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  • June

    Personal stories demonstrate passion for STEM

    Transatlantic Middle East District Civil Engineer Ted Upson met with 25 students from Sacred Heart Academy at STARBASE Academy Winchester.
  • USACE Fire Protection Expertise used worldwide

    The Transatlantic Middle East District has been home to the Aircraft Hangar Fire Protection Technical Center of Expertise (TCX) since 1989 when the District was known as the Middle East/Africa Project Office, after a USACE inquiry for assistance troubleshooting a fire protection system in a hangar in Shemya Island, Alaska, in the Aleutian Islands was successful.
  • April

    Life-long respect for nature leads to natural habitat in the middle of city

    More than 10 years ago, Dave Worthington’s corner of the world was about to be turned upside down when a developer had plans for the land that bordered the home he’d lived in with his wife Julie Staggers since 2003.
  • March

    Celebrating Women's History: Pursued STEM Career to address major challenges facing our nation

    Kathy A. Meyers has been a civil engineer with the Transatlantic Middle East District for the last 11 years of her (so far) 28 year USACE career. She provides reach back support on pricing and issuing contract modifications, Requests for Equitable Adjustments (REA) and claims on Military Construction (MILCON) and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) projects.
  • Celebrating Women's History: Experiencing, accepting differences is a step toward peace

    Mandy Bianchini is an architect and the Value Engineering Program Manager for Transatlantic Middle East District and the Transatlantic Division. She manages the Value program for both organizations, and ensures that projects are both compliant with the regulations and that there is real improvement from the Value process by supporting a culture of innovation.
  • Celebrating Women's History: Adding value, assuming more responsibility pays off

    Becky Moser is currently a project assistant working for Transatlantic Middle East District’s Project Management Division. She described her duties as “… the right (and sometimes the left) hand of six project managers for the Saudi/Bahrain Group. I recently moved out of an administrative position and am now doing more technical PM work. It is a bit like drinking from a fire hose at times, but I really enjoy it.”
  • Celebrating Women's History: Doing her part for peace and stability in the Middle East

    Kirsten Smyth is the chief of the 28-person USACE Contingency Deployment Center at Transatlantic Middle East District in Winchester, Va. The UCDC recruits, hires and supports deployees going into the U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility for contingency deployments and for other areas when asked.
  • Celebrating Women’s History Month: Striving to make the world a happier, more equal place

    “Everyone has challenges to go through and as women we are unfortunately sometimes still fighting
  • December

    Bob Fox awarded Defense Acquisition Workforce Achievement Award

    The Middle East District’s Robert “Bob” Fox has been awarded the 2018 Defense Acquisition Workforce Individual Achievement, Flexibility in Contracting and Development Innovation Award for Facilities Engineering.
  • District contract professionals vital to successful mission accomplishment

    A vital step in the process of bringing construction projects to reality is awarding contracts to private industry companies for the actual construction. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District will usually award and manage construction contracts through construction managers overseas at the project site and with project and contract managers at the headquarters in Winchester, Va. There have been exceptions when a foreign customer requests that the District award the contract and then turn it over to them to manage, but typically award and management go together.
  • October

    Career Switchers seek and thrive in new positions

    ‘Change’ is often considered a negative, something to be avoided at all costs. But several Middle East District team members not only disagree, but have enthusiastically sought change and conquered any challenges they met. Their reasons for wanting a change in job position, title and responsibilities varied widely, but all successfully hurdled the negative and are now reaping the benefits of having faced change and won.
  • Visually enhancing products at Middle East District

    Visual Information Services for the Middle East District have been provided by Shannon Hodges since
  • June

    District intern program promotes STEM, builds confidence

    The Middle East District is committed to assisting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ initiatives in science, technology, engineering and mathematics through educational and outreach efforts. One of the Middle East District’s latest tools developed in accomplishing the STEM goals was appointing forward-thinking team member Structural Engineer Nathan Fox as the District’s High School Intern Program Coordinator.
  • May

    District engineers mentor local high school student sparking interest in engineering

    The Middle East District (MED) Engineering Division staff mentored local high school student Josh Dalton throughout the spring semester of this school year. The Millbrook High School junior, spent every other afternoon at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers headquarters in Winchester. Through the Gifted Independent Study program, Dalton was afforded the opportunity to volunteer intern/shadow Army Corps of Engineers professionals here.
  • December

    USACE helps local student see engineering more clearly

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

    Middle East District Changes Leadership

    Middle East District Change of Command Ceremony held Aug. 23, 2017.
  • February

    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.
  • Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Division supports STEM initiatives through STARBASE Academy Winchester

    Brig. Gen. Robert Carlson, Transatlantic Division commander, and Elizabeth Prusch, P.E., Middle East District structural engineer, shared engineering magic with a fourth grade class from the Virginia Avenue Charlotte DeHart Elementary School, Feb. 10 at the STARBASE Academy in Winchester.
  • December

    Middle East District engineers return to STARBASE Academy Winchester

    Local students from Frederick County’s Gainesboro Elementary School built bridges with two Middle East District engineers during a STEM presentation at STARBASE Academy at the Cherry-Beasley Readiness Center in Winchester.
  • November

    District professionals take part in James Wood High School Career Fair

    Two Middle East District professionals returned to James Wood High School today to speak to juniors and seniors headed to college. Jerry Henry graduated from James Wood and Qing Xu returned for the second year as a career day speaker.