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  • September

    United States Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District headquarters building, Mobile, Alabama.

    Huntsville Center Furnishes New USACE Mobile Headquarters

    The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville furnished the Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District’s new six-story headquarters in downtown Mobile.

  • August

    Navy Medical Readiness Logistics Command Detachment Naval Ophthalmic Readiness Activity Yorktown, Va. during facility upgrades conducted by U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville.

    Huntsville Center helps NORA see success for upgrades to Military Eyewear Lab

    One often overlooked, but essential requirement to serve in the military is the capability to see. The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville recently completed a critical infrastructure project in support of the Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command’s Naval Ophthalmic Readiness Activity, NORA, a facility responsible for producing prescription eyewear issued across the U.S. military.
  • Darcy Hackler, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville Contracting officer, leads a section of the Fuels Program Project Delivery Team training in order to ensure a smooth fiscal year 2025 close out on Redstone Arsenal, photo by Lillian Putnam.

    Huntsville Center conducts cross-functional training for end of FY 25

    A recent three-day, cross-functional training session, with an end goal of ensuring a smooth fiscal year 2025 close out, focused on integration, alignment, and a deeper operational understanding to strengthen the Fuels Program Project Delivery Team.

  • July

    STEM Day group photo outside the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville building on Redstone Arsenal.

    Huntsville Center STEM Day Sparks Career Interest Among Future Generation

    More than 100 students, from first to 12th grade, attended a hands-on learning experience designed to inspire the next generation of Soldiers, engineers, scientists, innovators and civil servants at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville.

  • Huntsville Center Recognized for Top USACE Safety Award

    The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville earned recognition for its commitment to workplace safety. Huntsville Center received the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2025 Safety Award of Excellence for demonstrating the highest degree of excellence in the management of safety and occupational health programs.

  • June

    Huntsville Center’s Leadership Development Program Level 1 pictured touring NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center facilities.

    Huntsville Center’s Leadership Development Program Cultivates Future Leaders

    Developing the next generation of leaders is essential to accomplishing the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville’s critical mission: supporting the warfighter and delivering vital engineering solutions worldwide.

  • May

    Dennis Bacon, Huntsville Center Fuels Branch chief, speaking at the 2025 Fuels Safety Symposium where he emphasized the importance of continuous attentiveness and accountability.

    Huntsville Center Fuels Safety Symposium Focuses on Collaboration

    Leading into National Safety Month, the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville hosted its 2025 Fuels Safety Symposium, bringing together leaders, safety professionals and safety managers to share lessons learned and promote accountability.
  • Alicia Hodge, Huntsville Center Safety and Occupational Health specialist, demonstrates using an AED on a Prestan Manikin with the Prestan AED UltraTrainer.

    Huntsville Center Promotes AED Training to Boost Life-Saving Readiness

    According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 356,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur across the country each year. That is why a fast response with Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, CPR, and an Automated External Defibrillators, AED, can be crucial and vital to recovery.

  • April

    Lt. Col. William South will be taking command of the 926th Engineer Battalion in Birmingham, Alabama. In his civilian position, he is a contracting officer at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, April ‎3, ‎2025, photo by Chris Putman.

    ‘Every Contract Supports a Soldier’: Reserve Officer Brings Mission Focus to Huntsville Center

    As the U.S. Army Reserve, USAR, celebrates its 117th birthday this month, Lt. Col. William South will celebrate a milestone of his own: taking command of the 926th Engineer Battalion in Birmingham, Alabama. South’s civilian position is as a contracting officer at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville. He said he looks forward to the full-circle moment as he first enlisted in the 926th Battalion’s Alpha Company in 1997.

  • February

    Outdated generators being removed to be replaced with modern, high-capacity natural gas units at Fort Eisenhower, Ga. to ‎ improve operational reliability, reduce costs and enhance quality of life for personnel, December ‎5, ‎2024, photo by Chris Putman.

    Huntsville Center aims to increase energy efficiency at Fort Eisenhower

    The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville has spearheaded a major infrastructure upgrade at Fort Eisenhower, Georgia as part of a $72 million Utility Energy Services Contract, UESC, project. The initiative is aimed at increasing energy efficiency and includes the replacement of outdated generators with modern, high-capacity natural gas units.
  • Auburn University campus sign

    Huntsville Center Partners with Auburn University Graduate Program

    The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville has joined forces with Auburn University to offer a specialized graduate certificate program in construction management, equipping personnel with the skills and expertise to excel in the construction field.

  • December

    Michelle Lordemann, Huntsville Center Environmental and Munitions Mandatory Center of Expertise director, speaking at the Military Munitions Support Services Conference.

    Huntsville Center hosts first M2S2 conference in over a decade

    For the first time in 13 years, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville’s Environmental and Munitions Mandatory Center of Expertise, EM CX, organized and hosted the Military Munitions Support Services conference, Dec. 10-12 in the Bob Jones Auditorium, Redstone Arsenal.
  • Two engineers conduct a Target Interface Inspection for a range at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin.

    Huntsville Center Improves Targets for Range at Fort McCoy

    The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville’s Range and Training Land Program Mandatory Center of Expertise, RTLP MCX, recently completed a Target Interface Inspection, TII, for the Scout and Reconnaissance Gunnery Range at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. The inspection is a significant step toward ensuring the state-of-the-art range is operational for soldier training in 2025.
  • Contracted explosive ordnance disposal technicians secure four WWII-era Japanese 75mm Type 94 high-explosive projectiles

    Huntsville Center Awards Historic $960 Million Contract to Small Businesses for Munitions Cleanup

    The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville’s Ordnance and Explosive branch has awarded an unprecedented $960 million contract fully for small businesses, marking the first time that the Center has dedicated such a large project to exclusively to small enterprises.

  • November

    Members of emergency relief deployed to NC posing for a group picture

    Huntsville Center Mobilizes for Emergency Relief After Hurricane Helene

    In the wake of Hurricane Helene, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center Huntsville has deployed emergency relief efforts for communities impacted by the storm. Huntsville Center mobilized resources and personnel focusing on restoring essential services and preventing further damage.

  • August

    Two men in hard hats watch as a back hoe destroys an old facility.

    Huntsville Center demos old Fort Liberty Volar Barracks

    The demolition of the Smoke Bomb Hill Volar Barracks is part of a broader initiative to modernize housing facilities across military installations.
  • A man and three staff memeber reeview paperwork.

    Huntsville Center’s contracting director’s journey from boots to the boardroom

    Contracting director looks ahead to his one-year mark in the position by recalling his Army career beginning as an Air Defense Artillery officer and a Quartermaster Officer.

  • June

    Vijay Rao and Marc Hedrich, Department of Justice trail attorneys, lead antitrust crime in public procurement training for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering and Support Center Huntsville, June 3.

    Huntsville Center hosts justice department training

    Throughout the training, old case studies were used to show the participants real examples and demonstrate the importance of reporting to the proper authorities.
  • Photo of a woman receiving an award.

    Resource Management director receives national award

    McCullough received the Chapter Leadership Award from the American Society of Military Comptroller Awards Program in Phoenix, Arizona, May 30.
  • Mark Hammond, Chemical Materials Activity and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives Analytical and Remediation Activity professional, briefs guests during a tour of a munitions excavation site at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, June 5.

    Pentagon officials visit recovered munitions site at Redstone Arsenal

    Huntsville Center’s Ordnance and Explosives Directorate’s Chemical Warfare Design Center is leading the project in managing the safe removal of potential munitions and chemical agent hazards.