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  • December

    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

    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.

  • September

    SunPower Contractors use a backhoe to loosen dirt surrounding a support base at Redstone Arsenal's future solar array site. The project, developed by Redstone Arsenal's Directorate of Public Works, the OEI and the Huntsville Center's Energy Division, is the first Power Purchase Agreement Program project solicited through the renewable and alternative energy Multiple Award Task Order Contract awarded by Huntsville Center in 2013.

    Redstone solar project moving along

    The solar array project, developed by Redstone Arsenal’s Directorate of Public Works, the Army Office of Energy Initiatives and Huntsville Center’s Energy Division, is the first Power Purchase Agreement project solicited through the renewable and alternative energy Multiple Award Task Order Contract awarded by Huntsville Center.
  • Navy Cmdr. Walter Ludwig, representing the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations and Environment, addresses Energy Savings Performance Contracting Measurement and Verification Workshop attendees Aug. 29.

    Workshop explores ways to maximize savings under ESPC

    More than 50 government and industry representatives converged at the Bevill Center at the University of Alabama Huntsville Aug. 29 for the first Energy Savings Performance Contracting Measurement and Verification Workshop.The workshop allowed attendees to share information, experiences, and lessons learned on past and on-going ESPC projects.

  • August

    Col. John Hurley, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center commander, presents Lt. Col. Burlin Emery, Huntsville Center deputy commander, with a certificate of retirement during a ceremony at the Center Aug. 11.

    Center deputy commander Emery retires after more than 20 years of service

    Although most of his career was spent with the company, battalion and brigade side of Army engineering, Lt. Col. Burlin Emery said one of the greatest challenges he’s had during his Army career was serving as Huntsville Center’s deputy commander since 2015. Emery said his assignment here has also been one of the most rewarding.

  • June

    Huntsville Center's Medical Outfitting & Transition program contracted the purchase of new equipment, like the stationary free-standing BSL-3 biosafety cabinets, for use in the new $677 million U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease laboratory. The Center’s Medical O&T projects support the Army’s medical mission by equipping and transitioning staff and patients into new and renovated facilities.

    Huntsville Center program supports research laboratory transition

    The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center Huntsville’s Medical Outfitting and Transition Program is assisting the U.S. Army Research Institute of Infectious Diseases relocate into the largest and most complex bio-contamination facility ever designed.

  • May

    Huntsville Center’s Office of Small Business Programs and program manager and contracting officer for a Medical Facilities Support and Services II contract held the Center’s first Facebook live session for a Medical Facilities Support and Services II contract May 4.

    Office of Small Business Programs innovation results in success

    The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville has a team with thorough understanding of federal acquisitions, focusing their expertise and advocating for small businesses to compete for more than 5,000 contract actions, or portions of them, that Huntsville Center solicits annually.

  • April

    Col. John Hurley, Huntsville Center commander, presents Gina Elliott with a Meritorious Civilian Service Award during Elliott's retirement ceremony March 31. Elliott served as Huntsville Center deputy commander for four months in 2014 and most recently served as Huntsville Center's Facilities Division chief. Elliott retires from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with 37 years of service.

    Elliott retires after 37 years' service to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

    After 37 years of service to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Gina Elliot has retired. Throughout her career, Elliott successfully managed complex, high priority projects spanning design, procurement, construction and service acquisitions.

  • March

    Charles Ford, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville’s program manager, retired March 3.Ford spent nearly four decades with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

    Center’s programs director Ford retires

    Ford isn’t just retiring from a career, he’s stepping away from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the organization with the greatest impact on his life.
  • During his visit to Huntsville Center Feb. 16, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commander Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite presented Commander's Awards for Civilian Service to Access Control Point Program’s Heather Wilburn and Ron Brook on behalf of Col. Eugenia Guilmartin, Fort Bragg’s director of emergency services. The awards were for exceptionally meritorious achievement in support of access control point projects there.

    Huntsville Center project manager’s phone call enhances force protection, saves millions

    With a simple phone call, a U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville project manager prevented the loss of use of vital access control points for an extended period of time as well as potentially saving her customer millions of dollars.

  • February

    Representatives from potential vendors attend Huntsville Center Base Operations Program's virtual industry day Feb. 2 . The vendors are at the Mahoning Valley Procurement Technical Assistance Center in Youngstown, Ohio while the Center representatives are in Colorado Springs, Colorado. More than 150 vendor representatives attended the virtual event at 32 PTACs in 19 states.

    First virtual industry day successful for BASEOPS program, vendors

    With support from the Colorado Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), six representatives from Huntsville Center set up shop at the El Paso County, Colorado, Regional Municipal Center and met with vendor representatives not only in person, but also virtually through Internet broadcasting capabilities.

  • January

    Alan Fearns, contracting officer with Huntsville Center’s Energy Savings Performance Contracting (ESPC) team, received the 2016 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Excellence in Contracting Awards Program Procurement Contracting Officer of the Year Award. The award that recognized his assistance with the revision of ESPC procurement process.

    Contracting officer helps find solutions for energy program, recognized with USACE procurement award

    Fearns’ award is based on his close collaboration with multi-functional teams and facilitating information sharing that bridged gaps between operational technology and information technology, both used in energy systems.

  • November

    Porscha Porter, Huntsville Center’s Energy Division branch chief for Strategy and Business Management, moderates a panel focusing on federal government energy initiatives and partnerships during Energy Huntsville's Energy Summit Nov.15 at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center.

    Energy Summit 2016 provides energy insight for government, businesses

    Representatives from the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville participated in Energy Huntsville’s Energy Summit 2016 Nov. 17-18 at the Davidson Center on the campus of the U.S. Space and Rocket Center.
  • Bob Selfridge, a Huntsville Center geophysicist uses an inert munition during a Visual Sample Plan training session Oct. 27. The training focused on the footprint reduction and remediation of unexploded ordnance sites module of Visual Sample Plan, a software tool used to support Formerly Used Defense Sites remediation processes.

    Training session provides insight to software tool used for munition remediation

    The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville recently sponsored a training session for more than 20 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees and members of the National Association of Ordnance Contractors on new or improved methods for performing characterization and remediation of military munitions.

  • October

    Panelist Will White (right) tells his story during Huntsville Center’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month program Oct. 20 as fellow panelists Pam Fuqua and Arthur Martin III look on. As a 19 year old soldier serving in Vietnam, White lost his leg to a bomb during an attack on his base there in 1970. White said he never let it interfere with his ability to move forward in his life and his career.

    Panel discusses abilities during National Disability Employment Awareness Month celebration

    Observed each October, National Disability Employment Awareness Month celebrates the contributions of workers with disabilities and educates people about the value of a diverse workforce inclusive of their skills and talents.
  • Garry Runyans, Huntsville Ceter Automated Systems Branch chief, speaks with small business representatives during the Hun tsville Center's 17th Annual Small Business Forum Oct. 12 at the Jackson Center at Cummings Research Park.The event provides an opportunity for small business representatives to discuss their capabilities with Huntsville Center contracting officials and program managers to learn about upcoming Huntsville Center acquisitions.

    Center's small business forum draws owners, representatives from across nation

    The event provides an opportunity for small business representatives to discuss their capabilities with Huntsville Center contracting officials and program managers to learn about upcoming Huntsville Center acquisitions.

  • July

    Airmen and Soldiers observe operations from range control facility June 8 during Red Flag-Alaska 16-2. A 9.5 million U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville Base Operations Program maintenance and operational services contract ensures facility maintenance support for Fort Wainwright garrison as well as structures located on the Donnelly and Yukon Training Areas and the Black Rapids Training Site. The Donnelly and Yukon Training Areas are part of the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex that provides a realistic training environment allowing U.S. and multi-national military unit personnel to train for full spectrum engagements.

    BASEOPS contract supports Fort Wainwright garrison, covers Alaska training ranges

    A $9.5 million U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville Base Operations Program (BASEOPS) maintenance and operational services contract calls for maintenance and operational services for all facilities and subsequent facility systems, components and equipment on Fort Wainwright, Alaska, as well as the 670,000 acre Donnelly and 260,000 acre Yukon Training Areas that are part of the 67, 000 square mile Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC) .

  • June

    Betina Johnson, Huntsville Center's Military Munitions Design Center chief, briefs members of the National Association of Ordnance Contractors during their mid-year board of director’s meeting in Huntsville, Alabama, June 8.

    Ordnance and Explosives directorate representatives engage with military munitions association

    Representatives from the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville (Huntsville Center) Ordnance and Explosives (OE) and Contracting Directorates spoke to more than 30 members of the National Association of Ordnance Contractors (NAOC) during their mid-year board of director’s meeting in Huntsville, Alabama, June 8.

  • February

    Workers stage washers and dryers prior to delivering them to a U.S. Army Cadet Command barracks laundry rooms at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Two Huntsville Center Furnishings Program contracts, valued at more than $5.8 million, filled more than 400 rooms in 14 buildings with the beds and mattresses, chests, wardrobes and other furnishings used by more than 8,000 cadets during Cadet Summer Training, the largest single source of new officers for the Army.

    Furnishings Program fills cadet barracks

    Two contracts, valued at more than $5.8 million, filled more than 400 rooms in 14 buildings with the beds and mattresses, chests, wardrobes, lounge furnishings for dayrooms, and washers and dryers for laundry rooms.

  • December

    Shirley Burke-Mitchell provides Corps of Engineers Financial Management System training to Reserve Soldiers training at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville. A cadre of Huntsville Center acquisition specialists with expertise in a variety of procurement areas volunteered to provide the training the Soldiers require prior to their deployment in 2016.

    Reserve Soldiers’ training focuses on ‘Corps’ curriculum

    A cadre of Huntsville Center acquisition specialists with expertise in a variety of procurement areas volunteered to provide the training the Soldiers require.