Home / News

Find News

Contact a Public Affairs Office

Great Lakes and Ohio River Division
(513) 684-3097 or (513) 684-3010
Buffalo District
1-800-833-6390 (option 3)
Chicago District
312-846-5330
Detroit District
313-226-4680
Huntington District
304-399-5353
Louisville District
(502) 315-6766
Nashville District
(615) 736-7161
Pittsburgh District
412-395-7502
Results:
Author: Lee Roberts
Clear

  • February

    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.
  • With Cordell Hull Dam in the background, Rep. John Rose, Tennessee 6th District, gives the keynote address while addressing guests during the dam’s 50th Anniversary celebration Oct. 7, 2023, on the shoreline below the dam in Elmwood, Tennessee. He noted that celebrating the achievements of the engineers and the contractors, and public policy makers of the time, made this project possible. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Communities celebrate Cordell Hull Dam’s 50th Anniversary

    ELMWOOD, Tenn. (Oct. 10, 2023) – Local communities, residents and officials celebrated the 50th Anniversary of Cordell Hull Dam Oct. 7 by paying tribute to residents that were displaced, featuring historical aspects of the dam’s construction, and noting the benefits that were realized for future generations when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers impounded the lake.

  • September

    C.J. Mahan work crews place 148 cubic yards of tremie concrete Sept. 20, 2023, from a pump truck into a tremie pipe for placement into the shaft on the bottom of the Tennessee River for the first of 14 shafts for the upstream approach wall piers. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Upstream Approach Wall construction is an integral part of the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project in Chattanooga, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Matthew Curvin)

    Chickamauga’s upstream approach wall piers get solid start

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Sept. 27, 2023) – The Upstream Approach Walls for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project got a solid start when work crews placed 148 cubic yards of tremie concrete Sept. 20 into the drilled shaft on the bottom of the Tennessee River.
  • Lt. Col. Robert W. Green, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander; Maj. Todd Mainwaring, Nashville District deputy commander; and Michael Evans, course instructor, pose with graduates of the 2023 Leadership Development Program Level I Course Sept. 13, 2023, at the Scarritt Bennett Center in Nashville, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Commander praises employees for capitalizing on leadership development

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 19, 2023) – Eighteen employees with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District graduated Sept. 13 from the first level of the Leadership Development Program during a ceremony at the Scarritt Bennett Center.