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    Huntsville Center utility program instrumental in developing reliable energy for Afghan security forces

    Huntsville Center's Commercial Utilities Program used a MATOC to select a Power Purchase Agreement consultant to help draft the blueprint for developing a secure electrical grid and increasing capacity to supply Afghan security installations with sustainable electricity.
  • Col. Robert Ruch, commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, right, and Fred Cartes, Task Force POWER project manager and contracting officer's representative, left, present certficates of achievement to Rafael Varela, Kevin Flynn and Shane Deek, EXP Federal for going above and beyond following an attack on Camp Integrity, Afghanistan in August. Abel Martinez and Sean McMurtrey also received certificates. Ruch presented the certificates during a site visit in October.

    Task Force POWER team responds to emergency in Kabul

    During a site visit to Afghanistan in October, Col. Robert Ruch, commander, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, presented certificates of appreciation to five individuals working under contract with Huntsville Center in support of Task Force POWER. EXP Federal employees Shane Deek, Kevin Flynn, Rafael Varela, Abel Martinez and Sean McMurtrey were at Camp Integrity, Afghanistan, when the compound came under attack. The team stayed to assist with restoring power and water to the camp.
  • Staff Sgt. Patrick Henry with his nurses at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, after spine surgery in July 2014 to remove a piece of the fragmented disk lodged between his vertebra and nerve. Henry is a Wounded Warrior assigned to the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville’s Internal Review Office.

    Wounded Warrior’s career shifts at Huntsville Center

    As an Army Reservist with the 663rd Engineering Company, Sheffield, Alabama, Staff Sgt. Patrick Henry deployed to Afghanistan in February 2014 as a heavy equipment operator and was assigned to a unit training Afghan National Army soldiers on engineering equipment operation and projects. Henry said his injury occurred during routine daily operations.
  • Leslie Yarbrough (left), program manager, and Sara Cook, a project manager, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center Huntsville Furnishings Program, complete a quality assurance inspection on equipment purchased as part of a $385,000 project within the Gray Eagle Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) cantonment area that included a company operations facility, tactical equipment maintenance facility, operations and storage facility, and control tower.

    Furnishings Program expands to include Air Force project

    The Huntsville Center Furnishings Program team completed QA inspections on three projects totaling $1.25 million at Fort Stewart, Georgia.
  • Karen R. Moore, project manager for the Environmental Footprint Reduction Program Afghanistan Program, discusses a sustainability project at Bagram Airfield Oct. 18 with Huntsville Center Commander Col. Robert Ruch and Deputy Commander Lt. Col. Burlin Emery, and contractors Acery Garcia, Sterling Global EFR regional manager; Fredrick Ouma, team lead, and Elmer Rivera, military heavy equipment operator.

    Reducing the U.S. military's environmental footprint in Afghanistan

    Huntsville Center is managing the $21.5 million contract for the environmental footprint reduction at more than 60 U.S. military camps and bases being closed throughout Afghanistan as a result of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country.
  • Melody Hinkle, second from left, reviews a contracting documents with procurement analysts LaVette Buford, Denver Heath and Doug Gosselin during her career broadening assignment with the Principal Assistant Responsible for Contracting-Dallas. Hinkle, a procurement analyst with the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, spent four-months working at the PARC – Dallas office which manages and administers contracts coming from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Northwest, Southwest, South Pacific and Pacific Ocean Divisions.

    Contracting specialist broadens career

    A Center contracting specialist was recently selected to fill a short-term career broadening assignment at a regional contracting office responsible for providing oversight of contractual actions.
  • John Nevels, a structural engineer with the Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville explains his role in the Explosives Safety Program to Mill Creek Elementary School sixth-grader Joey Crider during a STEAM event Nov. 10.

    Huntsville Center participates in local elementary school STEAM fair

    Huntsville Center participated in the annual STEAM Fair at Mill Creek Elementary School Nov. 10.
  • Keynote speaker, José E. Sánchez, P.E., Senior Executive Service and director, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Vicksburg, Mississippi, spoke about Hispanic Americans: Energizing Our Nation’s Diversity at Huntsville Center's Hispanic Heritage Month celebration Oct. 30.

    Huntsville Center celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

    Sounds of Latin music and the smell of Latin cuisine drew Huntsville Center employees to the cafeteria Oct. 30 to help celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.