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  • July

    Brig. Gen. Mark Toy (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commander, passes the Corps of Engineers flag to Lt. Col. Cullen A. Jones as he took command of the Nashville District during a change of command ceremony July 7, 2017 at the Tennessee National Guard Armory in Nashville, Tenn.

    Jones becomes 65th commander of Nashville District

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 7, 2017) – Lt. Col. Cullen A. Jones took command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District today during a change of command ceremony at the Tennessee National Guard Armory. He becomes the 65th commander of the famed “Twin Rivers” district in the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division.

  • August

    Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, poses with past and present members of the Nashville District Repair Fleet during a ceremony recognizing their service at Old Hickory Dam in Old Hickory, Tenn., Aug. 15, 2016. He also presented them with certificates of achievement in recognition of their service to the fleet as it reorganizes into a regional light repair fleet.

    Nashville District recognizes fleet achievements ahead of reorganization

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 18, 2016) – The repair fleet in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, a mainstay of the Twin Rivers since the 1800s when crews first began opening the region’s waterways to navigation onboard canoes, flatboats and keelboats, is marking the end of an era as people and resources are reorganized into a regional light fleet Oct. 1, 2016.
  • Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (Left), Tennessee District 3, walks through the grit, grime and pools of water inside the dewatered Chickamauga Lock Aug. 3, 2016 during a visit to see firsthand the condition of the lock while U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District personnel repair the components, valves and gates that deteriorate under the 11 million gallons of water the lock holds.

    Congressman gets close look at dewatered Chickamauga Lock

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 8, 2016) – The congressman serving Tennessee District 3 who serves on the House Committee on Appropriations and the Energy and Water Subcommittee donned a pair of rubber boots Aug. 3 to get a close look at the dewatered Chickamauga Lock on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tenn.

  • June

    Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, congratulates Jim Davis, former project manager for the Tennessee River Area, and Johnny Wilmore Jr., former Construction Branch chief, while presenting them the Distinguished Civilian Employees Award during Engineering Day Picnic festivities at Smiley Hollow in Ridgetop, Tenn., June 10, 2016.

    Distinguished Civilian Employee Recognition Award recipients honored

    RIDGETOP, Tenn. (June 15, 2016) – Two retirees received the Distinguished Civilian Employees Award today from the commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District during Engineering Day Picnic festivities at Smiley Hollow June 10, 2016.

  • April

    Congressman Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee District 3, addresses the media about the cofferdam stabilization project and the restart of work on the new Chickamauga Lock on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tenn., April 25, 2016. Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, also made comments about the status of the project.

    Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project work restarts

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (April 25, 2016) – The Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project restarted today with official fanfare as a $3.1 million cofferdam stabilization project got underway.

  • March

    Valerie Carlton, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Contracting chief, speaks with Tina Reese, Avanti Environmental Group, and Gary Reese, AEG, during the 5th Annual Small Business Forum at Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tenn., March 17, 2016.

    Forum highlights women-owned small businesses

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 17, 2016) – More than 350 business owners and managers visited Music City today to get more in tune with federal, state and local procurement systems during the 5th Annual Small Business Training Forum at the Tennessee State University Avon Williams Campus.

  • December

    Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, gives the keynote address at the Leadership Development Course graduation at the Scarritt Bennett Center in Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 9, 2015. Twelve students from the Nashville District completed the year-long leadership course.

    Nashville District class culminates Leadership Development Program

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 9, 2015) – A dozen personnel with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District graduated today from the second level of the Leadership Development Program during a ceremony at the Scarritt Bennett Center.

  • November

    Lt. Col. Stephen F. Murphy is the 64th commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District. He manages the water resources development and navigable waterways operations for the Cumberland and Tennessee River basins covering 59,000 square miles, with 42 field offices touching seven states and a work force of over 700 employees.

    Commentary: Corps of Engineers takes Old Hickory dam safety seriously

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 7, 2015) -- A limestone rock quarry has been proposed on private land adjacent to Old Hickory Lock and Dam, which is owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District.

  • September

    Lt. Col. Stephen F. Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, and Bob Gallo, Voith Hydro chief executive officer, talk with technical experts from the Corps of Engineers and Voith Hydro about the disassembly of hydropower unit two during a visit to the Center Hill Dam Power House in Lancaster, Tenn., Sept. 9, 2015.

    Corps begins hydropower rehabilitation at Center Hill Dam

    LANCASTER, Tenn. (Sept. 9, 2015) – Disassembly of hydropower unit two is about to get underway at Center Hill Dam, which is the first of 28 units in the Cumberland River Basin to be rehabilitated as a result of a Memorandum of Agreement with the Southeastern Power Administration and power customers signed in August 2011 that provided a funding stream for the work.

  • August

    Jim Graham, electrical engineer in the Engineering Division Civil Design Branch, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Employee of the Month for June 2015. He is recognized for his significant contributions and demonstrated professionalism, innovation and electrical engineering expertise in support of the control programming and startup of the Olmsted Lock on the Ohio River in the Louisville District.

    Nashville District names Graham employee of the month for June 2015

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 20, 2015) – Jim Graham, electrical engineer in the Engineering and Construction Division Civil Design Branch, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Employee of the Month for June 2015.
  • The Honorable Jo-Ellen Darcy, assistant secretary of the Army for Civil Works, presents Mike Wilson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District deputy for Programs and Project Management, with a certificate recognizing his 40 years of service during a stakeholder meeting with the Mississippi River Commission onboard the Motor Vessel Mississippi while docked in Clarksville, Tenn., Aug. 11, 2015.

    Wilson reaches 40-year milestone onboard Motor Vessel Mississippi

    CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 19, 2015) – The Mississippi River Commission, several Corps of Engineers generals, and local stakeholders paused a meeting onboard the Motor Vessel Mississippi Aug. 11 for the presentation of a length of service award to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District deputy for Programs and Project Management.