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  • September

    U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Board of Directors take a close up look at a hydropower turbine shaft at the Barkley Dam hydropower facility in Grand Rivers, Ky. during a visit on Sept. 23, 2024. The visit aimed to explore opportunities for innovation and collaboration between ERDC and USACE Nashville District at key projects. (USACE Photo by Michael Davis)

    U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Board of Directors visits Nashville District projects

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Board of Directors visited the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District on Sept. 16 to tour key projects, including the Kentucky Lock Addition construction project and the Barkley Power Plant and Dam. The visit aimed to explore opportunities for innovation and collaboration.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District 2024 Leadership Development Program Level II Course graduates and support staff poses with Lt. Col. Robert W. Green (Right), Nashville District commander; Maj. Jesse Davis, Nashville District deputy commander; and Michael Evans, course instructor, during a graduation ceremony Sept. 11, 2024, at the district headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Commander charges Leadership Development Program graduates to rise to the occasion

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 13, 2024) – Participants finished the second level of the Leadership Development Program Wednesday during a graduation ceremony at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Headquarters.
  • Operations Safety Specialist Daniel Rennaker, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, seeks volunteers for a demonstration that shows how hard hats can protect someone’s head during a Tennessee STEAM Festival event Sept. 5, 2024, at Antioch Middle School in Antioch, Tennessee. He used a melon inside a hard hat to show demonstrate how it can be protected even when struck with a hammer. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Employees highlight careers at Antioch Middle School STEAM event

    ANTIOCH, Tenn. (Sept. 9, 2024) – Employees showed off their displays, provided demonstrations, and highlighted their careers last week during a sanctioned Tennessee STEAM Festival event at Antioch Middle School. Sixth, seventh and eighth graders learned about opportunities to pursue careers with the Corps of Engineers that require studies focused on science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics.
  • 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.
  • From left to right, Ashley Fuentes, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District environmental and cultural section chief; Larry Kirksey and Alaska Williams Co-Chairmen of the Rosenwald Harlanites Mid-Michigan Organization ; and Sydney Curnes, USACE Nashville District Landscape Architect and Silver Jackets coordinator, pose for a photo in Harlan, Ky. on Aug. 23, 2024 with the USACE funded plaque that recounts the story of the 1977 flood and offers a personal perspective on the community’s history, preserving the memory of this area that was deeply impacted by the disaster. The photo was taken during a ceremony to honor the memory of those affected by the flood and to keep their stories alive.

    USACE funds high water plaque to honor flood-devastated Kentucky community

    On Aug. 23, 2024, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District participated in a ceremony to honor the Georgetown neighborhood and Rosenwald High School in Harlan, KY – a community that was devastated by a catastrophic flood in 1977.

  • 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.
  • Lt. Col. Stephen Green, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander; Mayor Steve Babcock of Carthage, Tennessee (Middle); and Congressman John Rose, Tennessee 6th District, pose after Green and Babcock signed a Project Partnership Agreement Aug. 23, 2024, in Carthage, Tennessee. The agreement officially begins a streambank stabilization project on the Cumberland River that will prevent further bank erosion that currently endangers the Carthage Wastewater Treatment Plant. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Agreement kicks off streambank project at Carthage Wastewater Treatment Plant

    CARTHAGE, Tenn. (Aug. 23, 2024) – Officials signed a Project Partnership Agreement today to officially begin a streambank stabilization project on the Cumberland River that will prevent further bank erosion that currently endangers the Carthage Wastewater Treatment Plant.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Ranger David Landis (right) drops a buoy anchor into the water as Ranger Intern Philicady Carland prepares to drop the buoy in after it at Lake Barkley in Kuttawa, Kentucy, Aug. 14, 2024.

    USACE Rangers place buoys for boater safety ahead of holiday weekend

    Three U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rangers and a ranger intern spent the morning placing danger buoys on Lake Barkley, Aug. 14, 2024, to notify boaters of shallow water.
  • U.S. Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps Cadets speak Aug. 2, 2024, with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Supervisory Engineer Eric Pagoria about the recent dewatering effort that occurred at Old Hickory Lake Lock in Old Hickory Tennessee. The ROTC cadets, which are a part of “The Cadet Learning Training Program,” visited the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District to better understand the purpose and goals of the Corps of Engineers. (USACE Photo by Braden Simmons)

    Cadets visit Nashville for engineering, construction, operations insight

    NASHVILLE Tenn. (Aug. 9, 2024) -- People come visit Nashville from all over. They come for any number of reasons, to see a sports game, to celebrate an event or even to hear some country music. But in the case of four engineering cadets with the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, they are in Nashville to see the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and to get insight of engineering, construction, and operations missions the district supports in the Cumberland River and Tennessee River basins and an area of operations encompassing parts of seven states.
  • Members of the Tennessee National Guard visit the Cheatham Powerhouse with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District officials in Ashland City, Tennessee, July 29, 2024. The adjutant general of the TNG, Maj. Gen. Warner Ross II, visited the facility to learn about USACE capabilities and explore current and future partnerships to help the Guard fulfill its missions in Tennessee, which include military readiness and emergency support to civil authorities. (USACE Photo by Jeremy Croft)

    Nashville District hosts Adjutant General for Tennessee at Cheatham Dam

    Do you know the difference between the U.S. Army and the Tennessee Army National Guard? It’s a distinction that’s easy to miss. After all, the two forces wear the same uniform, with “U.S. ARMY” splashed across National Guard blouses. But the differences are important to Maj. Gen. Warner A. Ross II, the 77th Adjutant General for Tennessee, who visited the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Cheatham Lock in Ashland City, Tennessee, July 29, 2024.