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  • October

    Mike Wilson (Right) and Mark Kuhlo, 2021 Distinguished Civilian Employee Recognition Award recipients, unveil a poster signifying the accolade during an award ceremony Oct. 6, 2021 at the Nashville District Headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee. Wilson retired in 2017 following 42 years of federal service, culminating his career as deputy district engineer for Project Management. Kuhlo retired in 2016 following 35 years of federal service, culminating his career as chief of the Electrical and Mechanical Branch. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Retirees receive Distinguished Civilian Employee Recognition Award

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 6, 2021) – Two notable retirees received the Distinguished Civilian Employee Recognition Award today highlighting impactful careers and exceptional achievements with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District.

  • March

    Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, awards the Department of the Army Meritorious Civilian Service Award for his distinguished service to the nation during 42 years of federal service to Mike Wilson, Nashville District deputy district engineer for Project Management, during his retirement ceremony at the district headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., March 31, 2017. (USACE photo by Mark Rankin)

    Nashville District celebrates career of its top civilian leader

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 31, 2017) – The Nashville District celebrated the illustrious career of its top civilian leader today during a retirement ceremony at the Estes Kefauver Federal Building in Nashville, Tenn.

  • April

    Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, presents the Hedgehog Award to Kathryn Firsching (Right), assistant district counsel, and Mary Lewis, interagency coordinator, at the district headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., April 8, 2016. The award is given quarterly by the Nashville District to individuals or team of employees to recognize excellence. The dynamic duo reduced the time it takes to process interagency and international services and Economy Act agreements with other federal, state and local stakeholders from three months to only one. (USACE photo by Leon Roberts)

    Dynamic duo receives Nashville District’s Hedgehog Award

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 8, 2016) – A dynamic duo received the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Hedgehog Award today in recognition of work that streamlined and standardized the process for preparing and obtaining approval of interagency agreements.

  • October

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct 20, 2015) – NASHVILLE, Tenn. Matthew Brown, director, United Cerebral Palsy of Middle Tennessee speaks to Nashville District employees during a National Disability Employment Awareness Month event Oct. 20, 2015 at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville Headquarters.

    Corps celebrates National Disability Employment Awareness month

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 20, 2015) – During a National Disability Employment Awareness Month event today at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville Headquarters, employees learned about disability employment issues and celebrated the many contributions of America's workers with disabilities.
  • Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, presents the Hedgehog Award to members of a spillway gate bulkhead repair team at the district headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 15, 2015. The award is given quarterly by the Nashville District to individuals or team of employees to recognize excellence. Cheatham Dam is located in Ashland City, Tenn. From Left to Right are Terry Hudgins, Josh Marcum, Murphy, Larry Myers, Chris Sherek and Ramiro Santoyo.

    Cheatham repair team receives Nashville District’s Hedgehog Award

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 15, 2015) – A repair team at Cheatham Dam received the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Hedgehog Award today in recognition of the team’s work to repair the dam’s spillway bulkheads in preparation for a $9.2 million spillway gate repair contract.

  • August

    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.

  • June

    (second from left) Lt. Col. Stephen F. Murphy, incoming commander, receives the unit colors from Brig. Gen. Richard G. Kaiser, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commander, during the change of command ceremony at the Tennessee National Guard Armory in Nashville, Tenn. June 16, 2015. Looking on is Nashville District Deputy District Engineer for Program Management Mike Wilson, (far left) and outgoing commander, Lt. Col. John L. Hudson. (center)

    Murphy becomes 64th commander of Nashville District

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 16, 2015) – Lt. Col. Stephen F. Murphy took command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District during a change of command ceremony today at the Tennessee National Guard Armory. He becomes the 64th commander in the district’s 127 year history.

  • February

    Dignitaries cut the ribbon to dedicate the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Transportation Museum in Columbus, Miss., Feb. 6, 2015.

    Museum dedicated to transportation of Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway

    COLUMBUS, Miss. (Feb. 6, 2015) – Thirty years after the dedication of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, officials cut another ribbon today dedicating a museum that provides education outreach and features the value of transportation within the historical inland passageway built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1972 to 1984.
  • (Left to right) Martin Lockard, Barry Arnett, Jody Robinson, Pat Ashley, Tony Ellis, Vanessa English, Mark Gibson and Master Sgt. Ronnie Pearson pose together Feb. 21, 2014 at Kentucky Lock in Grand Rivers, Ky. The team recently garnered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Hedgehog Award for excellence while managing the Kentucky Lock Addition Project and a hydropower unit rehabilitation project nearby at the Barkley Dam Powerhouse.

    Kentucky Lock team receives Nashville District’s Hedgehog Award

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A construction team at the Kentucky Lock Addition Project, which stepped up to manage the repair of a hydropower unit at Barkley Power Plant, received the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Hedgehog Award Feb. 11 at the district’s headquarters.

  • June

    Jamie Holt, wearing helmet, Barkley Power Plant specialist, explains the re-wiring of a hydropower generator rotor to Mekong River Commission members during their June 18, 2013 visit to the Grand Rivers, Ky., project. From left in background, John Emmerson, USACE Pacific Division project manager; Dr. Davong Phonekeo, Lao PDR; Chanthachith Amphaychith, Lao PDR; Anoulak Kittikhoun, (partially hidden behind Holt) Lao PDR; and Hoang Minh Toan, Vietnam.

    Mekong River Commission members visit Nashville District

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 19, 2013) – Eleven members of the Mekong River Commission were briefed on how management of operations on the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers affect Mississippi River operations during their June 18-19, 2013 visit to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District.

  • May

    This aerial photo of the Kentucky Lock Addition project taken April 26, 2013 in Grand Rivers, Ky., shows construction of a new 1200-foot lock landward of the existing 600-foot lock and the relocated highway and railroad bridges downstream of the dam. The upstream-bound split barge tow will be able to lock through as a single tow when the new lock is completed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District in partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority. (USACE Photo)

    USACE-TVA 80-year partnership a definite plus for Cumberland, Tennessee Rivers Basin

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 17, 2013) -- Although creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority by Congressional Act on May 18, 1933 relieved the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of most of its role in developing the economic potential of the Tennessee River and its tributaries, the Corps retained a development and operational role on the Cumberland River and its tributaries.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District lifts the rotor assembly from a 270-ton hydropower unit undergoing rehabilitation at the Barkley Dam Hydropower Plant in Kuttawa, Ky., Aug. 16, 2012.

    Nashville District providing hydropower with aging equipment, rehabs underway

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 10, 2013) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District produces about $40 million annual revenue by converting water’s energy into 3.4 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in 28 generators at its nine Hydropower Plants in the Cumberland River Basin.

  • February

    Mike Wilson (Center), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District deputy district engineer for Project Management, holds the 2013 Government Engineer of the Year Award after receiving it Feb. 22, 2013 at the Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville, Tenn. Kristi Schnell, president of the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers, and Wayne Seger, professional engineer and last year’s award recipient, made the presentation. (Courtesy Photo)

    Wilson garners Professional Engineer in Government Award

    NASVHILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 26, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s deputy district engineer for Project Management received the 2013 Professional Engineer in Government Award from the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers during the Middle Tennessee All Engineers Banquet Feb. 22, 2013 at the Sheraton Music City Hotel.

  • March

    Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (Left), representative of the 3rd District of Tennessee, and Congressman Bill Shuster, representative of the 9th District of Pennsylvania, answer media questions during a tour of Chickamauga Lock in Chattanooga, Tenn., March 23, 2012. Fleischmann invited Shuster, chairman of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials of the House and Infrastructure Committee, to tour the construction site of a new lock that is currently not appropriated for completion.

    Congressmen favor opening funding flow for Chickamauga Lock

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (March 23, 2012) – An unfunded and stalled project to replace the crumbling Chickamauga Lock received noteworthy Congressional attention today and it included an expressed interest in opening up a funding flow.
  • Roy Rossignol (Left), chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Business Office, talks with a participant at a Small Business Training Forum, March 8, 2012, at the Tennessee State University Avon Williams Campus in Nashville, Tenn. The Nashville District participated and the TSU Development Center and Society of American Military Engineers along with many other sponsors helped organize the event.

    Nashville District gets down to business

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 8, 2012) – More than 200 business owners and reps from as far away as California traveled to the Tennessee State University Avon Williams Campus today to garner information on federal, state and local procurement systems. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District small business, contracting, engineering and operations experts got down to business, using the event to explain Corps project opportunities to participants of the Small Business Training Forum.

  • January

    Col. Margaret W. Burcham, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commander,receives a briefing from Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, Nashville District commander, and other project experts on site at the coffer dam at Chickamauga Lock in Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 12, 2012. (USACE photo by David Wheeler)

    Division commander leaves Music City in tune with Nashville District’s ‘people’

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 13, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes & Ohio River Division commander visited Music City for the first time this week, and then left more in tune with Nashville District’s “people.”