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Corey T. Wolff promoted to captain at Nashville District

Nashville District Public Affairs
Published Dec. 7, 2012
Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, left, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, administers the Oath of Office to newly promoted Capt. Corey. T. Wolff Dec. 7, 2012. A native of Chatham, Ohio, Wolff is a 2009 West Point graduate, combat veteran of Afghanistan, and presently serves as project officer and quality assurance representative on the Cheatham Lock and Resource Management buildings contract in Ashland City, Tenn. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)

Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, left, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, administers the Oath of Office to newly promoted Capt. Corey. T. Wolff Dec. 7, 2012. A native of Chatham, Ohio, Wolff is a 2009 West Point graduate, combat veteran of Afghanistan, and presently serves as project officer and quality assurance representative on the Cheatham Lock and Resource Management buildings contract in Ashland City, Tenn. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, district commander, promoted Army 1st Lt. Corey T. Wolff to the rank of captain Dec. 7, 2012.

Wolff’s parents, Ted and Dona Wolff, placed his new rank insignia on his uniform.

A native of Chatham, Ohio, Wolff is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and received his commission there in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Management with a civil engineering track.

He deployed to Afghanistan as a combat engineer platoon leader in 2010 where his platoon owned battle space covering four separate districts in Nangahar province and his platoon supported the 1-502 Infantry Battalion in the Zari district, Kandahar province, during Operation Dragon Strike.

Wolff joined to the Nashville District from the 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky., July 2, 2012, through the USACE Technical Engineering Competency Development Program.

He presently serves as project officer and quality assurance representative on the Cheatham Lock and Resource Management buildings contract in Ashland City, Tenn. In this capacity, he works with the contractors, project engineer and project manager to ensure quality of construction, on time delivery and adherence to the awarded contract.