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  • August

    Lt. Col. (Ret.) Suzy Mitchem

    Mitchem brings wealth of Army legal experience

    Lt. Col. (Ret.) Suzy Mitchem is the new District Counsel. She comes to the Memphis following a distinguished career in war and in peace while serving in a succession of leadership positions at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels in the Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps.
  • Left to right, Deputy Commander Lt. Col. Dave Patton, former Commander Col. Vernie Reichling, IFPTE Local 259 President Melvin Tate, new Memphis District Commander Col. Jeffery A. Anderson, Civilian Personal Advisory Center Director Fred Grittman, and Marvin Roddy.

    New Labor Forum to Improve Work Life

    In the works for more than a year, a Labor-Management Forum Agreement between the International Federation of Professional and Technical Employees Local 259 and the Memphis District was signed July 9 at district headquarters.

  • July

    July 9, 2013: Memphis District Commander Col. Vernie Reichling (left) and International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) Local 259 President Melvin Tate (right) signed a Labor Forum Agreement today at the District Headquarters. In the works for more than a year, the agreement between IFPTE and the Memphis District will establish and maintain a cooperative, constructive working relationship which will provide a better quality of work life for employees, more efficient administration of District programs, and above all, better service for the District’s customers. The forum will meet quarterly and will include IFPTE bargaining unit employees and District management.

    Memphis District Commander Col. Vernie Reichling signs a Labor Forum Agreement at the District Headquarters

    July 9, 2013: Memphis District Commander Col. Vernie Reichling (left) and International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) Local 259 President Melvin Tate (right) signed a Labor Forum Agreement today at the District Headquarters.

  • April

    Left to Right, Robert Dunn, John Berrey, Quapaw tribal elder Ranny McWaters, Delaware Nation THPO Tamara Francis Fourkiller, Jimmy McNeil and Col. Vernie Reichling at the Programmatic Agreement signing Nov. 20, 2012.

    Federally recognized tribes sign BPNM Floodway programmatic agreement

    Six federally recognized tribes have signed the new Birds Point/New Madrid Floodway Programmatic Agreement (PA). Two tribes, the Quapaw Tribe and the Delaware Nation, signed the PA during a signing ceremony held at Memphis District Nov. 20, 2012. Three tribes - Osage Nation, the Absentee Shawnee, and the Eastern Shawnee - signed by mail in December 2012, and the Thlopthlocco Creek signed in a ceremony Jan. 18.
  • Along with a commemorative copy of the designation document signed by the Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes (Center) sent this “thank you” photo taken at the designation ceremony Jan. 9 in Little Rock, Ark. The Honorable Terrence “Rock” Salt, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for Civil Works is on the far right.

    White River receives National Blueway designation

    The White River and its entire basin became the second watershed to receive designation as a “National Blueway” at a ceremony in Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 9. The first was the Connecticut River; however the White River Watershed is the first to undergo the full nomination, evaluation and recognition process.