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  • July

    Crowds gathered at the overlook area at Brookville Lake in Brookville, Indiana, July 25, 2025, for a ceremony hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the lake’s dedication. For more than five decades, through the joint management of USACE and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Brookville Lake has served not only as a flood risk management project but also as a place of solitude and adventure for the surrounding community.

    Brookville Lake celebrates 50th anniversary

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District’s Brookville Lake marked a major milestone on July 25, 2025, as community members, partners, USACE staff and leaders gathered at the lake’s overlook in Brookville, Indiana, to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
  • Women and man pose together holding an award certificate.

    USACE Chicago District’s Ericka Hillard Honored with Patriotic Public Service Award for Volunteer Work with VFW

    Ericka Hillard, a Contract Specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), received the Patriotic Public Service Lapel Pin Award for her volunteer service with her local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post. The award ceremony was held at the district’s Engineer Day award ceremony and picnic on July 16, 2025.
  • Portrait shot of a woman in front of a window.

    Beyond the Blueprints

    Jenna Grainer is a contract specialist at USACE's Buffalo District in Buffalo, New York. Grainer was recently named the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Contract Specialist of the Year for 2024 for her exceptional work last year. Read about how she helps solve major engineering challenges for the nation through her profession.
  • Liam Dimick

    Engineering a Future: Passing the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam

    (BUFFALO, N.Y.) July 8, 2025 – Liam Dimick, a student trainee with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, has taken a significant step toward his goal of becoming a licensed professional engineer by passing the Fundamentals of Engineering exam. The 6-hour, 110 question exam has been administered by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying since 1965.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District Chief of Construction Contracting Administration Katie Lewis reviews course materials for the Construction Quality Management for Contractors course.

    Corps of Engineers Buffalo District Uses Virtual Learning to Certify Record Number of Contractors for Quality Construction

    Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of contractors getting their construction quality management certification from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District has skyrocketed. A simple change expanded the way the certification course has been offered in the last five years, leading to hundreds more contractors being educated on USACE policies and procedures – a tool they use to successfully deliver high-quality projects alongside the agency’s team members.

  • June

    Maj. Adam Cartier was commissioned as an Engineer Officer in 2010 upon graduation from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He comes to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District following an assignment as the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Engineer in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, where he was responsible for planning, programming, budgeting, and executing Military Construction projects in support of the Group at Fort Campbell, Fort Bragg, and in the CENTCOM AOR.

    USACE Louisville District welcomes Maj. Adam Cartier as new deputy commander

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District welcomed Maj. Adam Cartier as the new deputy commander June 16, 2025. Commissioned as an Engineer Officer in 2010 after graduating from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, Cartier brings 15 years of diverse military experience to the district. His
  • Maj. Gen. Mark C. Quander(Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commander, passes the Nashville District flag to Lt. Col. Guillermo Guandique as he took command of the Nashville District during a change of command ceremony June 18, 2025, at the Grand Lodge of Tennessee in Nashville, Tennessee. (USACE photo by Noe Gonzalez)

    Guandique becomes 69th commander of Nashville District

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 18, 2025) – Lt. Col. Guillermo J. Guandique took command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District today during a change of command ceremony at the Tennessee Grand Lodge. He becomes the 69th commander of the “twin rivers” district, commonly referred to as the jewel of the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division.
  • Construction workers make groundbreaking progress at a construction site at a navigational lock along a river.

    Groundbreaking Work Moves Forward at Montgomery Locks and Dam

    Big machines and bigger innovations are hard at work upgrading one of the smallest locks on the Ohio River. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Pittsburgh District is going big — literally — at Montgomery Locks and Dam, where one of the region’s most ambitious infrastructure projects is underway: building a new primary lock chamber in place of one roughly half its size.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District Program Manager Jacob Sinkhorn speaks with residents and vendors with the Main Street Marketplace during a flood risk management study, May 13, 2025 in Beattyville, Kentucky. During the study, Sinkhorn reunited with his fifth-grade teacher, Kitty Dougoud.

    Beattyville flood reunites USACE engineer and Kentucky teacher

    When Jacob Sinkhorn joined a routine conference call about a flood risk management study in Beattyville, Kentucky, he didn’t expect the conversation to turn into an elementary school reunion. As a project manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, Sinkhorn was focused on the technical, community and environmental aspects of the study—until a familiar name on the participant list caught his attention: Kitty Dougoud.
  • Downtown Louisville, Kentucky during the Great Flood of 1937. The Great Flood of 1937 devastated the region with damages stretching across the length of the Ohio River, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, leaving 385 people dead and more than 70 percent of Louisville under water.

    Navigating History, Building Strong: A look at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ legacy in Louisville

    This year, the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers celebrate 250 years of service to the Nation. The story of the USACE Louisville District flows from the Ohio River in the early 1800’s. What began as efforts to improve navigation around the dangerous Falls of the Ohio to open the waterway for safe and efficient commerce, ultimately shaped