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  • March

    John Trudell, Huntsville Center Resource Efficiency Manager program manager, and Dan Howett, Federal Account Representative, Carrier Corporation, discusses the Chillers 101 presentation Howett made during the Army REM Workshop 2020 at the University of Alabama-Huntsville campus March 10-12.

    Workshop networking for resource efficiency managers key for Huntsville Center energy program success

    The Army’s fifth Resource Efficiency Manager (REM) Workshop connected its more than 25 attendees with skills necessary to ensure the Army’s resource specialists can achieve federal energy reduction mandates.

  • August

    Dr. Juanita M. Christensen, center, executive director of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation and Missile Center, speaks during a Women’s Equality Day discussion panel at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Aug. 22, 2019. At right is Karen Pane, director of Human Resources for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and at left is Audrey Robinson, Esq., chief of counsel at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.

    Women’s Equality Day SES panelists discuss overcoming obstacles, embracing opportunities

    As part of the Women’s Equality Day celebration at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Aug. 22, three women at the Senior Executive Service level talked about overcoming obstacles, following the examples strong female role models have set for them, and embracing lessons and opportunities throughout their careers. The discussion panel consisted of Audrey Robinson, Esq., chief of counsel at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; Dr. Juanita M. Christensen, executive director of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation and Missile Center; and Karen Pane, director of Human Resources for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
  • Huntsville Center has scheduled its 2019 Women's Equality Day celebration for Aug. 22 at 11:30 a.m. in the HNC Cafeteria. The event, which celebrates the passage of the 19th Amendment and women's continuing efforts toward full equality, is slated to feature three special-guest panelists: Dr. Juanita M. Christensen, executive director of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command's Aviation and Missile Center; Audrey Robinson, Esq., chief of counsel at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center; and Karen Pane, director of Human Resources for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

    Huntsville Center to welcome three distinguished leaders Aug. 22 for Women’s Equality Day panel

    The Huntsville Center Equal Employment Opportunity Office has invited three distinguished leaders to serve on a discussion panel as part of the Center’s Women’s Equality Day observance and celebration Aug. 22, 2019.

  • March

    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.

  • January

    Huntsville Center engineers solutions by asking, 'What's your vision'

    The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville does more than assist global stakeholders in accomplishing their project goals. Huntsville Center helps organizations reach their vision.

  • September

    Maj. Kayla Ramotar, second from right, Holistic Health and Fitness action officer and command dietitian from the Army Center for Initial Military Training, leads a group discussion during a Value Engineering workshop at Huntsville Center in March to examine the Army’s proposed Soldier Physical Readiness Centers.

    Workshop highlights strengths of Value Engineering

    Like a woodsman sharpening an axe before chopping down a tree, a project manager must devote time to the planning phase of a construction project before a single cubic yard of concrete is poured into the foundation. If a project is the axe, then a project team can use Value Engineering in the planning phase as the sharpening tool.

  • 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.

  • 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.
  • Valerie Clinkenbeard, the acquisition liaison manager for Huntsville Center, is the most recent recipient of the Department of Defense’s Individual Achievement Award in Facilities Engineering.

    HNC employee earns DOD-level honors

    A long-time member of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, is the recipient of the Department of Defense’s Individual Achievement Award in Facilities Engineering.
  • Col. John Hurley, commander of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, signs up for the 2018 Commander’s Fitness Challenge at the organization’s Wellness Center. Next to Hurley are members of the Huntsville Center Wellness Committee.

    2018 Commander’s Fitness Challenge is fit for all

    The commander of the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, has launched this year’s fitness and health initiative for all members of the organization.

  • January

    Aaron Renfro, a Huntsville Center employee who serves as the construction lead at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in Richmond, Kentucky, recently earned his Certified Construction Manager designation.

    Center engineer one of handful to earn 'CCM' designation

    One of the latest photos on the wall of professionals at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center is of Aaron Renfro, who in September earned his Certified Construction Manager designation.

  • November

    Col. John Hurley, center, commander of Huntsville Center, goes over the results of the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute Organizational Climate Survey with Angela Morton, right, supervisory equal opportunity officer with the center’s Equal Employment Opportunity Office, Oct. 23, 2017. Sitting with them at the table, from left to right, are Valerie Ward, human resources strategic adviser who managed the results of the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey; Dan Heinzelman, business director; Albert “Chip” Marin III, programs director; and Lt. Col. Hugh Darville, deputy commander.

    Workplace survey results prompt nearly 40 recommendations

    The results of two employee surveys at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center pointed out areas where Huntsville Center excels and also identified nearly 40 recommendations for improvements here.

  • 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.