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TRANSATL ANTIC DIVISION
USACE deployee Kay King, standing fourth from left, deployed to Task Force Essayons in Iraq. Like most deployees, she encourages others to deploy because of unparalleled opportunities for professional and personal experiences. King works in the USACE Contingency Deployment Center.
USACE CONTINGENCY DEPLOYMENT CENTER PROVIDES START-TO-FINISH SUPPORT BY JOE MACRI, Middle East District
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ith a district in Afghanistan as well as projects in Iraq and other contingency locations around the Middle East, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is fortunate enough to have a robust cadre of civilian volunteers eager to answer their nation’s call. When they do, they look to the Transatlantic Division Middle East District’s USACE Contingency Deployment Center (UCDC), USACE’s conduit for
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support to the warfighter, to ensure a smooth deployment from start to finish. The UCDC was designed to alleviate the hiring burden from downrange as well as expedite the administrative actions that go along with processing someone for deployment. The UCDC’s contingency hiring model has been determined to be the enterprise model for contingency hiring and can be used to staff any contingency worldwide,