A towboat moves barges with commodities March 13, 2024, at the confluence of the Mississippi River and Ohio River. This perspective is from Fort Defiance Park in Cairo, Illinois. (USACE Video by Leon Roberts)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – On your way to the Smyrna, Tennessee National Guard Base, you’ll pass the Capt. Jeff Kuss USMC Memorial. The instantly recognizable monument is an actual Blue Angels F/A-18C Hornet in full regalia, tail number six --- the same number Kuss was flying on June 2, 2016, when a tragic in-flight accident cost him his life while preparing for the Great Tennessee Airshow.
Though most leaders throughout the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will never fly a fighter jet, the Jeff Kuss memorial is a sobering reminder of the sacrifice that leadership sometimes requires. And nearly in the shadow of this monument, operations professionals from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District gathered from April 16-18 to hone...
05.10.2024 | NASHVILLE, TN, US |
Story by Jeremy Croft