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)

Workers and Contractors perform repairs on the Holt Lock and Dam in Holt, Alabama, March 31, 2026. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District employees at the Lock and Dam noticed cracks in the monolith in May 2024, those were temporarily fixed. Now USACE is working on the two-phase permanent fix to the Lock and Dam. (Courtesy photo)

A larval light trap is prepared for deployment in the Coosawattee River April 14, 2026, below Carters Lake near Chatsworth, Georgia. The device uses light to attract and capture drifting fish as part of lake sturgeon monitoring efforts. (U.S. Army photo by Travis England)

Kimberly Brackett, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District Architect-Engineering Section Chief and Contracting Officer, elaborates about an important section of a contract to Kellden Williams, left, and Justin Tarver, Contracting Specialists, at the Mobile District Office, Mobile, Alabama, April 14, 2026. Brackett began working with USACE and the Mobile District as a college intern and has been with the District for over 23 years. (U.S. Army photo by Chuck Walker)