Story by Joseph Macri | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East District | 04.08.2020
Although COVID-19 virus has led to the cancellation of many of the traditional high school rites of passage around the country, a passion for engineering and an assist from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) helped high school senior Sally Sydnor maintain some sense of normalcy during a final year of high school that has been anything but. Sydnor was in......
Story by Julie Shoemaker | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East District | 01.14.2019
Through its over 60 years of existence, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) has honed its ability to deliver large scale construction projects in some of the toughest construction environments in the world. It has also led the district to develop a unique set of capabilities it’s been able to utilize beyond construction projects to its U.S. and allied......
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Transatlantic Division | 12.12.2018
“We provide vital master planning, environmental, engineering, construction, and project integration support,” said Todd Watts, Deputy for Programs and Project Management. “But we are also coaches, mentors and advisors to the CJTF staff who are in roles that they may not be used to. TFE’s role in theater is truly unique for a deployed USACE organization,” Watts said. Task Force......
Story by Joan Kibler | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Transatlantic Division | 11.08.2018
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....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East District | 02.28.2018
Steve Zeltner has spent his career in jobs where he could make a positive impact, although he’s the first to say that he doesn’t want to be that person “out front.” Zeltner, chief of Programs Integration Division at the Transatlantic Division (TAD), retires Feb. 28 and leaves a wealth of institutional knowledge with those who have worked with him. TAD, a major subordinate command of......
Story by Julie Shoemaker | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Middle East District | 07.14.2017
Maj. Gen. Robert Carlson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE, Transatlantic Division commander, relinquished command during a Change of Command and Change of Responsibility Ceremony July 14 at the division’s headquarters in Winchester, Va....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District | 06.03.2015
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Savannah District employee, currently deployed to Afghanistan with USACE-Transatlantic Afghanistan District (TAA), has been awarded one of the highest honors bestowed within the Corps of Engineers. Gordon Simmons, chief of engineering, was presented with the Bronze Order of the de Fleury Medal Monday....
Story by Alicia Embrey | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters | 05.16.2014
McBride, a resident of Baltimore, Md., received the award, signed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Transatlantic Division Commander Maj. Gen. Michael Eyre, for exceptional meritorious service to the District, from May 18, 2013 to May 31, 2014 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom....