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  • November

    Photo of large, back-up generators at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

    Center’s OMEE contract keeps Walter Reed running

    The Operation and Maintenance Engineering Enhancement (OMEE) Program at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, provides a simplified process to respond to the growing operation and maintenance needs of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center using streamlined processes that delivers low-cost, quick- response contracts for the operation, preventive maintenance, and repair and replacement of equipment for the sprawling campus.
  • Chad House, a Huntsville Center engineer, sits behind a desk whill speaking to students at Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering Oct. 27. The Huntsville-located charter school is ranked academically in the top 1% of U.S. high schools and is the nation’s only high school focused on the integration of cyber technology and engineering into all academic disciplines.

    Huntsville Center engineers reach out to local students at cyber, engineering academy

    Chad House, Patrick Lane, Daniel Cook, and Bryan Merry from the ED’s Systems-Cost Division volunteered their time to speak to students at the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering (ASCTE), the nation’s only high school focused on the integration of cyber technology and engineering into all academic disciplines.

  • September

    Solar panels on a building at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, show signs of damage following Hurricane Harvey in August 2017. Their restoration is one of many projects resulting from the Navy’s expanded partnership with Huntsville Center’s Resource Efficiency Manager Program.

    Resource Efficiency Managers expand partnership with Navy installations

    REMs have been working with energy managers at Naval Base Guam for over six years to conduct building audits, identify energy conservation measures and develop project documentation for third-party financed energy projects, said Russell Moebes, REM Program project manager.

  • August

    Kevin Carse inspects a boiler located at the Army Reserve Center at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Indiana. Carse, Electrical Engineering Technician, performs duties supporting BASEOPS out of the Louisville District’s Indianapolis Resident Office.

    BASEOPS continues supporting Army Reserve

    Huntsville Center’s BASEOPS Program executes defined services structured around preventive and corrective maintenance of the 88th RD’s more than 750 structures and facilities.
  • Albert "Chip" Marin III, Huntsville Center programs and business director, gives opening remarks to kick off the Center's Energy Workshop Aug. 1 at the Jackson Center located in Huntsville’s Cummins Research Park. The three-day workshop highlighted Huntsville Center’s capabilities in the Energy Savings Performance Contracting (ESPC) and Utility Energy Services Contracting (UESC) programs.

    Energy Workshop 2023 concentrates on industry trends, innovations

    The focus of the workshop was Huntsville Center’s capabilities in the Energy Savings Performance Contracting (ESPC) and Utility Energy Services Contracting (UESC) programs.

  • July

    A scientist at Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland uses a supercomputer for mathematical simulations instead of mass fabrication, which result in the conservation of human and physical resources. For more than a decade the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville (Huntsville Center) has maintained acquisition and contract management of the Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program. However, changes to the program are underway to turn over the program to the U.S. Army Engineer Research Development Center (ERDC), Vicksburg Miss., contracting activity as early as September.

    High performance computing program acquisition services moving to Engineer Research Development Center

    Changes to the program are underway to turn over the program to the U.S. Army Engineer Research Development Center (ERDC) contracting activity, Vicksburg, Miss., as early as September.
  • An Air Force illustration of the LGM-35A Sentinel weapon system.

    Ballistic missile defense program experts receive recognition

    Bret Styers and Carson Walker, USACE Ballistic Missile Defense Mandatory Center of Expertise (BMD MCX) employees, were both recognized with Army Civilian Achievement Medals for their efforts under the Sentinel Integrated Program Management Office while supporting the fielding of a strategic weapons system for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC).

  • 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.
  • 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

    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.

  • April

    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

    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.

  • February

    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.
  • 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.

  • October

    Chip Marin speaks to a crowd at the Huntsville Center Small Business Industry Day.

    Small Business Industry Day draws large crowd

    The event featured a general overview of doing business with the Huntsville Center and covered major regulatory changes and upcoming acquisitions, followed by an opportunity for attendees to interact directly with program managers and contracting officials for the Center’s more than 40 programs.
  • Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Soldiers inventroy equipment delivered under a U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville contract developed to provide equipment and materiel to 43 Army Brigades around the world transforming to the Army’s Holistic Health and Fitness campaign.

    Contract provides for fit, healthy Soldiers

    Huntsville Center originally stood up the MO&T Program to support large Army replacement hospitals like Fort Bliss at a cost of $100 million. However, MO&T has outfitted medical projects as small as $400,000, and routinely provides medical outfitting support for all project sizes in between.

  • September

    Soldiers wash a tank at a Fort Riley wash rack.

    BaseOps program supports Big Red One

    The BaseOps program consists of executing defined services structured around preventive and corrective maintenance. The objective is to preserve and maintain systems in such a condition that they may be effectively used for their designated functional purpose.

  • August

    Lady of Korean decent with microphone tells members of the North Alabama Korean Association her personal story of how she chose a career with Huntsville Center during NAKA's celebration of Gwangbokjeol, also known as National Liberation Day in the Republic of South Korea.

    Center employees reach out to local Korean community

    Huntsville Center employees took the stage at a North Alabama Korean Association event Saturday to present their personal stories about working for the federal government and how their work not only benefits their livelihood, but also their nation and their Korean culture.

  • June

    REM workshop 2022

    REM workshop assists with prioritizing work according to policy

    The Resource Efficiency Managers in attendance are all contracted “employees” whose sole purpose is improving their assigned installation’s energy programs by identifying projects and practices to reduce energy and water costs.