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    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.
  • Brian Spear, Engineering Directorate site development civil engineer, discusses the merits of the sUAS with educators throughout Alabama during the Alabama Community Education Association’s annual conference at the Huntsville Marriott Feb. 25.

    Engineers share STEM career paths with Alabama educators

    Huntsville Center engineers, engaged more than 350 educators from throughout Alabama by discussing their career fields during the Alabama Community Education Association’s annual conference at the Huntsville Marriott Feb. 25.
  • Financial management personnel race the clock to complete certification

    Financial management personnel race the clock to complete certification

    Huntsville Center has 27 personnel required to complete the DOD Financial Management Certification Program by June 2016. So far, 18 have been certified, with the remaining nine not far behind.
  • 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).
  • Tiffany Torres is a value engineering officer with the Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville.

    Engineer steps outside comfort zone

    Tiffany Torres discusses her experience as an engineer, her challenges and hopes for the future of females in engineering.
  • Huntsville Center’s Arkie Fanning, April Rafael-Adams, Pat Haas and Boyce Ross are part of the team receiving the Procurement Team of the Year in the 2015 USACE Excellence in Contracting Awards Program.

    Team supporting Veterans Affairs receives 2015 USACE Excellence in Contracting Award

    The Aurora Veterans Affairs Hospital Replacement Alpha Contract Team was named the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 2015 Procurement Team of the Year in the Excellence in Contracting Awards Program. The nucleus of the team included employees from USACE’s Omaha District and the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville.
  • Chart showing which courses are available at each grade level.

    Civilian Education System provides for leader development, career path progression

    The Civilian Education System or CES is a progressive and sequential leader development program that provides enhanced educational opportunities for Army Civilians throughout their careers. CES is not the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) nor is it under the guidance of the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) certification process.