DTIC ADA627561: One Door to the Corps: The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville Historical Update, 1998-2007

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ONE DOOR to the CORPS:
The U.S. ARMY ENGINEERING and SUPPORT CENTER, HUNTSVILLE
HISTORICAL UPDATE, 1998-2007
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ONE DOOR to the CORPS:
THE U.S. ARMY ENGINEERING and SUPPORT CENTER, HUNTSVILLE
HISTORICAL UPDATE, 1998-2007
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
HUNTSVILLE CENTER, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
P.O. BOX 1600
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA 35807-4301
REPLY TO
A TTENTlON OF
Foreword
To the Members and Friends of the Huntsville Center:
The history you are about to read is a summary of the great work that the Huntsville
Engineering and Support Center has accomplished over the last 10 years. In these few pages, it
is impossible to fully capture the magnitude of the effort and energy that the hundreds of
dedicated professional Center personnel have expended on behalf of the nation. Their work
directly improved the lives of Military Members, their Families, other Department of Defense
and non-DoD personnel around the world. The employees ofthe Center do this work not for
fame or fortune, but because they know their effort is helping to improve the quality of life for
our Armed Forces, improving quality and efficiencies in our numerous governmental agencies
we support, and helping to provide vital security for our nation through our numerous regional
and global programs.
You will enjoy learning about the many, many changes and challenges the Huntsville Center
has embraced over the past 10 years. The Center began to focus on quality for the customers and
was the recipient of numerous Army-level quality awards. This focus on quality resulted in the
Center becoming one of only a few organizations in the US Army Corps of Engineers to have its
Quality Management System ISO 9000 certified in 2007. Organizationally, the Center continued
to evolve in order to better serve the customers and stakeholders. For instance, in 2007, it gained
the former Hazard, Toxic and Radioactive Waste Center of Expertise in Omaha, merging with
the Military Munitions CX to form the Environment and Munitions Center of Expertise (EM
CX). Global War on Terrorism programs were instituted after September 11, 200l. Other CXs
were established as well, such as the Installation Support Cx. New programs started such as the
billion dollar Coalition Munitions Clearance (CMC) program in Iraq. And hundreds of Center
personnel stepped forward to deploy to support the GWOT efforts in rebuilding Iraq and
Afghanistan, as well as rebuilding in America after Hurricanes Katrina and Ike.
Any organization is only as good as its people. Even a cursory reading of this short history
will demonstrate that the Huntsville Engineering and Support Center's personnel are among the
best in the nation. They are the driving force that is taking the Center from a good organization
to a GREAT organization. Building Strong!
Sincerely,
ALl/41-~
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D. McCallister
Colonel, USA Retired

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Many individuals contributed to the
successful completion of this history.
Foremost, the Public Affairs Office, under
the guidance of Ms. Debra Valine, provided
ample historical data to get the project off to
a great beginning. We are also grateful to
the numerous employees, both active and
retired, who took time to sit down for
interviews. The following current and
former employees reviewed the document
and provided comments, suggestions, and
constructive criticism for the document.
Colonel (Ret.) Walter J. Cunningham Bradford L. M<!Cowan
Colonel (Ret.) Harry Spear FawzyMakar
Colonel (Ret.) John D. Rivenburgh, P.E. John D. Matthews
Colonel (Ret.) Larry D. McCallister, Suzanne G. Murdock
PhD, P.E., PMP Betty Neff
C. Robert Britton, PMP Robert Nore, P.E.
Sharon H. Butler Cyndee L. Oleyte
James M. Cox John C. Potter, Phd.
Lawrence P. Delaney, R.A. Angela Rackard
Charles "Dave" Douthat Mirko Rakigjija
Wayne H. Galloway Jim Reynolds
Patrick M. Haas, P.E. Boyce L. Ross, P .E.
Toni S. Hamley William J. Sargent
Brenda L. Hatley Linda Sisk
Linda M. Hocker Michael E. Stovall, PhD, P.E.
Emmett L. Hopkins Richard M. Suever
Jerry M. Hubbard Antonio Torres, P.E., M.ASCE
William o. Johnson Wes Turner
Thomas A. Kenney Debra Valine
Steven G. Light, P.E., PMP Chaquandra K. Wilson
John C. Lonnquest Carol Youkey, P.E., PLS
JohnM. Loyd Sandi Zebrowski, P.E.
John W. Mayes
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TABLE of CONTENTS
FOREWORD ................................................................................................................................. iii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...............................................................................................................v
LIST of FIGURES ......................................................................................................................... ix
LIST of ACRONYMS ................................................................................................................. xiii
CHAPTER 1 LOOKING BACK: 1967-1997 ............................................................................... 1
CHAPTER 2 THE HUNTSVILLE CENTER MATURES: Competitiveness, Perceptions, and
Challenges ................................................................................................................ 9
CHAPTER 3 THE HUNTSVILLE CENTER and the CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION
MISSION ......................................................................... ,. .................................... 23
CHAPTER 4 OLD MUNITIONS and NEW STRATEGIES ...................................................... 39
CHAPTER 5 IN SUPPORT of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM: Captured Enemy
Ammunition and Coalition Munitions Clearance ................................................ ..47
CHAPTER 6 CHANGES in the POLITICAL WIND: Huntsville Center's Support of the
Ballistic Missile Defense Mission ......................................................................... 53
CHAPTER 7 FOR THE SOLDIERS' COMFORT: Installation Support and Medical
Programs ................................................................................................................6 1
APPENDIX: COMMANDER BIOGRAPHIES ............................................................................7 7
REFERENCES CITED .................................................................................................................. 85
ENDNOTES ..................................................................................................................................9 5
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