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  • December

    USACE engineers with student intern at conclusion of his internship.

    USACE helps local student see engineering more clearly

    The Middle East District (TAM) Engineering Division has helped shed light on various aspects of

  • August

    Change of Command, 23 Aug. 2017, USACE MED

    Middle East District Changes Leadership

    Middle East District Change of Command Ceremony held Aug. 23, 2017.
  • USACE Chief Trial Attorney Tom Gourlay shares experience and advice with attorneys and paralegals.

    USACE Chief Trial Attorney Shares Knowledge and Experiences

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Middle East District recently hosted a 4-day contract litigation workshop taught by Tom Gourlay, USACE’s Engineer Chief Trial Attorney. He walked lawyers and paralegals through the trial process from document preparation to questioning witnesses and ended in a mock trial. Lawyers from other Districts also participated in the workshop.

  • April

    Middle East District team members Becky Moser and Lacey Sandate welcome and register industry officials to the informational event in Herndon, Va., Wednesday, April 12.

    Industry Day fosters collaboration

    The U.S. Army Center of Standardization for Non-Permanent Facilities held an industry day in Herndon, Virginia, April 12, in order to foster collaboration between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), commercial industry and experts in non-permanent structures used in contingency environments.

  • February

    TAM Program Manager Ric Terrazas adds weight to the basket attached to his bridge submitted for National Engineers Week Competition.

    National Engineers Week celebrated with gusto

    National Engineers Week was celebrated at several levels by the Commander and work force of the Middle East District Feb. 24, with a presentation at STARBASE Academy Winchester for local fifth grade students and at the District Headquarters in Winchester for TAM team members.

  • January

    Aimee Rider, Assistant Counsel for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East District, was sworn in as an officer in the Army’s Judge Advocate General Corps January 5.

    MED Assistant Counsel sworn in to Army’s JAG Corps

    Aimee Rider, Assistant Counsel for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East District, was sworn in as an officer in the Army’s Judge Advocate General Corps January 5.

  • December

    Col. Patrick Kinsman, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East District, Maj. Gen. Robert Carlson, commanding general of USACE Transatlantic Division and Col. Vincent Quarles, outgoing commander of the Middle East District, bow their heads in prayer during the District’s change of command ceremony at MED headquarters in Winchester, Va. Dec. 8.

    Middle East District celebrates Quarles, welcomes Kinsman

    Col. Patrick Kinsman assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East District, in a ceremony at the District’s headquarters in Winchester, Va. Dec. 8.

  • November

    Deputy shares passion for engineering in STARBASE debut

    Lt. Col. Taneha Carter, Middle East District deputy commander since July, shared engineering ideas, disciplines and traits with 23 STARBASE Academy students in Winchester on Nov. 9.

  • October

    The Middle East District recently completed construction of new, $45.5 million, energy-efficient barracks on Naval Support Activity, in Manama, Bahrain, and a team from the district attended the ribbon cutting ceremony marking completion of the project Sept. 29.

    Middle East District completes energy-efficient barracks project

    The Middle East District recently completed construction of new, $45.5 million, energy-efficient barracks on Naval Support Activity, in Manama, Bahrain, and a team from the district attended the ribbon cutting ceremony marking completion of the project Sept. 29.

  • August

    Hunter Tuttle, an Army Reserve Officer Training Corps cadet, learns about the Middle East District's projects in Kuwait.

    ROTC cadet completes internship with Middle East District

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East District, welcomed a cadet into the fold as part of the Cadet Troop Leader Training Internship Program, and wished him farewell August 25.
  • Nic Sison, a construction representative with the Middle East District, accepts the USACE Hard Hat of the Year Award Aug. 5.

    TAM construction rep accepts Hard Hat of the Year Award

    A construction representative with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East District, accepted the USACE Hard Hat of the Year award in a ceremony Aug. 5.

  • March

    Ingrid Howard, a geotechnical engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East District, was recognized in the National Society of Professional Engineers’ 2016 Federal Engineer of the Year Award Ceremony at the National Press Club in Washington Feb. 26.

    District Engineer Honored at Federal Engineer of the Year Awards

    Ingrid Howard, a geotechnical engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East District, was recognized in the National Society of Professional Engineers’ 2016 Federal Engineer of the Year Award Ceremony at the National Press Club in Washington Feb. 26.

  • February

    Engineers encourage next generation of Mathletes

    A team of volunteers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East District assisted with the MATHCOUNTS regional competition Feb. 19 at Admiral Richard E. Byrd Middle School in Winchester, Va.
  • Volunteers from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Division and Middle East District served as judges at Frederick County Public Schools’ annual Science Fair, Feb. 4 at Lord Fairfax Community College in Middletown, Va.

    Division, District employees unite to judge local school science fair

    Volunteers from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Division and Middle East District served as judges at the Frederick County Public Schools’ annual Science Fair, Feb. 4 at Lord Fairfax Community College in Middletown, Va.

  • January

    When Holly Watson, a contract specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East District, first found out that she was receiving the USACE Contract Specialist of the Year, she thought it was for the district.

    Watson Named Contract Specialist of the Year

    When Holly Watson, a contract specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East District, first found out that she was receiving the USACE Contract Specialist of the Year, she thought it was for the district.

  • November

    Volunteers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Transatlantic Division and the Middle East District visited with students at Winchester’s STARBASE Academy Nov. 10.

    USACE STEM Professionals Share Love of Engineering, Architecture with Area Students

    Volunteers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Transatlantic Division and the Middle East District visited with students at Winchester’s STARBASE Academy Nov. 10.

  • August

    By all accounts, Donna Sherman, the records manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Middle East District, embodies the quiet professional. The only permanent records management employee when she took charge of the records holding facility eight years ago, she now leads a staff of four employees who manage over 13,600 boxes of paper records for the district.

    Records management team among best in the Corps

    By all accounts, Donna Sherman, the records manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Middle East District, embodies the quiet professional. The only permanent records management employee when she took charge of the records holding facility eight years ago, she now leads a staff of four employees who manage over 13,600 boxes of paper records for the district.

  • July

    Volunteers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Middle East District’s information management team worked with rising 5th grade students at STARBASE Academy Winchester July 16 to explore some aspects of IM careers.

    MED Volunteers Spark Students’ STEM Interest

    Volunteers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Middle East District’s information management team worked with rising 5th grade students at STARBASE Academy Winchester July 16 to explore some aspects of IM careers.

  • June

    Dale Hartman, chief of the Middle East District’s Center of Standardization for Contingency Facilities, Amanda Bianchini, the district’s value engineering officer, and Tara Paxton, a program manager, pose with the Gordon Frank Award for Outstanding Value Methodology in Government that Bianchini accepted at the 2015 SAVE Value Summit in San Diego June 9.

    MED’s successful value engineering recognized, honored

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East District’s Center of Standardization for Contingency Standard Design received the Gordon Frank Award for Outstanding Value Methodology in Government at the 2015 SAVE Value Summit in San Diego June 9.

  • May

    Maj. Gen. Robert D. Carlson, the commanding general of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Transatlantic Division, was promoted in a ceremony at the Pentagon May 15. Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick, the USACE commanding general and 53rd chief of engineers, promoted Carlson. This was the second time he promoted Carlson; the first time was to brigadier general. Bostick noted that Carlson is a great leader, coach and mentor.

    Transatlantic Division commander promoted to Maj. Gen.

    Maj. Gen. Robert D. Carlson, the commanding general of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Transatlantic Division, was promoted in a ceremony at the Pentagon May 15. Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick, the USACE commanding general and 53rd chief of engineers, promoted Carlson. This was the second time he promoted Carlson; the first time was to brigadier general. Bostick noted that Carlson is a great leader, coach and mentor.