Jason Krick, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District Chief of Engineering, poses with his family (from left to right) daughters Olivia and Claire, wife Laci, and daughters Sophie and Emma in Mobile, Alabama, October 15, 2024. Krick, who has been with the Mobile District for more than 25 years and won the USACE Civilian of the Year Award for 2025, said his family has supported him throughout his career. (Courtesy Photo)

Park Ranger Christine Dowell stands at the entrance of R. Shaefer Heard Campground, West Point Lake, December 4, 2025. Dowell is the campground coordinator for the project and is part of the team that helped earn the campground RV Life’s “Best of the Best” recognition for 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Travis England)

A 3-D printed oyster reef made from dredged sediment from the Mobile Bay sits on an Oyster Farm on Mon Louis Beach in Dauphin Island, Alabama, Nov. 19, 2025. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, in partnership with ERDC and the MBNEP, developed the project to use dredged sediment from the bay beneficially. (U.S. Army photo by Chuck Walker)

James Hathorn, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District Water Management chief, right, speaks with Colin Smith, Murphy High School student, about his future and his goals at the Mobile District Office, Mobile, Alabama, Sept. 22, 2025. Smith, a sophomore at Murphy, aspires to pursue a career in engineering upon graduating from high school. (U.S. Army photo by Chuck Walker)

Anthony Spriggs, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District Civil Engineer Technician, and Ian Linderman, Construction Control Representative, both from the Panama City Site Office, participated and won in the Warrior Memorial Reefs Foundation's annual spearfishing tournament on September 13, 2025.