Timothy "Jay" Caldwell II, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District cost engineer, and his wife, Brittany, pose for a family photo at Caldwell's parents' house in Spanish Fort, Alabama, Dec. 25, 2025. Caldwell, who started working in the Mobile District when he was in high school, recently won the 2026 Cost Engineer of the Year for MILCON for the 2026 Engineering and Construction Community of Practice Awards. (Courtesy photo)

A dredge performs maintenance work in the Mobile Harbor, Mobile, Alabama, June 4, 2025. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, looks for ways to use dredged sediment to restore sediment-starved marshes in Mobile Bay. (Courtesy photo)

Six 3-D printed oyster reefs sit waiting to be deployed into Mobile Bay in Coden, Alabama, July 9, 2026. The reefs were made from dredged sediment and printed out on a 3-D printer by the USACE Engineer Research and Development Center and brought to Mobile to help the oyster habitat in the Mobile Bay. (U.S. Army photo by Keesha Robinson)

A dredge performs maintenance work in the Mobile Harbor, Mobile, Alabama, June 3, 2025. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, looks for ways to use dredged sediment to restore sediment-starved marshes in Mobile Bay. (Courtesy photo)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers park rangers observe as students paint bee boxes during a pollinator outreach event at White Oak Elementary School in Sugar Hill, Georgia, March 23, 2026. The event connected classroom science lessons with real-world learning about pollinators, conservation, and natural resource stewardship. (Courtesy photo)