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  • February

    Col. Jason E. Kelly

    BEYA 2019: USACE Afghanistan District Commander earns ‘Career Achievement Award’ for STEM leadership

    Transatlantic Afghanistan District Commander Col. Jason E. Kelly’s achievements as a leader in the

  • January

    District Leverages Contracting Expertise throughout the Middle East

    District Leverages Contracting Expertise throughout the Middle East

    Through its over 60 years of existence, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East

  • December

    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. Fox is shown here while on temporary duty to a project site in Kuwait.

    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.
  • "Personnel from the U.S. Army Transatlantic Division, Transatlantic Middle East District and U.S. Army Central Command attend the Project Management "Boot Camp" course held in December in Winchester, Virginia. The course is intended to prepare project management professionals to take the PMP certification exam. The PMP certification is the most recognized form of accreditation offered in the project management career field and is known for being very difficult to earn."

    PMP Boot Camp prepares project managers for certification

    Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from the Transatlantic Division and Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) recently took part in an intensive four-day course to prepare them to take the Project Management Professionals certification exam. Bringing the course to the Division and District Headquarters in Winchester, Virginia, enabled them to maximize participation and resulted in a substantial cost savings to the government.
  • A team from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Middle East District (MED) was recently named the “USACE Project Delivery Team (PDT) Of The Year for Merit” for their work in planning the execution of almost 1 billion dollars in foreign military sales construction for the nation of Qatar. The project, known as Shield 5, is one of the largest ever undertaken by the District and will cover the construction of several missile defense sites along with numerous support facilities spread across a wide geographic area

    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.
  • Carrying on legacy of USACE Support in the Middle East

    Carrying on legacy of USACE Support in the Middle East

    For more than 60 years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District has
  • The Middle East District delivers U.S. military construction projects that support U.S. forces across the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility and carries out projects through the Defense Department’s security assistance program working with allied partner nations in the region. Here, contractors work at night to finish runway repairs at an undisclosed location in the Middle East. You can read more about the District’s airfield pavement work in support of USCENTCOM here: https://www.army.mil/article/212271/usace_district_paves_the_way_to_improved_process

    Transatlantic Division: Supporting the Warfighter Every Day

    Every project, every program, and every task supports the warfighter every day. That’s the role of the Transatlantic Division (TAD) as it directly supports U.S. Central Command and other federal and partner agencies in a volatile operational area that spans the 20 countries of the Middle East and Central Asia.

  • November

    USACE Contingency Deployment Center Provides Start to Finish Support

    USACE Contingency Deployment Center Provides Start to Finish Support

    With a district in Afghanistan as well as projects in Iraq and other contingency locations around

  • October

    Contractors work at night to finish runway repairs at an undisclosed location in the Middle East.

    Middle East District paves way to improved process

    In their marketing materials, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Middle East District often refers to their ability to accomplish projects in “some of the toughest construction environments in the world.” This saying was recently put to the test at an undisclosed location in the Middle East as they made repairs to one of the installation’s runways.
  • Mike Wilson, Contract Specialist with the Middle East District, spent 26 years as a logistician before completing a degree and switching to a career in Contracting.

    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.