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  • March

    Latosha McCoy, Brandon Lee and Tonju Samuels were selected the Defense Contract Audit Agency’s Director’s Development Program in Leadership, an 18-month long Department of Defense executive level program designed to hone leadership competencies for managerial and executive-level performance.

    Three acquisition leaders participating in development program

    Tonju Samuels, Latosha McCoy and Brandon Lee were selected the Defense Contract Audit Agency’s Director’s Development Program in Leadership.
  • LaShonda Smith, Center Contracting Pre-Award Division team lead, took one of two Contracting Professional of the Year awards in the 2018 Secretary of the Army Awards for Excellence in Contracting.

    Contracting officer named best in Army for 2018

    A contracting officer with the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville took one of two Contracting Professional of the Year awards in the 2018 Secretary of the Army Awards for Excellence in Contracting.
  • Sigonella Elementary School was one of two schools on Naval Base Sigonella to receive with Uninterruptible Power Supply systems in January. Huntsville Center's Communication Infrastructure and Systems Support program, or CIS2, coordinated with Norfolk District to provide technical engineering, management and acquisition support for the project.

    Center program supports Sigonella schools

    Huntsville Center’s Communication Infrastructure and Systems Support program, or CIS2, coordinated with Norfolk District to provide technical engineering, project management and acquisition support to equip the DoDEA Europe South District’s Sigonella Elementary School and Sigonella Middle High School with Uninterruptible Power Supply systems.
  • Airmen perform last-minute checks on a U-2 reconnaissance aircraft before it takes from Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. Huntsville Center’s Fuels team cleaned, inspected and repaired a fuel storage tank used to hold and dispense a jet fuel created specifically for the reconnaissance aircraft, an important part of the Air Force’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance mission enterprise.

    Fuels project quick-turn supports Dragon Lady mission

    Huntsville Center’s Fuels team had a very short period of time to clean, inspect and repair a fuel storage tank used to hold and dispense Jet Propellant Thermally Stable, a jet fuel created specifically for the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft.
  • Huntsville Center’s Facility Technology Integration - Medical (FTI-Medical) program implements facility communication distribution systems like this patient service ticketing kiosk inside Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, Texas.

    Facility Communication Distribution Systems: The technical centerpiece of a fully functional medical treatment facility

    Providing information technology and communications infrastructure for any military facility requires specialized technical expertise, but doing so for military medical treatment facilities requires an even more distinct set of skills.
  • Karim Manji, Installation Management Command Sustainment speaks to Huntsville Center's Resource Efficiency Managers gatherd at the Center Feb. 28.

    Huntsville Center workshop good for taxpayers, environment

    Resource efficiency managers from around the world attended Huntsville Center’s REM workshop in Huntsville, Alabama, Feb. 26-28. Huntsville Center’s REM program provides contracted subject-matter experts to Department of Defense branch installations to increase energy program effectiveness by identifying programs and practices to reduce energy and water costs and meet resilience and security requirements.
  • Robert Jackson, mechanical engineer and chairperson of Huntsville Center’s Wellness Committee, targets his trapezius muscles during a workout in the Center’s newly opened gym.

    Be better than you were last year with the Commander’s Challenge

    Despite an unusually busy start to 2019 for Huntsville Center, Season 3 of the Commander’s Challenge is off and running.

  • February

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    Engineers Week puts spotlight on people at Huntsville Center

    National Engineers Week takes place annually the third full week of February and provides the engineering community an opportunity to highlight the field’s contributions to society. Huntsville Center employees are using this year’s National Engineers Week to share the triumphs and challenges of their careers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

  • December

    U.S. Army Colonel John Hurley, commander of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, listens to project updates during a monthly Project Review Board at the Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Dec. 12, 2018.

    Focus on communications emphasized at Huntsville Center Project Review Board

    From Alabama to Afghanistan, Huntsville Center is working and coordinating projects all across the globe. “Communications is the second most important thing we must do to be successful, second only to taking care of our personnel,” Marin said.
  • Members of the 85th Medical Brigade, Camp Humphrey, Republic of Korea, are briefed on the staging element for equipping and furnishing the new 772,000 square foot Brian Allgood Army Community Hospital and Ambulatory Care Center.

    Medical Outfitting and Transition team equips Camp Humphreys medical facilities

    Huntsville Center’s MOT is providing complete turn-key project support for the equipping and transitioning of staff and patients into the Brian Allgood Army Community Hospital and Ambulatory Care Center at Camp Humphrey, Republic of Korea. The new 772,000 square foot facility is set to open in November, 2019.

  • September

    Sally Parsons, chief of the Information Technology Systems Division at U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, won the “Redstone Women Who Rock!” award in the leadership category from the North Alabama Chapter of Federally Employed Women.

    Huntsville Center’s Woman Who Rocks honored for leadership

    Not all women who rock have guitars. In Sally Parsons case, she is an Army civilian working to support the employees of Redstone Arsenal and our U.S. military, and she rocks.

  • August

    Huntsville Center awarded a $90 million Single Award Task Order Contract to a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business to deliver the Vocera Wireless Hands-Free Internal Communication System for Defense Health Agency use. The device improves communication by instantly connecting physicians, nurses, and support staff via text and voice while also connecting them to medical records and live patient clinical information.

    Center awards unusually large contract to small Texas business

    A $90 million Single Award Task Order Contract was awarded to Government Marketing and Procurement, LLC, a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. GMP is a Government Services Administration schedule contractor providing information technology procurement services.

  • July

    Lisa Doumont, lead deployment coordination administrator from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Contingency Recruitment Cell, speaks to employees of Huntsville Center about deployment opportunities for civilians.

    Deployment Roadshow team visits Huntsville Center

    A team of deployment coordinators visited the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, July 18 to give employees information on how they can support the Corps’ overseas missions.
  • Dominic Ragucci, program manager for the Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program, leads a group discussion as part of an ERCIP workshop at Idaho National Laboratory held June 12-14.

    ERCIP partners meet to revamp project validation process

    Huntsville Center’s Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program validation team members met with their ERCIP partners from throughout the Army for a workshop at Idaho National Laboratory June 12-14 to update the program’s guidance and requirements.

  • Acquisition Soldiers attend contracting workshop

    The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville hosted U.S. Army Corps of Engineers military contracting professionals for a workshop on issues unique to the Corps’ contracting Soldiers June 26-27 at the Defense Acquisition University campus at Cummings Research Park in Huntsville, Alabama.

  • June

    Attendees at Huntsville Center’s fourth Resource Efficiency Manager Workshop speak with industry representative during the technology exposition portion of the two-day event.

    Resource managers network, learn at workshop

    Workshop topics focused on third-party financing, utility cost reduction and energy audit programs, cost engineering, energy security, sustainability and measurement and verification.

  • May

    Students from Sparkman High School explain their scientific payload project May 11, 2018, to Lori Cordell-Meikle, chief of Internal Review for Huntsville Center, as part of the Innovative System Project for the Increased Recruitment of Emerging STEM Students at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

    Internal Review chief volunteers for UAH’s STEM outreach program

    A member of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, continued the tradition of volunteering her time and expertise helping burgeoning engineers as part of an engineering outreach program at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

  • March

    Employees of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, practice chest compressions on medical dummies during a first aid and CPR training and certification session March 1 at the Center. Along with their primary duties, the employees serve as first aid attendants for Huntsville Center and must certify annually.

    Huntsville Center first aid attendants train, certify

    Twelve Huntsville Center employees completed their certifications for first aid, CPR and automated external defibrillator operation during a March 1 session at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville.

  • February

    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.