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  • December

    Don Getty, project manager for the Kentucky Lock Addition Project, describes lock wall and valve operations to Col. Paul Kremer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division acting commander, during a visit inside the project Dec. 6, 2017 in Grand Rivers, Ky. (USACE photo by Mark Rankin)

    Kremer builds strong understanding of Nashville District construction projects

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 8, 2017) – The acting commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division received briefings and updates at Nashville District construction sites this week to build a strong understanding of the projects.

  • November

    Officials dedicated the new Construction Support Building Nov. 20, 2017 at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The three-story, 64,800-square-foot building will provide a combination of office and warehouse space and is the first permanent structure constructed as part of the Uranium Processing Facility project. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Officials dedicate Oak Ridge Construction Support Building

    OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (Nov. 20, 2017) – Distinguished officials dedicated the Construction Support Building today at the U.S. Department of Energy Y-12 National Security Complex, the first structure completed in support of the Uranium Processing Facility project.
  • Maj. Christopher Burkhart, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District deputy commander, enjoys the moment as his wife and children put on his new rank of lieutenant colonel during a promotion ceremony in Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 2, 2017. (USACE photo by Mark Abernathy)

    Nashville District says farewell to newly promoted deputy commander

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 2, 2017) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District said farewell to the deputy commander today, but not before the commander promoted Maj. Christopher Burkhart to the rank of lieutenant colonel.

  • October

    Patrick Sheehan, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency director, speaks during a quarterly Tennessee Silver Jackets meeting with federal, state and local partners at the TEMA Headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 31, 2017. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Mansker Basin study to support flood preparedness

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 31, 2017) – The Tennessee Silver Jackets team announced today that a one-year study of the Mansker Basin is underway to develop real-time simulation modeling for Sumner and Davidson Counties and the cities of Nashville, Millersville, Goodlettsville and Hendersonville.
  • Park Ranger Dina Henninger (Left) and Cheatham County Master Gardener Intern Suzanne Hale tidy up a butterfly and bee garden Sept. 30, 2017 at Cheatham Lake in Ashland City, Tenn. They are seeking volunteer gardeners who would like to join the team responsible for developing, maintaining and improving the gardens, working toward certification as a Monarch Waystation. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Cheatham Lake seeks volunteers for Monarch Waystation

    ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (Oct. 3, 2017) – The staff at Cheatham Lake is cultivating several flower gardens for bees and butterflies, and seeks volunteers to help certify the site as a Monarch Waystation.

  • September

    Matt Brunt, cartographic technician in the Real Estate Division, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for August 2017. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Nashville District names Brunt Employee of the Month for August 2017

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 29, 2017) – Matt Brunt, cartographic technician in the Real Estate Division, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s employee of the month for August 2017.
  • Maj. Christopher Burkhart, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District deputy commander, shows off the "Best Place to Work in USACE" Award at the district's staff meeting Sept. 11, 2017 in Nashville, Tenn. The award was in the medium size agency category based on employee responses in the 2016 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey. Nine awards were presented by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters to organizations in this category.

    Nashville District recognized for employee viewpoints in 2016 survey

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 11, 2017) – Nashville District personnel who responded to the 2016 Federal Employee Survey found out today that their high marks for job and organizational satisfaction resulted in a “Best Place to Work in USACE Award” from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Water Management Center is passing water through Cheatham Dam on the Cumberland River in Ashland City, Tenn., at a rate exceeding 90,000 cubic feet per second. Six to nine inches of rain from the remnants of Hurricane Harvey fell into the Cumberland River watershed and is flowing into Cheatham Lake in Tennessee and Barkley Lake in Kentucky. Cheatham Lock is closed because of the strong currents flowing through the dam. (USACE photo by Mark Rankin)

    Water managers passing Harvey runoff through Cheatham, Barkley pools

    NASHVILLE, TENN. (Sept. 1, 2017) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Water Management Center is working this morning to manage runoff from last night’s heavy rainfall from remnants of Hurricane Harvey down the Cumberland River through Cheatham Dam in Ashland City, Tenn., and Barkley Dam in Grand Rivers, Ky.

  • August

    J. Percy Priest Dam in Nashville, Tenn., is spilling Aug. 31, 2017 to recover additional storage capacity as the remnants of Hurricane Harvey approaches the region. (USACE Photo by Amber Jones)

    Nashville District prepares for remnants of Hurricane Harvey

    NASHVILLE, TENN. (Aug. 31, 2017) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Water Management Center is preparing for heavy rainfall in areas of the lower Cumberland River Basin from remnants of Hurricane Harvey, and is managing the release of water from dams throughout the Cumberland Basin to reduce flood risk.
  • An excavator loads a dump truck with concrete, rock and soil from Roaring River Dam in Jackson County, Tennessee Aug. 1, 2017.

    Stream restoration underway with Roaring River Dam removal

    JACKSON COUNTY, Tenn. (Aug. 1, 2017) – The removal of Roaring River Dam is underway, a multi-organizational stream restoration effort that will reconnect aquatic species and make recreation safer near the low head dam that is at risk of failing and no longer needed as a fish barrier.

  • July

    Patty Coffey is the deputy district engineer for the Nashville District. She also serves as the Chief of the Planning, Programs, and Project Management Division. She assists in directing all the water resource activities of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers throughout the Cumberland River Basin, and navigation and regulatory matters in the Tennessee River Basin, an area of more than 59,000 square miles, with 49 field offices touching seven states and a work force of over 750 federal employees.

    Coffey becomes new deputy district engineer

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 26, 2017) – The commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District recently announced that Patty Coffey, acting deputy district engineer, will permanently fill the position, the highest civilian leader in the organization.
  • Jalan Sowell, star running back at Mt. Juliet High School, shared his story and comeback narrative of never giving up on ESPN's "Make A Wish" series at the Golden Bears' stadium in Mt. Juliet, Tenn., July 21, 2017. He produced and starred in the ESPN segment that aired July 20 where he shared how he overcame adversity when a life-threatening pulmonary condition kept him from playing football. His father James Sowell is a safety officer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District.

    Safety officer’s son makes inspiring comeback on ESPN

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 24, 2017) – A pulmonary condition permanently sidelined Jalan Sowell from the gridiron last season, but his comeback narrative of “never giving up” on ESPN’s “Make A Wish” series kick starts a new dream of inspiring others and one day coaching football.
  • 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.
  • Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, Nashville District commander, welcomes Tony Sloan and Tom Allen, managing members of Marina at Rowena, LLC, to sign the lease agreement for Lake Cumberland's Marina at Rowena during a signing ceremony July 5, 2017 at the district headquarters in the Estes Kefauver Federal Building at Nashville, Tenn.

    Lease signed for new marina at Lake Cumberland

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 5, 2017) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District held a lease signing ceremony today for the Marina at Rowena, a new commercial concession marina with related facilities and services at Rowena Landing South on Lake Cumberland in Russell and Clinton Counties, just north of Albany, Ky.

  • June

    Kye Moss of Voith Hydro guides a 249-ton rotor during its installation into hydropower unit two at Center Hill Dam in Lancaster, Tenn., June 19, 2017. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is rehabilitating the unit and expects to bring it online in late July after the completion of its assembly and load testing.

    Crew installs 249-ton hydropower rotor at Center Hill Dam

    LANCASTER, Tenn. (June 19, 2017) – A work crew installed a 249-ton hydropower rotor today at Center Hill Dam, culminating weeks of safety preparations to lift and maneuver the heavy load into position to generate hydroelectricity.

  • May

    Karl F. Schneider (Left), senior career official performing the duties of the Under Secretary of the Army, host of the 2016 Lean Six Sigma excellence awards program ceremony May 18, 2017 at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., poses with Diane Parks (Second from left), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District chief of Operations, Tim Dunn (Third from left), Nashville District deputy chief of Operations, and Maj. Gen. Richard L. Stevens, (Fourth from left) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deputy commanding general, and Lt. Gen. Edward C. Cardon, director of the Office of Business Transformation. Parks and Dunn accepted the Army’s Lean Six Sigma Award Program Process Improvement Project Team Excellence Award. (U.S. Army photo by Leroy Council)

    Process improvement earns Nashville District team LEAP award

    WASHINGTON (May 25, 2017) – A process improvement effort to streamline how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District purchases its supplies paid off during a ceremony May 18, 2017 at the Pentagon when the Army’s Lean Six Sigma Award Program gave its Process Improvement Project Team Excellence Award to the project delivery team.
  • Soldiers from the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment, traditionally known as "The Old Guard," carry American Revolutionary War Private Samuel Howard during a reinterment ceremony at Resthaven Cemetery in Baxter, Ky. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District worked with local community and state officials to move Howard from Wix-Howard Cemetery when his grave was endangered by soil movement from a design deficiency of a flood control project completed in the 1990s.

    Reinterment demonstrates Army’s commitment to soldiers in life and beyond

    BAXTER, Ky. (May 12, 2017) – The U.S. Army reinterred American Revolutionary War Private Samuel Howard today at Resthaven Cemetery with full military honors, demonstrating the Army’s commitment to a patriot who braved the encampment at Valley Forge, Pa., and stood at Yorktown, Va., when British Gen. Charles Cornwallis surrendered to Gen. George Washington.

  • April

    John Bell, power plant trainee, leads a group of hydropower experts attending the 40th Annual Joint Hydropower Conference in Nashville Tenn., on a tour of the Old Hickory Dam powerhouse in Old Hickory, Tenn., April 19, 2017.

    Hydropower experts generate information exchange in Music City

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 21, 2017) – More than 100 hydropower experts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tennessee Valley Authority, Southeastern Power Administration, and private power supply companies benefited from an exchange of information during the 40th Annual Joint Hydropower Conference April 19-20 at the Inn at Opryland.
  • Jason Foust, deputy construction manager for the grouting project at Mosul Dam, stands by the spillway gates Oct. 22, 2016 where they drew drawn down to alleviate pressure during the work. Foust has since returned to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District where he is project engineer at the Kentucky Lock Addition Project in Grand Rivers, Ky. (Photo by Charlie Krolikowski)

    Engineering and construction trio forges goodwill on Mosul Dam projects

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 20, 2017) – An engineering and construction trio from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District recently returned home from Iraq where they helped oversee construction projects at Mosul Dam, forged goodwill with the international repair team, and even supported the military operation to retake the city of Mosul.
  • Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, welcomes children of district employees to the headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., April 14, 2017 for “Take Your Kids to Work Day.”

    Parents ‘show and tell’ on ‘Take Your Kids to Work Day’

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 14, 2017) – Excited youngsters eagerly donned life jackets today for the chance to learn about navigation and water safety on board several Corps of Engineers boats docked on the Cumberland River at Music City’s Riverfront. Throughout the day they participated in lots of fun activities, learned about Nashville District operations and missions, and their parents did a lot of “show and tell” on “Take Your Kids to Work Day.”