NORTH ATLANTIC DIVISION NORTH ATLANTIC DIVISION 302 General Lee Ave. Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, NY 11252 dll-cenado-pa@nad02.usace.army.mil (347) 370-4550 www.nad.usace.army.mil www.facebook.com/northatlanticdivision twitter.com/ArmyCorpsNAD BALTIMORE DISTRICT City Crescent Building 10 South Howard St. Baltimore, MD 21201 cenab-cc@usace.army.mil (800) 434-0988 www.nab.usace.army.mil/ www.facebook.com/USACEBaltimore/ twitter.com/USACEBaltimore www.flickr.com/photos/ corps_of_engineers_baltimore www.youtube.com/user/USACEBaltimore EUROPE DISTRICT CMR 410, Box 1 APO, AE 09049 dll-cenau-pa@usace.army.mil
+49 (0) 611-9744-2703 www.nau.usace.army.mil/ www.facebook.com/europedistrict/ twitter.com/europedistrict www.flickr.com/photos/europedistrict www.youtube.com/user/usaceEuropeDistrict NEW ENGLAND DISTRICT 696 Virginia Rd. Concord, MA 01742 cenae-pa@usace.army.mil (978) 318-8238 www.nae.usace.army.mil/ www.facebook.com/CorpsNewEngland/ twitter.com/CorpsNewEngland www.flickr.com/photos/corpsnewengland NEW YORK DISTRICT 26 Federal Plaza, Rm 2113 New York, NY 10278 Cenan-pa@usace.army.mil (917) 790-8007 www.nan.usace.army.mil/ www.facebook.com/USACE.NewYorkDistrict/ twitter.com/USACE_NY www.flickr.com/photos/newyorkdistrict-usace/ www.youtube.com/user/USACENewYorkDistrict
NORFOLK DISTRICT 803 Front St. Norfolk, VA 23510 dll-cenao-pa@usace.army.mil (757) 201-7500 www.nao.usace.army.mil/ www.facebook.com/NAOonFB/ twitter.com/norfolkdistrict www.flickr.com/photos/armyengineersnorfolk www.youtube.com/user/armyengineersnorfolk PHILADELPHIA DISTRICT AND MARINE DESIGN CENTER The Wanamaker Building 100 Penn Square East Philadelphia, PA 19107-3390 philly@usace.army.mil (215) 656-6515 www.nap.usace.army.mil/ www.facebook.com/PhillyDistrict/ www.flickr.com/photos/philadelphiausace www.youtube.com/user/USACEPhillyDistrict
ARMY ENGINEER GOES FROM ALABAMA TO ESTONIA, BECOMES “ONE-MAN OFFICE” BY JENNIFER ALDRIDGE, Europe District
C
hris Bailey grew up in Alabama and saw snow so infrequently he thought it was a Christmas miracle. As a boy, his hometown was dusted by flurries no more than a handful of times. Now serving with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Europe District in Estonia, snow is a daily reality for Bailey – at least in the winter months when average temperatures hover around freezing in the Baltic country. As a one-man project office, Bailey is the engineer responsible for managing more than 20 European Reassurance Initiative infrastructure and construction projects for U.S. Army and Air Force partners.
16
Extreme winter weather, which can delay construction work, is just one of the many challenges Bailey must overcome to deliver projects on time and within budget. The projects enable the training readiness of NATO, U.S., and Estonian defense forces, according to Lt. Col. Jason Gresh, the U.S. Embassy Tallinn Office of Defense Cooperation chief. “Chris brings a tremendous amount of engineering project management experience to the team,” Gresh said. “He’s aware of the peculiarities of the design and contracting processes, and understands how to appropriately approach