"The USACE Qatar Team was very proud to host the Chief of Engineers and showcase the work we have done over the almost last 20 years here in Qatar and all we are currently doing. Spellmon also had a chance to meet with USACE personnel in the field, present awards and get their feedback on how they view their contributions to the USACE mission. Sometimes that’s a better bunker that can save lives, sometimes it’s building a dormitory that makes their deployment just a little bit more comfortable.” It’s great to get feedback from commanders in the field on our ability to provide what they need. “USACE isn’t the warfighter, but we enable the warfighter. “This Middle East is vital to security and stability around the world,” said Spellmon. The Transatlantic Division is aligned with U.S. USACE is divided up by Divisions and Districts with each Division matching up with a combatant command, the military commands responsible for each region of the globe. “We are one team with shared goals, committed to building innovative solutions that optimize our resources and deliver results.” Dennis Cummings, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing deputy commander. “We appreciate our partnership with USACE at Al Udeid Air Base” said Col. Recent efforts include the construction of new dining and housing facilities, utilities infrastructure and runway repair. military commanders to discuss how USACE can continue supporting U.S. In addition to meeting with Qatari defense forces, Spellmon also met with U.S. “It’s been great witnessing firsthand the strength of the relationships our engineers and program managers have cultivated with their allied nation counterparts over the years.” It’s great to be able to come here, continue our discussions and see that great work we’re doing with them,” said Spellmon. “USACE recently hosted Qatari Engineers in DC and we talked about strides they’ve made in expanding the capacity of their own engineering corps to include things like disaster response. In Qatar, Spellmon met with members of the Qatari Emirati Air Defense Forces, Qatari Emirati Air Force and Qatari Emirati Engineering Corps. That’s a testament to both our reputation for providing high quality design and construction services and the trust that the Middle East District has built with our allied partners year after year,” said Spellmon. “It’s important to note that our Middle East District mission partners are the ones paying for these projects, so they’ve got a choice on who they want to design and build them.
allies in the region on engineering, design and construction projects ranging from early road systems and airports to modern day state-of-the-art defense infrastructure.Ĭurrently most of this work is done through foreign military financing, where partner nations like Qatar and Jordan fund the oversight of construction on some of their defense infrastructure. Through TAM, the Army Corps of Engineers has had a permanent presence in the Middle East for more than 70 years, partnering with U.S.
Spellmon said that although the visits to the project sites were eye-opening, it was the relationships District personnel had cultivated with their partners overseas that were most impressive.
Spellmon visited missile defense and aircraft infrastructure projects in Qatar as well as projects USACE is undertaking for the Jordanian Air Force. allies currently working with USACE’s Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) on defense infrastructure projects. Scott Spellmon recently had a hand in building those bridges while visiting the Kingdom of Jordan and the State of Qatar – two long-standing U.S. allies to improve their defense and engineering capabilities. This is true in local communities when helping people recover from natural disasters and it’s true around the world when partnering with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the figurative bridges you build are often just as important at the literal ones.
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