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  • December

    Chris Clabough finishes annual diving refresher training.

    Clabough named Nashville District Employee of the Month for September 2021

    Chris Clabough, a member of the navigation lock and repair station maintenance force, is named U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for September 2021. He is recognized primarily for his program improvement efforts while concurrently performing temporary duties as the Diving Safety Instructor supporting Louisville District’s Olmsted Construction Project Office.

  • September

    Chad Braun, civil engineer with the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center in Huntsville, Alabama, checks a line of debris Sept. 3, 2021 along a roadway in Waverly, Tennessee. He is providing technical assistance following deadly flooding in Tennessee when up to 17 inches of rain fell in the region Aug. 21. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Corps supports FEMA debris mission in Tennessee

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 9, 2021) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is supporting a FEMA debris mission in Tennessee in the wake of devastating flash flooding when up to 17 inches of rain fell Aug. 21 in rural areas of Dickson, Hickman, Houston, and Humphreys counties.

  • April

    A contractor removes debris March 23, 2020 from a row where homes once stood in Putnam County, Tennessee. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sent a team to support a FEMA assignment to provide debris technical assistance in the wake of tornadoes that devastated middle Tennessee March 3, 2020. (USACE Photo)

    Debris team wrapping up FEMA technical support mission in Middle Tennessee

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 23, 2020) – The Corps of Engineers’ team supporting clean-up efforts in Middle Tennessee in the wake of deadly tornadoes that devastated the region in early March is wrapping up its FEMA technical support mission where contractors have removed an estimated 450,000 cubic yards of debris, enough to fill 137 Olympic-size swimming pools.

  • March

    Susan Nicholson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Small Business chief, provides contracting forecast information with participants of the 9th Annual Small Business Industry Day March 6, 2019 at Tennessee State University’s Avon Williams Campus in Nashville, Tenn. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Events facilitate small business opportunities

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 6, 2019) – Business leaders converged on Music City today for the 9th Annual Small Business Industry Day at Tennessee State University and the Business Opportunities Open House, commonly referred to as the “BOOH” event.

  • December

    Park rangers from throughout the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio Rivers Division Community of Practice Advisory Board pose Nov. 7, 2018 during the second biennial workshop at Caesar Creek Lake in Waynesville, Ohio.

    Division Park Ranger Advisory Board holds regional workshop

    WAYNESVILLE, Ohio (Dec. 3, 2018) – The Great Lakes and Ohio Rivers Park Ranger Community of Practice Advisory Board held its second biennial workshop here at Caesar Creek Lake Nov. 6-8, 2018, building on overwhelmingly positive feedback received from a similar meeting held in 2016.

  • September

    Jordan McIntyre, archaeologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, explains how to protect cultural resources at the ArchaeoMyth Busters table for Tennessee Archaeology Day at Bells Bend Park in Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 8, 2018. (Courtesy Asset)

    Nashville District archaeologists encourage public to preserve the past

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 8, 2018) – Archaeologists Jordan McIntyre and Valerie McCormack hosted an “ArchaeoMyth Busters” table for Tennessee Archaeology Day today at Bells Bend Park to encourage the public to preserve the past.

  • February

    Lt. Col. Cullen Jones (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, presents the Hedgehog Award to a team credited with ensuring a construction project for the U.S. Department of Energy at Oak Ridge, Tenn., finished on time and $5 million under budget. The award is given quarterly by the Nashville District to individuals or team of employees to recognize excellence at the district’s headquarters in Nashville, Tenn. Those present at the presentation are (Left to Right) Barry Cunningham, Isaac Taylor, Bonnie Jagoditz, Jason Phillips, Jacqueline Huff, Joe Duncan, Brian Whitus, and Jones. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Oak Ridge project team earns Nashville District’s Hedgehog Award

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 15, 2017) – A team of employees received the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Hedgehog Award today in recognition of efforts that ensured a construction project for the U.S. Department of Energy finished on time and $5 million under budget.

  • March

    Maj. Christopher Burkhart, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District deputy commander, welcomes Allen Scott of Wisdom Tree Technologies during the speed dating portion of the 6th Annual Small Business Industry Day at the Tennessee Small Business Development Center at Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tenn., March 15, 2017. The major and Roy Rossignol (seated), Nashville District Small Business chief, met with small business leaders during this matchmaking engagement.

    Speed dating forges small business relationships with federal agencies

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 15, 2017) – Small business leaders did not expect to find cupid during the 6th Annual Small Business Industry Day at the Tennessee Small Business Development Center today, but they did seem to love one-on-one attention using the speed-dating concept to forge greater relationships with federal agencies and large businesses.

  • February

    Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, presents achievement awards to Eric Crafton and Mary Katherine Keith during a staff meeting Feb. 16, 2017 at the Nashville District Headquarters in Nashville, Tenn. They were two of seven team members who developed a groundbreaking land exchange process that enabled the Nashville District to obtain land needed for a roller compacted concrete berm adjacent to the Center Hill Lake saddle dam at Lancaster, Tenn.

    Real Estate team lauded for groundbreaking land exchange process

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 24, 2017) -- The “Center Hill Land Exchange Real Estate Delivery Team” recently received a team achievement award for its groundbreaking land exchange process from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division.

  • August

    Distinguished officials take part in the groundbreaking of the new Construction Support Building at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., Aug. 25, 2016. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is managing the construction of the building, which is part of the larger Uranium Processing Facility project.

    Groundbreaking kicks off Oak Ridge construction support building

    OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (Aug. 29, 2016) – Distinguished officials participated in a groundbreaking ceremony Aug. 25 at the U.S. Department of Energy Y-12 National Security Complex’ New Hope Center for the new Construction Support Building.
  • 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.

  • June

    Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commander, receives a briefing from Nashville District and Tennessee Valley Authority leadership at the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project in Chattanooga, Tenn., June 7, 2016.

    Semonite visits high visibility construction projects, says it’s time to ‘finish strong’

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 7, 2016) – In only his third week on the job the nation’s chief of engineers visited three high visibility construction projects today to meet employees and garner the very latest updates from project managers and team members.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • February

    Lt. Col. John L. Hudson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, speaks to participants of the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division's Regional Leadership Development Program at the Nashville District Headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 25, 2015.

    Division leadership program emphasizes ‘thinking regionally’

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 26, 2015) – “Thinking regionally” and understanding organizational structures, missions and leadership perspectives is why the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division’s Regional Leadership Development Program sent its participants to the Nashville District in Music City this week.

  • January

    Charles Coleman, historic preservation officer with the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town of Oklahoma, takes notes during a workshop on consulting with tribal nations Jan. 13, 2015 at the Estes Kefauver Federal Building in Nashville, Tenn. He provided valuable insight to participants from federal agencies on how to improve relationships with Native American Indian tribes.

    Music City workshop tunes up tribal consultations

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 16, 2015) – State and federal agency representatives met in Music City this week to tune up and improve how they consult with tribal nations in a workshop hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District.

  • August

    Joseph D. Tober, a human resources specialist with the regional CPAC in Chicago, and Phyllis Williams, a human resources specialist with the Detroit District, work on ideas for customer service improvement during a Customer Service Improvement Project and Supervisors Conference Aug. 7, 2012 in Nashville, Tenn. The conference was comprised of human resources personnel throughout the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio Rivers Division. (USACE photo by Jennifer Gillespie)

    Human resources team works to improve customer service

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 15, 2012) – When it comes to managing human resources in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, providing world-class customer service and building strong relationships with customers are the top priorities for successful human resources offices.