Inside the Castle

In this episode, Inside the Castle learns more about the newest USACE District with Colonel Kenneth Reed, Commander of the Transatlantic Expeditionary District.

Founded on May 15, 2021, the Transatlantic Expeditionary District provides theater-wide engineering solutions and expertise in support of U. S. Coalition, and Host Nation efforts to enable the building of partner capacity within CENTCOM area of responsibility and to support overall CENTCOM mission objectives.

Learn more on our website: https://www.tad.usace.army.mil/TransatlanticExpeditionaryDistrict

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is continuously analyzing business procedures to identify areas to encourage process improvement, build more efficient workflows, and increase the overall mission execution.

USACE strives to safely deliver the mission on time and within budget. To help USACE achieve this goal, they have a cadre of business process improvement specialist across the organization who work to not only improve the way the organization does business but also incorporate the voice of the customer into various business procedures.

In this episode, we chat with Mr. Kevin Fuqua, the Business Process Improvement Program Manager at USACE Headquarters and Ms. Maria Kopka, Planner and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt at the St. Paul District, to learn more about how the Corps is working to improve business procedures to ensure we deliver high-quality projects in a safe and timely manner.

At the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of who we are. Diverse and inclusive teams have a positive impact on our programs and projects and help us better deliver the mission.

The newly formed Asian American, Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Community Group is one example of how we are constantly working to create a workplace where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work.

In this episode, we have a candid discussion with Wen-Huei Chang, Marie Kopka, and Judy McCrea, of the newly formed Asian American, Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Community Group about their experiences and how others can join their growing group.

We often turn to leaders and seasoned experts to guide the future of our organizations.

Now more than ever, it is essential that we give equal attention to employees in early stages of their careers—to learn from their insights, understand their perceptions, and recognize how they contribute to the mission.

In today’s episode, we’ll meet one of those early career employees.

Lindsay Floyd is 2½ years into her career as a Planner in the US Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District.

In this exclusive interview, Lindsay shares her thoughts on:

- A recent once-in-a-lifetime professional opportunity

- Her experience being recruited as a new graduate

- The ups and downs of onboarding

- Finding meaningful training when you’re just starting out

- Potential for a long-term career with the Corps

- What today's leaders can do attract the leaders of tomorrow

Do you know an early-career USACE employee who would be a great guest on Inside the Castle? Let’s connect!

Email [email protected]

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Inside the Castle Interviews ASA CW Michael Connor.

In this episode we learn about the USACE Command Partner Philosophy and the development a USACE Construction Partnering Playbook with Darrick Godfrey, Senior Construction Engineer at USACE Headquarters and Sheryl Gatz, Military Programs Strategic Planner at USACE Headquarters.

In this episode, Dr. Nadia Mohandessi sits down with Bo Ansley, Chief of Emergency Management at Mobile District and Matt Tate the National Disaster Program Manager at Mobile District to talk about how the Corps assists FEMA with their Debris mission.

In this episode we learn about the Corps’ Mapping, Modeling, and Consequences Production Center with Robert Stubbs, Production Center Director; Michelle Carey, Mapping and Documentation Branch Chief; and Kurt Buchanan, Consequences Tech Lead.

Feedback keeps us on our toes and makes us better professionals—and better humans. But where does good feedback come from? And what do we do when we get it?

This is part two of a career development mini-series about all things feedback.

An episode about feedback wouldn't be complete without asking you, our ITC listeners, to sound off with some feedback of your own.

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In this episode we start our three part Regulatory series with Ms. Sarah Wingert and Mr. Jacob Siegrist, Regulatory Program Managers at USACE Headquarters.