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  • 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.

  • February

    Huntsville Center employs 'engineering solution' to track operation orders

    When Russ Dunford sketched his idea onto a napkin, little did he realize that it would take two years and an engineering solution to bring it to fruition. There were times, he admits, when he questioned whether a solution was even possible. Despite any misgivings, the chief of Operations, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, persisted. There had to be some sort of process to track and update operation orders, taskings and follow-on responses.
  • Quyet La, project manager, Ordnance and Explosives Directorate.

    Commentary: Sojourn to Afghanistan

    Commentary: Huntsville Center employee discusses his deployment to Afghanistan
  • Army Reserve Capt. Richard Locklair says good-bye to his family prior to deployment in August 2013. Courtesy photo

    Huntsville Center project manager goes where he’s most needed

    Huntsville Center Project Manager Richard Locklair enjoys solving engineering programs.

  • January

    Arthur Martin III was one of only two individuals from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers notified of their selection to participate in the senior executive program at Harvard University.

    Arthur Martin III – Road to Success

    Early in his youth, Arthur Martin III learned that success in life hinged on hard work, determination and a passion to reach for the stars. Now, almost 30 years later, still reaching for the stars, he serves as deputy director, Installation Support and Programs Management Directorate, at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville.

  • October

    While inspecting a foundation in Louisiana, Clay Weisenberger of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville's Office of Council, came face-to-face with a zebra. Weisenberger is a member of Huntsville Center's Housing Planning and Response Team, deployed to Louisiana to support flood recovery in Baton Rouge.

    Workers share reflections on Louisiana deployment

    Two Huntsville Center employees share stories of their deployment to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to support the flood recovery effort.

  • September

    Col. John Hurley, commander, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, talks to members of Huntsville Center's Housing Planning Response Team Sept. 15, 2016, as they prepare to travel to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to support the flood recovery effort.

    Huntsville team deploys to support Louisiana Flood Recovery

    The Huntsville Center's Temporary Housing Planning and Response Team deployed to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to help with the flood recovery effort there.

  • August

    Shannon Ward poses for a photo Aug. 25. Huntsville leadership selected Shannon Ward to be this year’s Emerging Leader.

    Huntsville Center project manager takes strides to become a better leader

    It takes hard work and dedication to become a leader in the workplace as one Huntsville Center project manager recently learned. Huntsville leadership selected Shannon Ward to be this year’s Emerging Leader.
  • Brian Prediger, right, director of engineering, U.S. Army Medical Command, Health Facilitiy Planning Agency/G9, Falls Church, Virginia, presents Mark Batchelor, program manager, Medical Projects Support Services Program, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Aug. 16, 2016. It is the first time a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employee has received the award.

    Support to Medical Command results in award for Huntsville program manager

    In a room full of his co-workers, one U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Command, Huntsville, program manager received recognition for his support to the U.S. Army Medical Command in the form of the R.B. Maynor Award. This is the first time a USACE employee has received this annual award.
  • Steve Goolsby bikes around the Space and Rocket Center.

    Cyclist helps kids pedal through rough patches

    A Facilities Division Branch Chief at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, turned his mountain biking hobby into a way to give back to the community. Through the National Interscholastic Cycling Association, Steve Goolsby is a certified head coach and encourages kids to keep pedaling through rough terrain, whether it is on the bike path or in life.

  • July

    Col. John Hurley assumed command of Huntsville Center July 29.

    Center welcomes new commander

    Huntsville Center began another chapter in its storied history July 29 as Col. John S. Hurley assumed command from Lt. Col. Burlin Emery.
  • William Noel oversaw the distribution of more than 8,000 bottles of water during the "Your Best Pathway to Health" event July 12-14 in Beckley, West Virginia.

    Helping at ‘pop-up’ medical clinic hard work for Corps volunteer

    “Rewarding, surprising and a lot of hard work,” is how William Noel, a project manager at the Corps of Engineers Huntsville Center describes his work volunteering at a “pop-up” medical clinic operated by “Your Best Pathway to Health” July 12-14 in Beckley, West Virginia. All medical, dental and other services were provided without charge, and volunteers paid their own travel and lodging expenses to participate.
  • The Mountain Outreach team builds a home for a family in need.

    Corps workers lend a helping hand

    Civil Engineer Tommy Hunt, Chief of the Electronic Security Branch Steve Willoughby and Civil Engineer Mike Gooding work together every June to build a home for an underprivileged family through Mountain Outreach.

  • June

    Matthew Urbanic, a Huntsville Center contracting officer, makes balloon animals.

    Contracting officer creates howling good time for kids

    Huntsville Center, Energy Division contracting officer entertained children at Organizational Day and Team Redstone in the Park by transforming into Sergeant Woof. Woof is a dog who teaches children about the dangers of unexploded ordnance and the three R’s of ordnance safety: recognize, retreat and report.
  • Nicklaus Sunstrom, 5 1/2, prepares for the ring toss, one of several children's activities at Huntsville Center's Organization Day.

    Huntsville Center honors employees, Corps of Engineers, Army at annual org day

    Employees of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville braved the temperatures to attend the annual organization day picnic at Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville June 10.

  • May

    For nearly four years Col. Robert Ruch commanded Huntsville Center, and in those years Ruch said he believes his legacy has been explaining Huntsville Center’s capabilities to other USACE districts and divisions. Huntsville Center executes more than 6,000 contract actions valued at more than $2 billion annually.

    Ruch looks back on 30 year career

    In three decades of Army service, Bob Ruch has served with four engineer battalions and a division, training Soldiers at the Army’s premiere training center, was staff officer for NATO, and commanded two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Districts (Philadelphia and Omaha). Most recently he has commanded the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville.

  • April

    Huntsville Center's Sexual Assault Response Coordinator Victor Roberts presents annual SHARP training in the center cafeteria April 29.

    Center employees SHARPen their awareness of sexual harassment, assault

    Huntsville Center wrapped up a week of mandatory Sexual Harassment Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP) training April 29 with its final presentation by Victor Roberts, the Center’s Sexual Assault Response Coordinator.

  • March

    Carol Elder, Interior Design Section team lead for the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, meets with Interior Designer Lauren Ploetze and other members of the Huntsville Center Medical Interior Design team. Elder played a key role in standing up the interior design mission, an effort that began in 2010.

    Faces of the Force: Carol Elder

    Carol Elder, Huntsville Center's Interior Design chief, is featured on "Faces of the Force," an online series highlighting members of the Army Acquisition Workforce.

  • February

    Huntsville Center civil engineer and administration contracting officer Darren Mulford competes at a USPSA shooting event. Also a part-time gunsmith, he builds all of his competition handguns. (Courtesy photo)

    Full-time engineer excels as part-time gunslinger

    Efficiency and focus drive Darren Mulford in everything he does. The civil engineer and administrative contracting officer at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, is also a competitive pistol shooter ranked in the top 15 percent of classified shooters in the U.S. Practical Shooting Association (USPSA).