According to the National Women’s History Alliance, in 1973, the U.S. Congress designated August 26 as “Women’s Equality Day.” The date was selected to commemorate the 1920 certification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote. It was a culmination of a massive, peaceful civil rights movement by women that had its formal beginnings in 1848 at the world’s first women’s rights convention, in Seneca Falls, New York. The observance of Women’s Equality Day not only commemorates the passage of the 19th Amendment, but also calls attention to women’s continuing efforts toward full equality. Beth Coffey (pictured), NWD Director of Programs and a member of the Senior Executive Service, is a coach and mentor for women in our organization. Coffey also retired as a colonel from the U.S. Army Reserve. Women have a history of service to the country through the US Army even if they weren’t recognized for it, as their fight for equality is still ongoing. For instance, it wasn’t even until 2016 that women earned the equal right to choose any military occupational specialty, including ground combat units, that were previously unauthorized. As a recognition of Women’s Equality Day, Coffey will be on a Women’s Forum Panel for Northwestern Division and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division staff.
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This is the official LinkedIn of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Northwestern Division (NWD). the appearance of hyperlinks does not constitute endorsements by USACE. USACE does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at linked locations. NWD is one of nine USACE divisions. The five districts of NWD consistently achieve top marks for mission execution, customer satisfaction, and quality products. The Kansas City, Omaha, and Seattle districts have a preponderance of military and environmental projects whereas the Portland and Walla Walla districts have larger civil works programs. Awesome in its geographical breadth, economic, political and cultural diversity, NWD is nearly 2,000 miles wide, enveloping 14 states, 65 Congressional districts and 147 sovereign tribal nations. Two of the country’s longest rivers – the Missouri and Columbia – drain nearly one million square miles within its boundaries stretching from Seattle, Washington, to St. Louis, Missouri. Its civil works, military, and environmental programs surpass $3.0 billion annually. NWD manages its districts’ civil works activities based on river basins rather than state boundaries. Primary civil works missions encompass flood control, navigation, hydropower, fish and wildlife, water quality and irrigation, recreation, and disaster response. Within its jurisdiction are 80 dams and reservoirs, 29 hydropower plants, and 1,600 miles of navigable channels. Military boundaries are organized along state lines. Major military programs include providing design and construction support to key Army and Air Force installations and managing almost two million acres of military real estate for the Department of Defense. Mailing address: P.O. Box 2870, Portland, OR 97208-2870 Privacy: https://www.usace.army.mil/Privacy-and-Security/
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Tomorrow is National Hydropower Day, which typically generates a lot of interest in our organization (see what we did there😉)! #DYK hydropower allows for grid stability? It quickly delivers power after an outage, addresses peak demands and maintains proper voltage levels and frequencies across the grid. Hydro also helps sustain and integrate other renewables (wind and solar for instance) into the system. Hydropower can make sure power supplies stay constant — even when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing. Check out this BEA – UTIFUL image of The Dalles Dam on the Columbia River in Oregon (with Mt. Hood in the background). Portland District operates and maintains The Dalles, which has 22 generators with a generating capacity of 2,100 megawatts. That’s enough to power 1,672,356 homes (the Northwest Power & Conservation Council estimates, “one average megawatt is enough to power 796.36 Northwest homes for a year”). Learn more about The Dalles Dam by visiting: https://lnkd.in/dgEdgeTG.
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📷: Col. Andy Niewohner (right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District commander and district engineer, Robin Perusich (center), lead project engineer, and Lt. Col. Doug Brownhill (left), deputy commander, were on the Missouri River for an overview of the Bank Stabilization and Navigation Program, Aug. 9, 2024. The program is not only a monumental undertaking but crucial for the Heartland. It maintains a 9' by 300' navigation channel spanning over 730 miles from Sioux City, Iowa, to near St. Louis, Missouri. The program protects communities by stabilizing riverbanks, safeguarding property and infrastructure from erosion, and helping to prevent flooding. It ensures safe navigation for commercial shipping, supporting the transport of 5.7M tons of cargo annually--$60B in local agricultural exports).
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Lt. Col. Collin Jones, Hawaii Wildfires Recovery Field Office commander, recently recognized Tracy Bell for her contributions to support the recovery efforts following the wildfires Aug. 8, 2023. The US Army Corps of Engineers is actively supporting the FEMA, state of Hawaii and the county of Maui. USACE efforts have included providing temporary power, building a temporary elementary school, planning temporary housing and removing debris from impacted areas in Kula and Lahaina. Tracy is a retired annuitant who used to work for Portland District and Northwestern Division. #MauiFires #BuildingStrong #USACE
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How's it hanging? This was William Pyper's (Portland District Engineer-in-Training) first climb 🤯. Portland District's rope access team recently inspected a few of the spillway gates at Chief Joseph Dam, the second-largest hydropower dam in the country, located on the Columbia River in north central Washington. Seattle District operates and maintains Chief Joseph Dam. Portland's specially trained six-person rope team is one of only a few climbing inspection teams across the US Army Corps of Engineers’ 42 districts. They inspect the hydraulic steel structures (spillway gates, lock gates, bulkheads, stoplogs, etc.) at dams and locks across our district and others. They also inspect bridges. And sometimes turbines.
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Interested talking to Amber Tilton, Portland District’s talent manager? You’re in luck since she will be at a diversity and employment day career fair in Portland, Aug. 21. Amber will have a booth and be able to talk about working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, how to apply through USA.jobs, etc. More info about the event can be found here: https://lnkd.in/g8evCT6R (the event is free and this is not an endorsement of the specific event). And if you’re the type of person who likes to prep before talking to employers, visit https://lnkd.in/gfPqH_cW to learn more.
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#DKY: Forbes selected Omaha, Nebraska as the “#1 Best City to Move to in 2024” based on housing costs, cost of living, crime rates, air quality, quality of education, median income, employment rates, weather, entertainment establishments, average commute time and net migration.
Last week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Engineering Division Summer Intern Orientation Program toured ongoing construction at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Joel Flere, supervisory civil engineer, and Matt Hebert, workload manager, briefed the interns on how the district is currently supporting seven flood recovery projects to include military working dog kennels, an indoor small arms range, the upcoming Non-Kinetic Operations Campus, the Nuclear Command, Control and Communications Campus, and more. If you’re a current student in high school, college, trade school or another qualifying educational institution, you may be eligible to become an intern. Visit https://lnkd.in/gwFysFfU to learn more. #OmahaUSACE #BuildingStrong #JoinOurHerd
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Allen Chestnut, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District dam safety program manager, and other district staff perform a periodic inspection of Long Branch Dam in Missouri on July 16, 2024. In addition to being a professional engineer (P.E.), he's pointing with his left-hand*, which makes this a great post for today because it's International Left Handers Day! International Left Handers Day is a day to celebrate the uniqueness and differences of left-handed individuals. *We do not know if Chestnut is actually left-handed or just happens to be pointing with his left hand. What we do know is that he takes dam safety seriously.
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Director of Programs recognized for extraordinary achievements by career executives in Federal service. #Leadership