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  • 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.
  • Transatlantic Middle East District's legal office summer hire Mikayla Ockerman.

    TAM supports local student reaching for legal career

    In constant support for building the bench, TAM's Office of Counsel hired James Madison University senior Mikayla Ockerman for a summer internship in Winchester.

  • May

    Kathryn Morris

    Transatlantic Middle East District Legal Staff Continues to Raise the Bar

    Multiple staff members recently received national recognition for their work representing the interests of the U.S. government in a variety of significant legal matters. During the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Senior Legal Managers Governance and Continuing Legal Education meeting, the USACE Office of Chief Counsel announced the winners of its annual awards. District office of counsel staff members Regina Schowalter, Lindsay Nicodemus, and Kathryn Morris were all recognized.
  • MSG Shantae Allen is presented with a Meritorious Service Medal by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District Commander, COL Philip Secrist, for her work as a contracting officer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Middle East District.

    Senior Contracting NCO benefits from unique USACE experience

    When Senior Contracting NCO MSG Shantae Allen was asked to describe her recent assignment with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM), the first word that came to mind was “unique.”

  • March

    Middle East District civil engineer Garrison Myers, P.E., assists students with weight testing their bridge, following a presentation he gave on general engineering principles and his own personal experiences with engineering, at the DoD-sponsored STARBASE Academy Winchester, Va.

    Confidence in future STEMs from students’ enthusiasm

    The Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) participates in events that highlight and encourage interest in STEM through STARBASE Academy in Winchester, Va. While no two discussions with 5th graders are the same, this week's encounter was one for the books!

  • February

    Newly refurbished pier and harbor house. The $53m project, built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Middle East District will enhance both Kuwait and U.S. military operations in the region.

    U.S., Kuwaiti militaries celebrate infrastructure improvements

    A ribbon cutting ceremony held on February 2 marked the completion of a new $53 million pier project at Kuwait Naval Base. The pier, built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Middle East District, will enhance both Kuwait and U.S. military operations in the region.

  • January

    U.S. Army Lt. Col. Daniel J. Fox, deputy commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District, presents Cheryl Young of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District, with a certificate during a recognition ceremony in Wiesbaden, Germany, Jan. 13, 2022. Ms. Young processed over 100 special issuance passport applications within a week for Europe District personnel and their family members. (U.S. Army photo by Alfredo Barraza)

    Middle East District expertise helps care for USACE Team

    TAM's Cheryl Young traveled to Germany to help clear Europe District's passport backlog.

  • October

    Member of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Contracting team show off their Tie Dye during Contracting's "Spirit Week," a morale boosting event held in the lead up to a new fiscal year. The weeks leading up to the end of a fiscal year can be extremely busy for Contracting, Resource Management and others who deal with an organization's finances.

    The Magic Behind the Mystery: Fiscal New Year for Dummies

    The importance of the end of the fiscal year is something almost anyone working for the federal government is somewhat familiar with, but for Contracting and Resource Management, the days leading up to it are among the busiest and most important of their entire year. And while for some employees the days leading up to a “fiscal new year,” are simply background noise, Contracting and RM are quite literally ensuring their agencies continue to function -- especially in an organization like the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) which deals in multi-million dollar construction contracts as well as a host of smaller contracts for services throughout the Middle East supporting U.S. military and allied nations in the region.

  • September

    TAM's Garrison Myer presents Engineering for students attending the STARBASE Academy Winchester, on Sept. 20, 2021. About 20 4th grade students from John Kerr Elementary School in Winchester built bridges and enjoyed the weight-bearing competition afterwards.

    Turns out engineering really is kinda cool

    When U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District civil engineer Garrison Myer started discussing engineering with 20 students at STARBASE Academy Winchester on Sept. 20, they seemed luke-warm and a bit skeptical about his obvious enthusiasm for engineering. But that changed pretty quickly after Myer’s presentation and hands-on session.

  • August

    Middle East District Assistant District Counsel Traci Cunningham recently earned the E. Manning Seltzer award from Headquarters USACE for her efforts to make federal ethics rules more understandable to District employees through her advice column and humor.

    Award Winning Attorney Moonlights as Advice Columnist

    An attorney with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District recently earned an award for her efforts to make federal ethics rules more understandable to District employees.

  • July

    U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Kimberly M. Colloton, commanding general and division engineer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Division, and Kuwait Army Maj. Gen. Adel Al Hafez, commander with the Kuwait Air Defense Forces, cut the ribbon at the new Patriot Fire Site, Site #7, Kuwait, July 5, 2021. The new Air Defense site will expand the Kuwait Ministry of Defense’s defense capabilities and enable assured protection to Kuwaiti citizens and allies.

    Middle East District, Kuwaitis Deliver the Program during COVID

    Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District’s (TAM) Kuwait Program Management Office and Members of the Kuwaiti military held a ribbon cutting ceremony July 5th to celebrate completion of a Kuwaiti PATRIOT missile defense battery.

  • June

    TAM Program Manager Pete DeMattei just prior to his presentations on the Western Basing Network during the June 8-9 Industry Day Event in Saudi Arabia.

    Developing lasting industry-government partnerships through collaboration, networking

    USACE Middle East District sponsored a two-day Industry Day event in Saudi Arabia on June 8 and 9.
  • Transatlantic Middle East District Program Manager Kim Sanders with members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District Qatar Resident Office visiting the site of one of her projects in the State of Qatar.

    Program Manager goes the extra 7,000 miles

    Headquartered in Winchester, Virginia, with projects spread throughout the Middle East, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) is farther from its projects than any other district in the Corps. So TAM program manager Kim Sanders is used to overcoming the tyranny of distance. However, when she recently had the chance to close that distance she jumped on the opportunity.

  • March

    Staff. Sgt. Buddy C. Reynold during his time in the Army, long before he was one of the guest speakers for this year's Black History Month Celebration.

    BHM speakers highlight value, importance of time

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) held a Black History Month celebration Feb. 26. The event was held virtually and featured two guest speakers: Staff Sgt. Buddy C. Reynolds, a 100-year-old World War II veteran and the Honorable Randall Johnson Jr., a District Judge in Richmond, Va.

  • February

    The headquarters building for the SHIELD 5 missile defense project in Qatar. The SHIELD 5 program built missile defense infrastructure project was managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on behalf of Qatar. Large scale projects such as this, which involve multiple sites and a long construction schedule require significant analysis from the District's cost engineering team to provide an accurate assessment of cost.

    It’s going to cost how much? The Inside Story of Cost Engineers

    Whether building a new deck on the back of one’s house or the entire infrastructure for a missile defense program, the most basic and complex question in construction is always, “How much is it going to cost?” That is the critical role of a cost engineer (CE) comes in. In construction organizations, project managers and design engineers get the glory but cost engineers play a critical role behind the scenes. This is especially true in an organization like the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM).

  • January

    MSG Shantae Allen describes some key timeline events on the road to voting rights for other disenfranchised groups of Americans. This was part of the display developed by the Middle East District's Federal Women's Program Committee to mark Women's Equality Day in August.

    Spirit of volunteerism is alive and well at the Middle East District

    Organizational tasks not directly associated with TAM's mission statement, but vital to improving the overall work climate, rely entirely on team members’ passion and volunteer spirit to be accomplished. They build morale, increase diversity and cultural awareness, making the organization stronger.

  • November

    Members of the 310th Engineering Detachment work on construction a Joint Air Ground Station building in Qatar. The building is being built using troop labor from a design from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Middle East District's Center of Standardization for Nonpermanent Facilities (COS). The COS maintains a library of off the shelf designs that can be adapted for almost any purpose. Using COS designs can save significant time and money in the construction process.

    COS savings benefit USACE mission partners

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Center of Standardization for Nonpermanent Facilities (COS) maintains a library of off the shelf designs, readily adaptable to almost any purpose, saving time and money.