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  • November

    Michael L. Connor, assistant secretary of the Army for Civil Works, addresses his priorities to participants at the U.S. Army Corps Executive Governance Meeting Nov. 1, 2022, in Nashville, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Leadership works on ‘building a stronger’ Corps of Engineers

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 8, 2022) – The commanding general, division and center commanders, district engineers, and Senior Executive Service leadership recently met in Music City to work on “building a stronger” Corps of Engineers during an Executive Governance Meeting.

  • October

    Recreation Vessel “Betsye” out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, navigates downstream Sept. 29, 2022, on the Tennessee River into Fort Loudoun Lock in Lenoir City, Tennessee, as members of the Fort Loudoun Yacht Club begin a tour to learn about navigation. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Groups navigate Fort Loudoun Lock to learn locking process

    LENOIR CITY, Tenn. (Oct. 3, 2022) – Several local groups recently navigated Fort Loudoun Lock to see the lock chamber and learn about the locking process.

  • September

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District 2022 Leadership Development Program Level II Course graduates and support staff poses with Lt. Col. Joseph Sahl, Nashville District commander, and Michael Evans, course instructor, during a graduation ceremony Sept. 14, 2022, at the district headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Commander emphasizes to graduates that leadership is a team sport

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 15, 2022) – A dozen employees with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District graduated yesterday from the second level of the Leadership Development Program during a ceremony at the district headquarters.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees and the public have a critical role to play when something doesn’t look right. Antiterrorism Awareness iWATCH Army is a modern version of neighborhood watch focused on the threat of terrorist activity. It encourages people to identify and report suspicious behavior to military police or local law enforcement for investigation. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Antiterrorism month is over, but remaining vigilant must continue

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 1, 2022) – Antiterrorism Month is over, but remaining vigilant must continue throughout the year to protect important infrastructure projects and recreation facilities, and to safeguard employees and visitors at Corps Lakes.

  • August

    Lt. Col. Joseph Sahl, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander; and Stephanie Hall (Second from Left), Nashville District deputy district engineer; pose Aug. 24, 2022, with Retiree Linda Adcock and her husband Ricky after unveiling a nameplate honoring Adcock as a recipient of the 2022 Nashville District Distinguished Civilian Employee Recognition Award at the headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Adcock receives Distinguished Civilian Employee Recognition Award

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 24, 2022) – Linda Adcock, who managed the Center Hill Dam Safety Rehabilitation Project before retiring in 2019, received the Distinguished Civilian Employee Recognition Award today highlighting exceptional achievements with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District.
  • Nathan Alford, engineer technician and construction representative in the Nashville District’s Eastern Tennessee Resident Office in Knoxville; and Sue Nan Jehlen, Mountain Home National Cemetery director, pose by the expansion project sign during a site visit at the cemetery annex in Johnson, City, Tennessee, Aug. 10, 2022. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Nashville District constructing Mountain Home National Cemetery expansion

    JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Aug. 17, 2022) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is providing technical services and managing construction of the Mountain Home National Cemetery Expansion Project, which will add 6,365 burial and cremation plots, plus eight columbarium units with 3,140 niches for veteran internments.
  • Safety Officer John Schnebelen Sr. and his grandson Zander Poulton pose together June 9, 2018, after completing leg 22 of a team building voyage of the Cumberland River. Employees and family members cruised their way in canoes, kayaks, and boats downriver over 650 of 694 miles of the waterway. Schnebelen wrote a poem about the magnificence of the Cumberland River voyage in the trip logbook. (USACE Photo)

    Poem chronicles magnificence of historic Cumberland River voyage

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 1, 2022) – A poem inscribed in a trip logbook five years ago has newfound attention for how it chronicles the magnificence of the Cumberland River.

  • April

    Ryan Wigner (Right), technical lead for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, presents the completed Floodplain Management Services Study for Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, to Mayor Neal Pucciarelli at the city courthouse April 7, 2022. (USACE Photo by Aras Barzanji)

    Corps completes Cumberland Gap Flood Plain Management Services Study

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 29, 2022) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District recently completed a Flood Plain Management Services Special Study of the Gap Creek Watershed for the city of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee.
  • Lt. Col. Nathan Branen, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District deputy commander, thanks the district’s administrative professionals for participating in “Educational Seminar and Conference for Administrative Professional’s Enrichment” April 1, 2022, at the Tennessee National Guard Training Facility in Smyrna, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Administrative professionals ESCAPE for training

    SMYRNA, Tenn. (April 5, 2022) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District provided an “ESCAPE” last week for employees called upon to answer phones, complete personnel actions, update training records, manage equipment accounts, purchase supplies, coordinate travel, input time and attendance, and other administrative tasks in their work centers.

  • March

    (Left to Right) Ben MacIntyre, biologist in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Regulatory Division’s Western Branch, Sammy Iskrzycki, biologist in the Regulatory Division Western Branch, Katie Alston, biologist in the Regulatory Division Technical Services Branch, and Mark G. McIntosh, project manager in the Regulatory Division Technical Services Branch, check for hydrology indicators at a soil point on a vegetation plot March 18, 2022, while training near J. Percy Priest Lake in Nashville, Tennessee. They support regulatory permitting actions at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Regulatory Division. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Regulatory Program facilitates environmental stewardship

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 24, 2022) – Ever wonder what federal agency provides regulatory oversight of commercial and private development affecting wetlands and waterways? The answer is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which facilitates environmental stewardship through its Regulatory Program.