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  • January

    Peter Smith and Mikayla Shanholtzer review contracts.

    Employee Spotlight Featuring Peter Smith

    Peter Smith, a contracting officer for the U.S Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) in Winchester, Va., said one of the things he learned early in life was to always be open to the next opportunity. It’s that philosophy that led him to his current job and that he followed when offered a yearlong assignment in with Kuwait. 
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    District Provides CENTCOM Commercial Real Estate Support Across the Middle East

    With over 70 years of history in the Middle East, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) is not only able to offer their mission partners the engineering and construction expertise USACE is known for, but also a host of other niche services developed along the way. Many of these services were developed out of necessity by TAM to better accomplish its construction mission. As TAM developed that expertise in-house, it was obvious that they were able to offer that expertise to other partners in the region and create entirely new lines of operation.  

  • November

    Before and after photos of equipment and facilities repaired under Operations and Maintenance contracts.

    USACE continues to support mission partners long after projects are complete

    USACE TAM offers the opportunity for maintenance contracts after a facility is completed.

  • September

    Man in front of the pyramid

    Employee Spotlight Featuring Brian Struntz

    Brian Struntz, the chief of special programs, planning and requirements with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM), takes great pride in his many years working for the Army in various capacities. 

  • August

    Woman standing outside under a shade.

    Employee Spotlight Featuring Stephanie Gates

    Stephanie Gates is a structural engineer supervisor at the U. S. Army Corps of Engineer Middle East District. She has a passion for problem solving and providing engineering excellence for our mission partners.
  • Cadets at a USACE project site

    From Projects to Petra Cadets Experience Unforgettable Summer

    ROTC cadets travel to Jordan to experience the work of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District.
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    USACE offers planning support to mission partners around the globe

    The Transatlantic Middle East District’s diverse Planning and Requirements team provides professional guidance for developing and executing projects for CENTCOM AOR.
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    TAM Team Spotlight Intern Melissa Pierson

    Melissa Pierson grew up in the rural farmlands of Pennsylvania. Little did she know that her interest in old farm buildings would lead her to a career with military design and construction.

  • July

    Man measuring a storm drain.

    USACE Project and Program Manager of the Year

    With a program valued at billions of dollars and a diverse range of projects providing direct support to the U.S. military and its allied nation partners throughout the United States Central Command area of operations, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) has a program scope that seems tailor-made to win awards.
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    Employee Support Cell Team Spotlight

    Two women with two different paths leading to careers in the Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) Employee Support Cell (ESC). Meet Wendy Carter and Teresa Conklin, the Admin Support Specialist duo.
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    USACE Attorney of the Year Helps Afghan Colleague

    When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) attorney Cara Mroczek was handed a case involving a disputed Afghan real estate contract a few years ago, she had no idea it would lead to a career defining moment that not only resulted in a big win for the U.S. government but also may have literally saved lives.

  • June

    3 people standing in front of a dam.

    Employee Spotlight featuring Army Fellow Andres Restrepo

    Army Fellow journey to become a civil engineer with the USACE Transatlantic Middle East District.

  • May

    52919338323Lt. Gen Scott Spellmon, the 55th Chief of Engineers, flying from Amman to Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan aboard a Jordanian Blackhawk helicopter to visit Jordanian aircraft infrastructure projects being built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Jordanians willingness to fly the Chief to project sites speaks to the strong relationship USACE has built with their allied nation mission partners in the region.

    55th Chief of Engineers Builds Bridges with Allied Nation Partners

    The 55th Chief of Engineers Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon recently had a hand in building those bridges while visiting the Kingdom of Jordan and the State of Qatar – two long-standing U.S. allies currently working with USACE’s Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) on defense infrastructure projects.  
  • Ken Kajihiro working at his desk for the Transatlantic Middle East District.

    Army Lawyer shares journey from Marine Infantryman to Attorney

    For Asian American Pacific Islander month, we feature Ken Kajihiro, a fifth-generation Asian-American. Fresh out of high school, Kajihiro joined the U.S. Marine Corps, which provided him with the skills to become a lawyer and join the U.S. Army Corps Transatlantic Middle East District.

  • March

    Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) along with representatives from AFCENT, AFCEC, and an architecture engineering firm team meet during a planning charette and conduct a Design Based Threat Assessment (DBTA) to assess and mitigate potential threats to U.S. military facilities.

    Middle East District offers mission partners new capability

    Prior to the Khobar Towers 1996 attack, there were no uniform Anti-Terrorism and Force Protection standards required for Department of Defense Facilities. After that attack in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the U.S. military made a multitude of changes to how it managed force protection and in 2002, conducting a Design Based Threat Assessment was codified in the military construction process. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) has developed dedicated support to help its mission partners with the DBTA process.

  • January

    Immediately following the presentation of the USACE Peer Supporter of the Year 2022 to Lorie Polk for her role in the Critical Incident Stress Management Team, Polk is surrounded by USACE Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Patrickson Toussaint, USACE Command Surgeon Navy Captain Thomas Janisko, and TAM members Marcie Piper and Matthew Kenney.

    Transatlantic Middle East District Employee honored for support to others

    Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) Resource Management team member Lorie Polk was recently named the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Team Peer Supporter of the Year.

  • December

    A rendering of a nature center designed by high school interns working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District. The interns were part of a program the district hosts aimed at providing students with an interest in engineering and architecture opportunities to further explore those careers before attending college.

    District prepares for the future one student at a time

    Three high school students working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) wrapped up a fall internship this week by presenting their capstone project to district leadership and staff.

  • November

    Leadership Development Program participants and leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District walk the 3rd Battle of Winchester Battlefield in Winchester, VA as part of a “staff ride,” Staff rides are a military tradition where a senior leader, like the unit commander, takes subordinates on a battlefield tour to discuss what types of leadership lessons can be learned from a given battle. During the walk, LDP participants briefed district leadership on lessons they had learned about leadership traits while studying the battle.

    Future leaders participate in Army Tradition

    TAM's Leadership Development Program participants experience traditional military staff ride during a battlefield walk of the 3rd Battle of Winchester, Va.

  • August

    The Kuwait Ministry of Defense and Middle East District teams in Old Town Winchester during the KMOD’s recent Program Management Review in Winchester, Va., at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers headquarters there.

    District Hosts Kuwaiti Mission Partners

    The Transatlantic Middle East District provides construction and related support services for U.S. military and allied nation partners throughout the Middle East, and although it has offices in eight countries in the region, the bulk of its program is managed from its headquarters in Winchester. In most cases, TAM project managers and engineers meet with their mission partners in the countries where their projects are located, but on occasion, partners are hosted in Winchester and a bit of local hospitality is showcased along with project overviews.
  • ROTC cadets with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District Director of Programs Tom Waters, Commander Col. Philip Secrist (fourth from left) and Program Manager Forward Capt. Jonathan Patano. The cadets were assigned to TAM as part of an ROTC summer engineering internship program and visited both the headquarters in Winchester, Va. and the District’s Qatar Program Office.

    Cadets Expand View of Army Engineer Career

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) recently hosted four ROTC cadets during a summer program designed to expose them to the Army Engineer career field. The program allows cadets to shadow engineering officers and learn about potential career options available to them when they graduate and become officers.