Ordnance and Explosives Directorate

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Ordnance and Explosives Directorate

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A man standing, Dave Becker, a geologist with the Environmental and Munitions Center of Expertise at the Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, conducts an optimization study at the Charles Macon Superfund site in North Carolina in fall 2015.

Geologist improves field for future professionals

Dave Becker, a geologist with the Environmental and Munitions Center of Expertise at the Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, conducts an optimization study at the Charles Macon Superfund site in North Carolina in fall 2015.

Microgrid certification enhances energy program

Huntsville Center project in 2018 installed solar panels at Redstone Arsenal. The panels were designed and installed to connect to a micro-grid and contribute to the overall energy security of the installation. Huntsville Center recently implemented a certification process April 1-4 ensuring expertise among the Huntsville Center project managers working to deploy microgrids at military installations around the world.

Energy Savings Contract saving Fort Bliss millions, providing Soldier comfort

A base operations and facilities noncommissioned officer of the special projects and facilities section (S7) points out a couple of new billeting at Westbrook Forward Operating Base, McGregor Range Complex. A Huntsville Center Energy Savings Performance Contract is not only provides for the overall financial and environmental savings, but aids in the physical comfort of Soldiers training there after the contractor sprayed the Quonset huts with R-19 foam insulation resulting in a heating setpoint of 68°F and occupied cooling setpoint of 70°F.

Lieutentant Colonel Dan Segura, Huntsville Center deputy commander, is presented with a retirement certification.

Deputy commander retiring

Col. Sebastien Joly, Huntsville Center commander, presents Lt. Col. Dan Segura, Huntsville Center deputy commander, with Segura's Certificate of Retirement. Segura is retiring after more than two-and-a-half decades of service to the Army and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Photo of 15 national guard soldiers and two instructors in a classroom. One of the guradsmen is holding an unmanned aerial drone.

USACE, Huntsville Center providing drone training for National Guard

Members of USACE Aviation Unmanned Aviation System (UAS) Basic Qualification Course 24-01, a five-day, 32-hour program of instruction preparing future crewmembers to operate UASs inside the National Airspace System. The course provided instruction for Soldiers from the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield explosive Enhanced Response Force Package.

Huntsville Center engineer recognized for STEM performance

Wade Doss, left, Engineering Directorate chief, and Chad House, right, Facilities & Systems Sustainment Branch chief, join Curtney Walters, Huntsville Center project engineer, after Walters received a Modern-Day Technology Leader award for demonstrating outstanding performance in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at the 2024 Black Engineer of the Year Award Conference in Baltimore, Md.

The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center Huntsville’s Ordnance and Explosives Directorate is the execution arm for the environmental work executed at the Center. The Directorate is organized into four divisions: Military Munitions Design Center, Chemical/Biological Weapons Material Design Center, Global Operations and Ballistic Missile Defense.

Capabilities: Ordnance removal (conventional, chemical, radioactive); Ordnance investigations and environmental studies; Environmental remediation; Training and capacity building; Independent operation capability to include security, logistics, and life support; Ability to reach out to other U.S. Army Corps of Engineers capabilities and assets; Service contract capabilities and in-place contracts for world-wide use; USACE Ballistic Missile Defense Mandatory Center of Expertise (ER 1110-2-8163)

Objectives: Support National Security; Rapid Response expeditionary mindset supporting Department of Defense and US Government Agency operations worldwide with qualified and responsive munitions and environmental support; Independent operation capability includes security, logistics, and life support; Provide DOD, Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and USACE with acquisitions, architect-engineering services to include sustained subject matter experts fully supporting and executing the dynamic missile defense mission; Provide facility guidance in support of MDA Facilities associated with Foreign Military Sales (FMS) cases

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