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    A class of 41 park rangers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers attend the first in-person training offered at the new USACE Learning Center. The center, which opened its doors for mission-critical courses in May, is located in Building 100 Secured Gateway.

    New USACE Learning Center opens doors for in-person classes

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Learning Center is now offering in-person instruction for mission-critical courses at its new location at Redstone Gateway. The center, which provides technical and professional training for USACE and other government agencies, moved from the Bevill Center at The University of Alabama in Huntsville to the first floor of Building 100 Secured Gateway in March. However, all classes were held virtually until May due to COVID-19 restrictions.
  • Locations of resource efficiency managers around the world. More than 60 people attended the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville’s virtual Resource Efficiency Manager Workshop April 27 – 29. Huntsville center’s REM program identifies practices and projects reducing energy and water costs through a contracted subject-matter expert.

    Virtual workshop attendees still see benefits, receive resource efficiency manager-community support

    Attendees included U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Department of Energy Federal Energy Management Program staff, garrison energy managers and REMs and contractor management.
  • The fill stands and pump stations on Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, look shiny and new after receiving restorative coatings. The project is just a small part of an ongoing effort to protect vital fuel systems from the corrosion that pervades infrastructure on the tropical island. Huntsville Center’s Fuels Recurring Maintenance and Minor Repair Program has been supporting this effort since 2019. (Photos courtesy of Rich Resler, project manager, RMMR)

    Fuels Program delivers cost-saving services to Anderson AFB

    Guam may be a tropical island paradise for residents and visitors, but its warm climate and salty, humid air wreak havoc on fuel infrastructure at military installations on the island. In order to proactively combat this problem and protect vital fuel systems at Anderson Air Force Base, the U.S. Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, and Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy have teamed up with the installation to provide ongoing maintenance that ultimately prevent costly large-scale corrective repairs.