Story by Lawrence Brooks | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District | 09.26.2025
When thinking about professional development within the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Leadership Development Program is the gold standard. That’s why fiscal year 2024 LDP graduate, security specialist Jason Smith, took his year two LDP project to the next level — developing an internal mentorship application that focuses on leveraging the principles he and other......
Story by Lawrence Brooks | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division | 08.25.2025
The Kansas City District has long played a significant role in testing and implementing new approaches to conducting work across its sprawling footprint in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. Now, a new pilot program that leverages GoPro cameras and Artificial Intelligence technology reflects a broader commitment to using these tools for smarter, more efficient ways to serve the needs of the......
Story by Lawrence Brooks | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division | 08.25.2025
The Kansas City District has long played a significant role in testing and implementing new approaches to conducting work across its sprawling footprint in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. Now, a new pilot program that leverages GoPro cameras and Artificial Intelligence technology reflects a broader commitment to using these tools for smarter, more efficient ways to serve the needs of the......
Story by Lawrence Brooks | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division | 07.30.2025
The Kansas City District's Readiness and Contingency Operations Office and the Emergency Management Division could not function as designed without the many dedicated volunteers who take time away from their families and normal professional duties, when asked to deploy across the county in response to natural disasters....
Story by Lawrence Brooks | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division | 04.24.2025
Dams are a critical component to domestic infrastructure that provides benefits to the American citizen that are sometimes overlooked. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, manages 18 of the nation's more than 3,000 federally owned dams, and maintenance and inspection of these engineering marvels are crucial to preventing major flooding throughout the region. That's why a......
Story by Lawrence Brooks | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District | 03.13.2025
It's a customary practice and U.S. Army tradition, to surround inexperienced soldiers with seasoned mentors. To the contrary, The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, an institution that supports the Army's mission, is comprised of mostly civilians with no military service. Despite the glaring difference, using the mentor-mentee relationships and its many principles, is how the......
Story by Lawrence Brooks | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division | 02.11.2025
The 12-members of NWK's fiscal year 2025 Leadership Development Program, spent a day exploring the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum to study the life and learn more about some of the crucial decisions made by the only President to hail from Missouri. For these Department of the Army civilians, it turned out to be a high intensity team building exercise, that will help them all stay calm when......
Story by Lawrence Brooks | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division | 02.11.2025
The 12-members of NWK's fiscal year 2025 Leadership Development Program, spent a day exploring the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum to study the life and learn more about some of the crucial decisions made by the only President to hail from Missouri. For these Department of the Army civilians, it turned out to be a high intensity team building exercise, that will help them all stay calm when......
