Col. Kelcey Shaw, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, speaks to students in Dr. Willie Patterson’s Comparative Politics class at the University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, May 1, 2026. Shaw gave the students a firsthand look at his experience as a career officer in the U.S. Army. (U.S. Army photo by Chuck Walker)

Patrick Yoder, emergency management chief for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, speaks with district leadership and personnel during a hurricane tabletop exercise in Mobile, Alabama, May 7, 2026. The exercise focused on coordination, planning and response efforts ahead of the 2026 hurricane season.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District employees and seniors from Murphy High School pose for a group photo out in front of the Mobile District Office, Mobile, Alabama, April 22, 2026. The 10 seniors from Murphy were at the District for a job shadowing day to learn about the different careers USACE offers and how those employees perform their jobs on a daily basis. (U.S. Army photo by Chuck Walker)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District's dredging of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway inside a containment basin at the Port of Mobile in Mobile, Alabama, where the material is being used beneficially to build land for the Phase 4 terminal expansion, April 2, 2026. The D33 Haul Out project, in partnership with the Alabama Port Authority, repurposes 496,900 tons of dredged material from USACE's upland placement area on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway to support the Port's Terminal Expansion Project. (Courtesy photo)