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  • April

    A Soldier pointing at a Quonset hut.

    Energy contract saving Fort Bliss millions, providing Soldiers comfort

    One aspect of the contract not only provides for the overall financial and environmental savings, but aids in the physical comfort of Soldiers training at the Fort Bliss Operational Readiness-Mission Training Complex (OR-MTC) supporting deploying and redeploying service members, Department of Defense civilians and contractors.
  • Lieutentant Colonel Dan Segura, Huntsville Center deputy commander, is presented with a retirement certification.

    Deputy commander retires

    Segura is retiring after more than two-and-a-half decades of service to the Army and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

  • March

    Photo of 15 national guard soldiers and two instructors in a classroom. One of the guradsmen is holding an unmanned aerial drone.

    USACE, Huntsville Center providing drone training for National Guard

    Soldiers from the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield explosive Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) recently completed the USACE Aviation Unmanned Aviation System (UAS) Basic Qualification Course March 18-22 at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.
  • Two men standing with Curtney Walters.

    Huntsville Center Engineer recognized for STEM performance

    Walters is a project engineer supporting Defense Logistics Agency fuels storage and infrastructure. He ensures proper operations and maintenance is performed on Department of Defense fuels systems in support of national defense and security.
  • A man welding

    Partnerships set to improve, prepare Organic Industrial Bases for future

    The Army’s Organic Installation Bases Modernization Implementation Plan prioritizes and synchronizes resources toward critical facilities and capabilities to build the necessary capacity to sustain the Army’s enduring and future systems produced at the bases.

  • January

    Image of furniture at Army War College

    Center program furnishes Army War College academic facility

    Huntsville Furnishings Program procures administrative, barracks, lodging and educational furnishings for various federal agencies worldwide.
  • Army Colonel and two employees cut a ribbon.

    Ribbon cut on new Huntsville Center on Redstone Arsenal

    The new 205,000 square foot facility is located on Redstone Gateway’s Secured Gateway area behind the Arsenal’s Main Gate 9 on Rideout Road.

  • December

    Photo of man welcoming group.

    Program review ensures ERCIP moving forward

    The ERCIP program review is key for the project execution after Headquarters USACE assigned Louisville District the mission in 2022 of providing program management and construction contract management and administration of ERCIP projects.
  • Photo of people standing at a tabel. In October, Laura Riddle, UESC project director, Martha Kiene, Fort Belvoir Power Reliability Enhancement Program Chief, Harry Goradia, HQ USACE engineer, Keith Tyler, HQ USACE resource efficiency manager, and Charles Heimer, Huntsville Center REM, manned an exhibit at the Pentagon during Energy Action Month to bring awareness to available programs that reduce energy cost and consumption.

    Huntsville Center, HQ USACE represent at Pentagon energy event

    Energy Action Month is a federal government-wide program that promotes sustainability and energy efficiency, while encouraging the smart use of energy, water, and transportation resources.

  • November

    Photo of large, back-up generators at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

    Center’s OMEE contract keeps Walter Reed running

    The Operation and Maintenance Engineering Enhancement (OMEE) Program at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, provides a simplified process to respond to the growing operation and maintenance needs of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center using streamlined processes that delivers low-cost, quick- response contracts for the operation, preventive maintenance, and repair and replacement of equipment for the sprawling campus.
  • Chad House, a Huntsville Center engineer, sits behind a desk whill speaking to students at Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering Oct. 27. The Huntsville-located charter school is ranked academically in the top 1% of U.S. high schools and is the nation’s only high school focused on the integration of cyber technology and engineering into all academic disciplines.

    Huntsville Center engineers reach out to local students at cyber, engineering academy

    Chad House, Patrick Lane, Daniel Cook, and Bryan Merry from the ED’s Systems-Cost Division volunteered their time to speak to students at the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering (ASCTE), the nation’s only high school focused on the integration of cyber technology and engineering into all academic disciplines.
  • Three contractors in hard hats and safety vests stand near an activated vehicle barrier at Fort Sill , Oklahoma.

    Access control program enhances installation security through modernization

    Huntsville Center's Access Control Program’s modernization efforts provide new or replacement Active Vehicle Barrier (AVB) systems to increase ACP security positions through the continental U.S. (CONUS) including Alaska and Hawaii.

  • October

    Photo of pencils pointing to the words end of fiscal year.

    Despite hurdles, Center’s end of fiscal year push sets records

    At around 7 p.m. Sept. 30, the Center completed its last contract action. By 11 p.m., the Center’s Resource Management (RM) Directorate fiscally cleared all programs and was able to run the shutdown of Fiscal Year 23.

  • September

    Solar panels on a building at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, show signs of damage following Hurricane Harvey in August 2017. Their restoration is one of many projects resulting from the Navy’s expanded partnership with Huntsville Center’s Resource Efficiency Manager Program.

    Resource Efficiency Managers expand partnership with Navy installations

    REMs have been working with energy managers at Naval Base Guam for over six years to conduct building audits, identify energy conservation measures and develop project documentation for third-party financed energy projects, said Russell Moebes, REM Program project manager.

  • August

    Kevin Carse inspects a boiler located at the Army Reserve Center at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Indiana. Carse, Electrical Engineering Technician, performs duties supporting BASEOPS out of the Louisville District’s Indianapolis Resident Office.

    BASEOPS continues supporting Army Reserve

    Huntsville Center’s BASEOPS Program executes defined services structured around preventive and corrective maintenance of the 88th RD’s more than 750 structures and facilities.
  • Headquarters U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently recertified three Huntsville Center programs demonstrating capability and expertise in specialized areas.

    Three centers of expertise receive recertification

    Recertification proves Huntsville Center employs a certified, professional workforce capable of continuing to provide solutions to unique, complex tasks in partnership with the USACE enterprise.
  • Albert "Chip" Marin III, Huntsville Center programs and business director, gives opening remarks to kick off the Center's Energy Workshop Aug. 1 at the Jackson Center located in Huntsville’s Cummins Research Park. The three-day workshop highlighted Huntsville Center’s capabilities in the Energy Savings Performance Contracting (ESPC) and Utility Energy Services Contracting (UESC) programs.

    Energy Workshop 2023 concentrates on industry trends, innovations

    The focus of the workshop was Huntsville Center’s capabilities in the Energy Savings Performance Contracting (ESPC) and Utility Energy Services Contracting (UESC) programs.
  • The Army Civilian Acquisition Student Loan Repayment Program (SLRP), administered by the U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center (USAASC), repays federally insured student loans as a retention incentive for civilian acquisition employees with critical acquisition skills.

    Student loan repayment program benefits Army civilian acquisition workforce

    The Army Civilian Acquisition Student Loan Repayment Program is an annually funded program under the authority of the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account.

  • July

    New Magnetic Resonance Imaging equipment was part of Huntsville Center Medical Repair and Renewal program's $25 million project to design and renovate the radiology department at Joint Base Lewis-McChord's Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma Washington.

    Radiology renovation enhances Joint Base Lewis-McChord readiness

    The project provides upgrades to space and equipment used for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Breast Imaging, Ultrasound, General Radiographic, Fluoroscopy and Computed Tomography (CT Scan) sections of the Radiology Department.
  • An Air Force illustration of the LGM-35A Sentinel weapon system.

    Ballistic missile defense program experts receive recognition

    Bret Styers and Carson Walker, USACE Ballistic Missile Defense Mandatory Center of Expertise (BMD MCX) employees, were both recognized with Army Civilian Achievement Medals for their efforts under the Sentinel Integrated Program Management Office while supporting the fielding of a strategic weapons system for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC).