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GRE AT L AKES AND OHIO RIVER DIVISION

REMEMBER THE 3 Rs: Recognize: When you discover a suspicious item or a possible munition, remember that they can be very dangerous. Do not touch, kick, throw something, or do anything else to disturb the item. Remember that old munitions are sometimes not readily identifiable and may appear to be any other metallic or rusty item. Use caution, leave it alone, and do not touch it. Retreat: If you know or suspect that you have found a possible munition, mark the area with a small item, such as a hat or pen, and immediately walk away on the same path you came in on. Do not run. Report: Report the location of the suspicious item immediately to your local law enforcement officials by dialing 911.

Completing the remedial investigation did not come easy, though. It took time, effort, patience, and expertise. “The biggest challenge was the marine environment and the weather. Collecting geophysical data underwater is always difficult, but it was especially difficult in this part of the country,” Stolte said. “In the Mackinac [Straits], we frequently encountered high winds and waves that made data-collection tedious and sometimes impossible.” Brancato added that the team had to adjust and delay investigations because of lake conditions and avoid affecting seasonal boaters. Even with a few barriers that manifested, the project is tracking an early completion. “The success of this project is due to the teamwork and coordination among the district, the Military Munitions Design Center, the contractor, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Great Lakes, and Energy,” Stolte said. The remedial investigation is complete, and USACE has received concurrence with a recommendation of no further action. The project is slated for completion in spring 2021. n

NASHVILLE DISTRICT RESPONDS TO A GLOBAL PANDEMIC BY DANIEL BARRIOS, Nashville District

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ennessee is known as the “Volunteer State.” When America called, Tennesseans stepped forward to fight COVID-19. On March 21, while recovering from a tornado’s damages just a week prior, Lt. Col. Sonny Avichal, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Nashville District, signed an emergency declaration for the COVID-19 response, activating the Emergency Operations Center. On April 2, President Donald Trump ordered USACE and the Nashville District to build alternative care sites to accommodate patient overflows in civilian hospitals. The district accomplished the mission by constructing world-class facilities in Memphis and Nashville in record time. The COVID-19 Pandemic Response Task Force comprised 118 Tennessee employees who volunteered to mobilize for the mission in Nashville, Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Memphis. Emergency command vehicles rotated to locations around the state and deployed to assist in Detroit and Novi, Michigan. Engineering teams conducted 45 site assessments of proposed locations across the state.

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They rapidly provided vital information needed for leadership within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) to select the best locations and to commit FEMA funding to start construction. Two locations were selected: the Commercial Appeal building in Memphis and Nashville General Hospital. Commercial Appeal would have 401 beds and Nashville General Hospital 67, with a budget of $55 million and $10.5 million, respectively. Literally within hours of receiving the mission task order, contracts were signed and the mission commenced. Under normal circumstances, the Nashville project would have taken five to nine months to complete, but USACE, in partnership with Turner Construction, accomplished the task in just 28 days. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said, “To be able to pull this off and accomplish this in the middle of a pandemic and health crisis is an incredible opportunity for our community.” The $7.2 million project included a full-service under-pressure medical suite with enough space to care for more than 67 non-acute COVID-19 patients.


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page 66

416th THEATER ENGINEER COMMAND Answering the call to serve during COVID-19 pandemic

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pages 158-160

412th THEATER ENGINEER COMMAND

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pages 156-157

249th ENGINEER BATTALION (PRIME POWER)

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pages 24, 154-155

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FINANCE CENTER

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pages 136, 153

MARINE DESIGN CENTER MANAGING PROCUREMENT OF DREDGE FOR AZERBAIJAN

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pages 64, 152

OFTEN, THE QUESTION ARISES: “WHAT DOES AVIATION HAVE TO DO WITH LOGISTICS?” THE ANSWER IS: “A LOT MORE THAN YOU THINK!”

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pages 150-151, 162

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESOURCES

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pages 148-149, 163

LOCATION MATTERS

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pages 130, 146-147

A PART OF THE SOLUTION: HUNTSVILLE CENTER'S RESPONSE EFFORT TO SAVE LIVES

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pages 2, 6, 140-145

ERDC RESEARCHERS TACKLE HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS

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pages 137-139

ERDC RESEARCHERS IMPROVE NUMERICAL MODELING FOR POST-WILDFIRE FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT

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pages 134-136

ERDC ANSWERS THE COVID-19 CALL

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pages 56, 132-133

U.S. ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER

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pages 7, 132-133

TASK FORCE ESSAYONS PROVIDES CRITICAL ENGINEERING SUPPORT

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pages 129-131

POWERING UP A COUNTRY, ONE TOWER AT A TIME

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pages 125-130, 163

MIDDLE EAST DISTRICT BUILDS STRONG DURING PANDEMIC

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pages 13-14, 123-125

FINDING THE SCRATCH BEFORE STARTING FROM SCRATCH

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pages 8, 122-123

TRANSATLANTIC DIVISION LEADS THE WAY IN CONTINGENCY SUPPORT

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pages 2, 4, 6, 8, 118-121

TRANSATLANTIC DIVISION

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pages 24, 32, 38, 118-121

PROCESSING THE FUTURE IN A PANDEMIC WORLD

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pages 75, 117

FINDING CONSTRUCTION ALTERNATIVES

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pages 4, 115-117

ENGINEERING CENTER’S EXPERTISE ENHANCES U.S. INDO-PACIFIC REGIONAL PRESENCE

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pages 112-113, 138

HONOLULU DISTRICT CONDUCTS 43 SITE ASSESSMENTS

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pages 8, 111-112

DISTRICT PROVIDES TECHNICAL SUPPORT DURING CONSTRUCTION OF ROK F-35A FACILITIES

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pages 38, 109-110, 116

ALASKA DISTRICT CONVERTS ARENA INTO ALTERNATE CARE SITE

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page 108

ALASKA DISTRICT DELIVERS FACILITIES TO SUPPORT F-35A AIRCRAFT ARRIVAL

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pages 106-108, 128, 130

PACIFIC OCEAN DIVISION

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pages 104-105, 107, 114

SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT BIOLOGISTS WORK TO PRESERVE ENDANGERED SALMON

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pages 13, 102-103

BUILDING AN URBAN RANGER PROGRAM

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pages 2, 4, 98-101, 138, 162

SACRAMENTO DISTRICT DELIVERS DESPITE COVID-19 CHALLENGES

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pages 96-98, 136

RAPID COVID-19 RESPONSE IN THE HIGH DESERT

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pages 93-95, 130, 138

SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISION

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pages 92, 99

WALLA WALLA DISTRICT DEVELOPS FISH SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS IN THE NORTHWEST

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pages 90-91, 136

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Building Strong, Serving the Nation and the Armed Forces, 2020-2021

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pages 89-90, 114

SPEED KEY TO BONNEVILLE LOCK REPAIR

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page 88

RESPONSE, RESTORATION, RESEARCH: REBUILDING MISSOURI

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pages 24, 32, 84-87

OMAHA DISTRICT SIMPLIFIES ITS CONTRACTING PROGRAMS

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pages 20, 83-84

NGA WEST PROJECT MAKING PROGRESS DURING COVID-19 CRISIS

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pages 4, 81-82

NORTHWESTERN DIVISION RALLIES TO COMPLETE MASSIVE COVID ASSESSMENT EFFORT

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pages 56, 79-81, 116

NORTHWESTERN DIVISION

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pages 78, 85

CONSTRUCTION OF KC-46A CAMPUS AT TINKER REMAINS ON TASK DESPITE PANDEMIC

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pages 77, 128

FLOOD OF 2019 AFFECTS MKARNS NAVIGATION

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pages 76, 114

TULSA DISTRICT SUPPORTS OKLAHOMA COVID-19 RESPONSE

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pages 74-75

OZARK-JETA TAYLOR’S SLANT-AXIS TURBINE REHAB

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pages 2, 72-73

DISTRICT EMPLOYEES ENLISTED FOR COVID-19 MODELING TASK FORCE

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pages 70-71, 80

PROVIDING SITE EVALUATIONS FOR ALTERNATE CARE FACILITIES

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pages 38, 69-70, 163

SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION EXECUTES HURRICANE HARVEY SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAM

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pages 2, 13, 67-68, 163

EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL PROJECTS TO AFFECT NORTH CAROLINA FOR DECADES

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pages 63-65, 162

DMCAS: SAVANNAH’S SOLUTION FOR PLACING DREDGED MATERIAL

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pages 14, 62-63

SAVANNAH HARBOR DEEPENING

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pages 6, 59-61

MOBILE DISTRICT NEARS COMPLETION OF SHIP ISLAND

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pages 8, 57-59

ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION FOUNDATION PROJECTS BRING WATER TO EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK

3min
pages 55-57

PENINSULA STUDY DRAWS SWEEPING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

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pages 53-54, 116

SOUTH ATLANTIC DIVISION

1min
pages 52, 58

VICKSBURG DISTRICT EMPLOYEE RECEIVES NATIONAL ENGINEERING AWARD

2min
pages 51, 86

USACE, SAMARITAN’S PURSE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO HELP STORM SURVIVOR

4min
pages 49-50, 128, 130

DISTRICT CONVERTS HOTEL INTO HOSPITAL WITHIN DAYS OF REQUEST

4min
pages 46-48, 80, 136

ROCK ISLAND DISTRICT SUPPORTS DERECHO RECOVERY EFFORTS ACROSS IOWA

2min
pages 44-45, 138

CONSTRUCTION REACHES NEW HEIGHTS ON RED RIVER OF THE NORTH PROJECT

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pages 42-43, 114

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DIVISION

4min
pages 40-41, 46

WORKING AS ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL IN A COVID-19 ERA

3min
pages 37-39

NASHVILLE DISTRICT RESPONDS TO A GLOBAL PANDEMIC

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pages 36-37

TEAM EFFORT MAKES WAUGOSHANCE POINT TARGET PROJECT A SUCCESS

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pages 35-36

BLUESTONE DAM: THE FINAL PHASE

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page 34

DETROIT DISTRICT RAPIDLY RESPONDS TO MICHIGAN’S CORONAVIRUS CRISIS

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pages 31, 33

CHICAGO DISTRICT CIVIL WORKS REALIGNMENT

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pages 31-32

CHICAGO DISTRICT’S “OPERATION ENDURING HEALTH”

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pages 29-30

THE GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE

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pages 27-28

GREAT LAKES AND OHIO RIVER DIVISION

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pages 26-27

DISTRICT’S BRIDGE INSPECTION AND EVALUATION TEAM REACHES NEW HEIGHTS

3min
pages 23, 25, 160

FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC TO CANADA, FORESTERS MANAGE UNIQUE ARMY PROGRAM

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pages 21-24

NEW YORK DISTRICT CONSTRUCTS “STEAM” TEACHING SCHOOL

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pages 19-21

DESPITE COVID-19, USACE HITS 10-MILLION MILESTONE IN BOSTON HARBOR

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pages 8, 18-19

USACE HELPS OPEN CENTER FOR WOUNDED WARRIOR CARE IN REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA

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pages 17, 163

DISTRICT’S RADIOLOGICAL TEAM PROVIDES EXPERTISE THROUGHOUT USACE AND BEYOND

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pages 6, 15-16, 162

USACE PROVIDES A SIMPLE SOLUTION TO ADDRESS THE COMPLEX COVID-19 PROBLEM

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pages 2, 4, 11-12, 14, 162

NORTH ATLANTIC DIVISION

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pages 3, 10, 12-13
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