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    T.J. Rickey, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District biologist, and Morgan Brizendine, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, prepare to deploy a bottom troll net in the lower Alabama River in Camden, Alabama, Nov. 20, 2023. The Mobile District, along with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service were surveying the lower Alabama River for sturgeon and rare fish species. (Courtesy photo)

    Mobile District and partners study Alabama River

    It is said when you face a problem that, sometimes, it is best to have more than one person working to try and figure out a solution.
  • In 1990, President George H.W. Bush designated the month of November as National Native American Heritage Month. For 2023, the theme for this year’s celebration is Tribal Nations Soaring to New Heights. (Courtesy graphic)

    November is Native American Heritage Month

    A Native American philosopher once said, “History is not there for you to like or dislike. It is there for you to learn from it. And if it offends you, even better. Because then you are less likely to repeat it. It’s not yours to erase. It belongs to all of us.”
  • Tina Gatewood, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District customer service payroll representative poses for a photo with her Resource Management co-workers after a luncheon, Oct. 22, 2022, Mobile, Alabama. Despite being diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer, Gatewood worked almost up until the time of her passing, November 3, 2023. (Courtesy photo)

    Gatewood leaves behind a legacy of dedication and selflessness

    The novelist James Lane Allen is attributed with saying, "Adversity does not build character; it reveals it." The famous evangelist Billy Graham once said before his own death, "Some day our journey through this life will be over, and we will embark on another journey-one that will last forever."
  • Fred Miller, case manager for the deaf with the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB), demonstrates a sign during an American Sign Language (ASL) Lunch and Learn at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District headquarters building in Mobile, Alabama, Nov. 7, 2023. Miller and his interpreter, Lisa Gould, Interpreter Coordinator with the AIDB, spoke about ASL in recognition of National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Miller and Gould taught not just sign language but how to make your home and workplace deaf-friendly. (U.S. Army photo by Chuck Walker)

    American Sign Language (ASL) Lunch and Learn

    Fred Miller, case manager for the deaf with the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB), demonstrates a sign during an American Sign Language (ASL) Lunch and Learn at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District headquarters building in Mobile, Alabama, Nov. 7, 2023
  • Willard Bush, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District accountant, and Brian Ivey, Chief of Resource Management, go over financial charts, Nov. 1, 2023, at the District headquarters in Mobile, Alabama. Ivey said Bush, who was his first supervisor, shared his vast knowledge of accounting with him and helped him in his career. (U.S. Army photo by Chuck Walker)

    Mobile District employee continues serving after half a century with USACE

    In 1973, the U.S. ended its involvement in the Vietnam War by signing the Paris Peace Accords, George Foreman became the heavyweight champion of the world by knocking out Joe Frazier. Model and actress Tyra Banks was born, and artist Pablo Picasso died.