US Army Corps of Engineers
I joined the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1984 after graduating from the University of Minnesota. I received a degree in Civil Engineering specializing in water resource engineering particularly hydrologic design. I enjoyed ten years in the Corps’ St. Paul District Engineering Division’s Hydrology Section conducting statistical analyses, rainfall-runoff modeling and hydrologic design. A transfer to the Division’s Water Control (now Water Management) Section further honed my hydrology skills. For 10 years I regulated multi-purpose flood control reservoirs and the Mississippi River 9-foot channel lock and dam project down to Lock and Dam No. 10 among other tasks. After expanding my skill set for two years in the Project Management Division, I returned to what was now the Engineering and Construction Division as the Assistant to the Division Chief. Eight years later I took a one year sabbatical. I returned to the Corps’ Operations Division, Regulatory Branch to manage the Record of Decision for the Polymet Mine Environmental Impact Statement. I am currently executing various initiatives in the Project Management Division related to the District moving from the Great Northern Building to the First Bank Building. The Corps is an amazing organization that I am blessed to be a part of.
On 16 June 1775, two days after the establishment of the Continental Army, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was founded Thus began a rich heritage of engineering solutions to this nation’s toughest challenges. The Corps is comprised of soldiers and Department of the Army Civilians. The United States Army stands strong in the defense of this Nation.
This is LTG Spellmon’s message to the Engineer Regiment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkD-Mst-NX0
The history of our Nation IS the history of the Corps of Engineers. Combat engineers have served in every armed conflict our nation has ever been involved. Army engineers played a crucial role in the growth of the young republic, surveying routes for canals and railroads and serving as explorers, surveyors and map makers who opened the American West.
No matter the challenges the nation faces be it a domestic or foreign threat, a natural or man-made disaster, or a global pandemic public health crisis, engineers have been there on the front lines at home and abroad.