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  • June

    Huntsville Center Engineering Directorate's Robert Renz, Brendan Dingman and Stephanie Woods were recognized by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for their work in their career fields.

    Three Center employees recognized as best in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

    Three people working in the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville (Huntsville Center) Engineering Directorate (ED) received recognition as the best in USACE.
  • Since 2000, the Army’s 3Rs Explosives Safety Program, which focuses on Recognizing, Reporting and Responding to explosive hazards, has played a pivotal role in preventing accidents and ensuring the safety of personnel and communities by promoting awareness and safe handling practices. (Graphic courtesy of the Three Rs Explosives Safety Program)

    Army 3Rs Explosives Safety Program raises awareness amid recent incidents

    In the wake of two recent incidents involving the discovery and detonation of live grenades, the Army’s Three Rs Explosives Safety Program is increasing its efforts to raise awareness about the dangers associated with munitions.
  • Technicians install a battery system at Fort Carson, Colorado as part of a Huntsville Center Energy Savings Performance Program project providing Fort Carson with infrastructure and energy improvements. Huntsville Center’s Energy Division received Federal Energy Management Program training at the Center during a workshop May 15-18 ensuring Center employees have the knowledge, tools, and support they need to implement successful energy efficiency projects like the one at Fort Carson.

    Federal energy training session enhances Center’s third-party financing capabilities

    The workshop provided Huntsville Center Energy Division personnel with a tailored and comprehensive overview of energy and utility savings contracting authority and processes to equip attendees with information about Department of Energy resources available to develop and implement successful projects focused on the needs of its stakeholders.

  • May

    Charles Carson, Huntsville Center emergency manager, goes over the Center's Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) with members of the Emergency Relocation Group during a COOP exercise April 12. (Photo by Kristen Bergeson)

    Huntsville Center exercise tests Continuity of Operations Plan

    The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville held a Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) exercise April 12 to ensure readiness if, or when, disaster strikes.
  • Carolyn Goodman, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , provides training to more than 80 resource efficiency managers attending Huntsville Center’s REM workshop April 20 at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, huntsville, Huntsville center manages the REM program and the annual workshop enhances REM's expertise supporting energy efficiency program at U.S. military installations and federal facilities around the world.

    Workshop tackles recent energy policy updates, changes

    More than 80 energy experts attended Huntsville Center’s REM workshop April 17-20 to ensure continuous professional development and focused training on state-of-the-art energy programs and initiatives while leveraging Huntsville Center reach-back capabilities through Huntsville Center energy experts.
  • Jason Kirkpatrick, USACE Aviation Integration program manager, left, presents the USACE Castle Award in Aviation to Ryan Strange, a research physical scientist for the USACE Unmanned Aircraft Systems program, May 1. (Photo by Kristen Bergeson)

    Aviation “rock star” honored by his peers with USACE Castle Award

    A research physical scientist who helped to develop the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) program in 2017 was recognized for his work with the USACE Castle Award in Aviation during the annual Geospatial Community of Practice meeting in April.

  • April

    Alan Reynolds (left), NPMA Vice President of Operations, and Ron Crowl (right), NPMA Senior Vice President, present the Program Manager of the Year award to Jesus Ramirez, Huntsvile Center Fuels program manager, and Tracy Helmick, Fuels deputy program manager, during the National Petroleum Management Association's annual conference March 27-30. (Courtesy Photo)

    Fuels program managers earn national recognition

    Jesus Ramirez and Tracy Helmick, program managers for the Center’s Fuels Recurring Maintenance and Minor Repair Program, both received the NPMA Program/Project Manager of the Year Award at the 2023 PETRO Expo Fuel Handling Summit.
  • Engineers with 601st Engineer Detachment, pour concrete into the base of what will be one of 28 light poles at the Central Receiving Shipping Point at Fort McCoy, Wis., June 23, 2022. Huntsville Center’s Energy Savings Performance Contracts program utilized by Fort McCoy includes lighting upgrades and improvements throughout the expansive Army Reserve installation.

    Center’s energy savings contract program enhancing Army policy

    Considered the Army’s expert in ESPCs, Huntsville Center implemented the contracts to assist the installations in supporting the Army Climate Strategy by providing energy resilience and energy cybersecurity and reducing energy and water use (as well as carbon and greenhouse gas emissions) to improve readiness and save taxpayers money.

  • March

    Huntsville has signed off on a $67 million Energy Resilience & Conservation Investment Program (ERCIP) contract to provide Rock Island Arsenal (RIA) with secure, self-sufficient energy.

    Energy program leads path for $67 million Rock Island Arsenal project

    Huntsville Center Energy Division’s ERCIP is the Army’s requirement development experts providing planning and technical support to the Army by validating all ERCIP projects before they are submitted to the Department of Defense to compete for funding.
  • Environmental experts with the Environmental and Munitions Center of Expertise (EMCX) and other U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) entities conduct a site visit at Bradford Island, Oregon, on July 26. USACE has been working with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Washington Department of Ecology to evaluate and oversee cleanup of various contamination sources on the island and the adjoining Columbia River, which lies within the Bonneville Dam complex, since 1997. (Photo by Dave Becker)

    Huntsville Center’s EMCX celebrates 30-plus years of environmental expertise

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Environmental and Munitions Center of Expertise (EM CX) has undergone multiple name changes and restructurings over the last three decades, but its mission to provide environmental remediation expertise for military installations worldwide has remained the same. The EM CX, part of the USACE Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, recently completed a rigorous recertification process, earning the USACE “expert” designation for another five years.

  • Center's installation support directorate reorganizes

    The directorate provides execution of more than 30 programs encompassing the technical, engineering, contracting and program management requirements of a variety of mission areas.
  • Carlos Reis, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville’s Value Engineering program manager, has overseen VE workshops at Huntsville Center aiming to stretch precious taxpayer resources.

    Value Engineering program ensures Center’s functionality

    Reis managed seven VE workshops for Huntsville Center in 2022, six for the Installation Support and Programs Management Directorate’s Facilities Division and one for the Ordnance and Explosives Directorate.
  • Quintessia Fuller, Internal Review chief, spoke about educational resilience during Huntsville Center's Black History Month presentation Feb. 28. (Graphic by Steve Lamas and Kristen Bergeson)

    Employees reflect on 'Black Resilience' for Black History Month event

    The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville’s Equal Employment Opportunity Office hosted its annual Black History Month presentation Feb. 28. More than 100 employees attended the virtual event featuring four panelists who paid tribute to Black Americans who have overcome educational, political and economic barriers to make significant contributions to our nation’s history and identity.

  • February

    Following Huntsville Center's National Engineers Week presentation, Col. Sebastien P. Joly, commander, recognizes the Center engineers who have continued to grow in their field by earning a license or certification. Newly licensed or certified employees include Kelly Turner, civil engineer (structural); Joshua Mason, civil engineer; Lauren Howerton, civil engineer; Elena Sabatini, mechanical engineer; Paul Rhoades, contractor officer review board; Lauren Houpt, healthcare interior designer; and David Braidich, medical gas certified designer. (Photo by Kristen Bergeson)

    Huntsville Center celebrates Engineers Week

    The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville joined other U.S. Army Corps of Engineers agencies Feb. 19 to 25 to celebrate 2023 National Engineers Week.

  • Huntsville Center’s IT management program sunsets, transitions

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s Corporate Information Office is delivering changes to the ACE-IT program and scheduled to turn over all work to Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity.

  • EM CX role in the NEPA Integrator proves invaluable

    The Environmental and Munitions Center of Expertise (EM CX) continues to provide quality guidance in ensuring adherence to the environmental regulations of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) required for all Federal government projects.
  • Salvatore Corcione, resource efficiency manager at U.S. Army Garrison-Ansbach, performs a utility check at one of the facilities on the installation in 2021. The 2023 Resource Efficiency Managers Workshop set for Apr. 17-20 at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville’s main campus.

    Resource Efficiency Manager conference set, openings still available for energy managers

    Huntsville Center’s REM program improves installation energy programs by identifying projects and practices to reduce energy and water costs through a contracted subject matter expert.

  • January

    Soldiers conduct a dismounted patrol at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin. Calif.

    Energy project provides resilience for Fort Irwin

    Huntsville Center’s Utility Energy Services Contracting developed the contract vehicle which provides for a 21-mile dedicated natural gas pipeline and a 16 MW combined heat and power plant for on-site energy generation at Fort Irwin capable of maintaining critical loads indefinitely during an electric outage.
  • An electric vehicle charges its battery at one of the seven solar-powered charging stations recently installed at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville awarded contracts and are providing technical oversight for nearly 500 of these stations at Army installations as part of the service's initiative to transition to a fully electric vehicle fleet by 2050. (Photo by Chris Putman)

    Huntsville Center answers charge to electrify Army’s vehicle fleet

    Electric vehicle charging stations have begun popping up at Army installations across the Nation, less than a year after the Army announced plans to reduce its climate impacts by decreasing fossil fuel use. The Army’s climate strategy, released in February 2022, outlines a plan to reduce its net greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent, in part by transitioning to a fully electric vehicle fleet by 2050. For its non-tactical, light-duty fleet, the service plans to be all-electric by 2027.
  • Kyle Shireman, Huntsville Center safety manager and visionary behind the Center’s new USACE Safety Trainer 360, explains how to use the virtual reality construction safety game’s headset and controllers to Shane Henry, audit technician, during a Occupational Safety and Health Administration 10-Hour Training Course held at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville. (Photo by Kristen Bergeson)

    ‘The Way of the Future’

    Employees participating in a recent construction safety course at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville toured a construction site, identified safety hazards and experienced the dangerous outcomes of safety violations – all without leaving their classroom. This real-world experience was made possible by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Safety Trainer 360, a virtual reality construction site game created by the Huntsville Center Safety Office and the Army Game Studio.