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  • December

    (Left to Right) Owen Traughber, Joseph Traughber, and Jacob Traughber pose together Dec. 12, 2022, at Cheatham Lock on the Cumberland River in Ashland City, Tennessee. All three have served more than 20 years with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District in career fields that support navigation. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Family navigates employment enjoyment with Corps of Engineers

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 14, 2022) – There are more than 700 employees that support missions at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District. Some of them work alongside family members or are following in the footsteps of their parents because they get job satisfaction from supporting projects that are meaningful and important to the region and nation.

  • April

    Kids participate in a practical exercise to learn about how development affects waterways and wetlands during the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Bring Your Family to Work Day April 19, 2019 at Old Hickory Dam on the Cumberland River in Old Hickory, Tenn. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    District hosts ‘Bring Your Family to Work Day’

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 19, 2019) – Bringing kids to work is not just for kids anymore. Employees with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District just included spouses and parents in what is now being dubbed “Bring Your Family to Work Day.”

  • March

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Deputy District Commander Lt. Col. Patrick Dagon, (center) from Butler, Ill., gets his shoulder boards placed on by his wife, Emily (left) and his mother, Myra (right) during a promotion ceremony March 8, 2013, at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Headquarters, in Nashville, Tenn. Dagon has been with the Nashville District since Aug 2011. His next assignment is with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency at Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, N.M., with a report date in August. (USACE photo by Mark Rankin)

    Nashville District deputy commander promoted to lieutenant colonel

    Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, officiated and promoted Maj. Patrick Dagon to lieutenant colonel here at a ceremony attended by his family and district employees at the headquarters building.