell Hull Lake received the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division’s Water Safety Team Award during a workshop here March 5, 2024, for outstanding work in educating the public about being safe recreating in the water and boating on the lake.

  • February

    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.

  • 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.

  • September

    Joe Savage (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division programs director, presents the Ron Keeling Civil Works Programming Excellence Award Aug. 29, 2023, to Connie Flatt, civil engineer and program manager in the Nashville District’s Planning, Program, and Project Management Division, during a ceremony at the division headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. Donald Johantges, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Civil Works Integration Division chief, also participated in recognizing Flatt. (USACE Photo)

    Division recognizes Flatt with ‘Ron Keeling Civil Works Programming Excellence Award’

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 18, 2023) – A program manager in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is being lauded by the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division for her work that led to $376 million in Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriation Act funding to replace the spillway gates and associated equipment at Wolf Creek Dam in Jamestown, Kentucky, and Center Hill Dam in Lancaster, Tennessee.
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