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  • March

    Huntsville Center auditing course destined for D.C.

    At USACE Huntsville Center auditing course destined for D.C.

    A government auditing class developed by internal review (IR) professionals at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville may be on its way to the Pentagon after its recent debut at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Learning Center (ULC) last week.

  • February

    Lieutenant General Edward M. Daley, Army Materiel Command deputy commanding general and event host, addresses the crowd during the Redstone Arsenal Solar and Battery Project ribbon-cutting ceremony Feb.23. The new 114-acre, renewable solar energy complex, located on Magazine Road, generates about 10 megawatt, alternating current, on-site solar renewable energy.

    Huntsville Center solar energy, storage system project enhances Redstone Arsenal’s readiness

    Redstone Arsenal's new 114-acre, renewable solar energy complex generates about 10 megawatt, alternating current, on-site solar renewable energy.
  • Andrew Brand, second from left, project manager with Task Force POWER, Afghanistan, leads a pre-opening inspection of a new Dining Facility at Camp Oqab, Afghanistan, in September. Brand is deployed there on behalf of Ordnance and Explosives Design Center’s Global Operations Division.

    Electrical safety, repair mission in Afghanistan grows for Huntsville Center

    With a growing number of American troops in Afghanistan, there is no shortage of electrical safety and repair work for the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Ordnance and Explosives Design Center.
  • Maj. Gen. Michael Wehr, deputy commanding general U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, right, and Col. Christine Beeler, left, listen as Col. John Hurley, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville commander discusses actions presented during the Center's command strategic review Feb. 13-14.

    Command Strategic Review strengthens communication, sets path forward

    The Command Strategic Review working session is a collaborative event between HQ USACE, Campaign Plan (UCP) Objective/Action Champions and the major subordinate command (MSC) counterparts to ensure alignment with the UCP and review progress of specific current year priority actions. Huntsville Center’s last CSR was in 2015.
  • John Lewis, third from right, describes a training site layout to Col. John Hurley, commander of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, and Huntsville Center Program Director Albert “Chip” Marin, during the leaders’ Jan. 11 visit to Redstone Arsenal. Accompanying them, from left to right, are Bill Sargent, director of Huntsville Center’s Ordnance and Explosives Directorate; Roger Young, project manager with APTIM; Jason Watson, Redstone environmental site manager; and Ashley Roeske, project manager with Huntsville Center’s Chemical/Biological Warfare Materiel Division.

    Munitions site removal project makes progress

    The mission to investigate and remove World War II-era chemical warfare materiel suspected to be buried in 17 sites at Redstone Arsenal has reached a new milestone as Huntsville Center’s Chemical Warfare Design Center prepares to lead fieldwork at the post’s 10th such site.
  • Valerie Clinkenbeard, the acquisition liaison manager for Huntsville Center, is the most recent recipient of the Department of Defense’s Individual Achievement Award in Facilities Engineering.

    HNC employee earns DOD-level honors

    A long-time member of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, is the recipient of the Department of Defense’s Individual Achievement Award in Facilities Engineering.
  • Col. John Hurley, commander of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, signs up for the 2018 Commander’s Fitness Challenge at the organization’s Wellness Center. Next to Hurley are members of the Huntsville Center Wellness Committee.

    2018 Commander’s Fitness Challenge is fit for all

    The commander of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, has launched this year’s fitness and health initiative for all members of the organization.

  • January

    Aaron Renfro, a Huntsville Center employee who serves as the construction lead at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in Richmond, Kentucky, recently earned his Certified Construction Manager designation.

    Center engineer one of handful to earn 'CCM' designation

    One of the latest photos on the wall of professionals at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center is of Aaron Renfro, who in September earned his Certified Construction Manager designation.

  • December

    Neriah Holly, left, an architect with the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, takes a photo with Alberto Marquez, father of fellow Huntsville Center employee Maria Brito, while deployed to Puerto Rico Nov. 11, 2017. Brito serves as a secretary in Resource Management and coordinated with Holly to hand off some supplies to Marquez during Holly’s monthlong deployment.

    Huntsville Center architect helps fellow employee’s family in PR

    Like many members of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, who have been deploying to help residents of hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, Neriah Holly volunteered to help people he didn’t know. But less than a day before his departure in early November, an unexpected request from a fellow employee made his mission a lot more personal.
  • Arthur Martin III is the new director of the U.S. Army Engineering Support Center, Huntsville’s Installation Support and Programs Management Directorate.

    Martin named new ISPM director

    Martin began his U.S. Army Corps of Engineers career in the Mobile District’s Construction Division in 1986. In addition to Mobile District, Martin worked in Savannah District before joining Huntsville Center in August 1999 working in the Mechanical-Electrical Division of the Center’s Engineering Directorate.
  • A USACE contractor works on repairing power lines near San Juan, Puerto Rico as part of the agency's work to help restore power on the island.

    USACE adds $265 million to contract with Fluor Corporation

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Engineering and Support Center in Huntsville, Alabama, awarded a $265 million modification to an existing contract with Fluor Corp. to repair the power grid in Puerto Rico.
  • Derek Pommerenck, left, who manages the Environmental Program for Huntsville Center’s Ordnance and Explosives Design Center, is presented a Bronze de Fleury Medal from his former supervisor Thomas Woodie, chief of Savannah District’s Reimbursable Programs and Project Management, during a visit to the Savannah District Oct. 26, 2017.

    Huntsville Center engineer receives Bronze de Fleury

    A member of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center received the Bronze de Fleury Medal during his visit to Savannah, Georgia, Oct. 26.
  • Workers repair powerlines in Puerto Rico. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in coordination with the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, on Dec. 1 awarded a time and materials contract with an $831 million ceiling to Fluor Corporation, Irving, Texas, to support ongoing work to restore the power grid in Puerto Rico. USACE is partnering with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to restore safe and reliable power to the people of Puerto Rico.

    USACE awards $831 million contract to Fluor for power grid repair in Puerto Rico

    This second contract will provide additional resources and personnel needed to support the work to restore the power grid in Puerto Rico.
  • Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Maj. Gen. Michael Wehr joins Col. John Hurley, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville (Huntsville Center) commander, and the Center’s Office of Small Business Programs team, Karen Baker (left) Rebecca Goodsell (center), Nicole Boone (right) at the Society of American Military Engineers 2017 Small Business Conference in Pittsburgh. During the conference, Hurley and the team accepted three awards on behalf of the Center.

    Center recognized for contribution to small business communities

    The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville (Huntsville Center) Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) received three Top Dollar awards at the annual Small Business Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Nov. 15-17.

  • November

    Col. John Hurley, center, commander of Huntsville Center, goes over the results of the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute Organizational Climate Survey with Angela Morton, right, supervisory equal opportunity officer with the center’s Equal Employment Opportunity Office, Oct. 23, 2017. Sitting with them at the table, from left to right, are Valerie Ward, human resources strategic adviser who managed the results of the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey; Dan Heinzelman, business director; Albert “Chip” Marin III, programs director; and Lt. Col. Hugh Darville, deputy commander.

    Workplace survey results prompt nearly 40 recommendations

    The results of two employee surveys at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center pointed out areas where Huntsville Center excels and also identified nearly 40 recommendations for improvements here.
  • Jason Moore, a Huntsville Center Systems Engineer, hasn’t let a debilitating muscular disease or even cancer get the best of him. During National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Moore was recognized with the 2017 Secretary of Defense Award for Outstanding Department of Defense Civilian Employees with Disabilities.

    Systems engineer overcomes adversity, recognized by Secretary of Defense

    For the last seven years, Jason Moore has worked at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville as an information technology specialist for the Center’s management review office. He loves his job, which involves supporting a high priority, multi-million dollar, classified network.With all his degrees and certifications, and because he works in IT, most people would Moore is a geek.He’s a self-proclaimed geek, but not your typical geek. He’s not your typical coworker either.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in coordination with the Huntsville Engineering and Support Center, has awarded a contract toward the repair of the power grid in Puerto Rico.

    Huntsville Center awards contract for personnel and equipment for power restoration

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in coordination with the Huntsville Engineering and Support Center, has awarded a contract toward the repair of the power grid in Puerto Rico.

  • October

    Wanda Gilbert, Employee Assistance Program coordinator with Redstone Arsenal, talks about the results of a navigation exercise during her alcohol and substance abuse class Oct. 24, 2017, at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville. Three employees participated in the exercise twice -- once before and once after donning goggles that simulate intoxication. Gilbert’s training also included a class on suicide awareness and prevention.

    Redstone instructor: Repeat training is vital to overcoming crises

    A Redstone Arsenal Employee Assistance Program coordinator who visited the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center to give classes to employees emphasized the importance of training repetition as a key to overcoming a real crisis.
  • Lt. Col. Hugh Darville, Huntsville Center deputy commander, answers questions from WAFF reporter Stephanie Mills during the Small Business Forum at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration in Huntsville, Alabama, Oct. 18. The forum helps to identify government needs and business capabilities in order to meet the nation’s engineering challenges.

    Huntsville Center Small Business Forum brings stakeholders together

    Hundreds of business representatives from companies small and large descended on the Davidson Center for Space Exploration in Huntsville, Alabama, to attend the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center’s annual Small Business Forum, Oct. 18. The event provides an opportunity for small business representatives to discuss their capabilities with Huntsville Center contracting officials and program managers and learn about upcoming opportunities to work with the Corps of Engineers.
  • Technicians with Kikkawa, a Japanese contracting company, adjust a wire rope to change the angle of counterweights on one of the newly overhauled marine loading arms at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo during final assembly.

    Huntsville Center oversees overhaul project in Japan

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Fuels Recurring Maintenance and Minor Repair Program at Huntsville Center completed a four-month-long overhaul project Sept. 23 on the first set of marine loading arms at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu.