Engineer Memoirs
The Association of Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy presented General Morris (center) with
the Distinguished Graduate Award along with MG Adrian St. John (Ret.) (left) and MG Michael
Collins (Ret.) (right) in 1998. (Photo courtesy of Assembly, Roger Pettengill, Academy Photo.)
. The importance of the Chief of Engineers and USACE suffered a major setback
when many of the duties of the Assistant Chief of Engineers were assigned to a new
DA staff element. The reasons for this move are not clear to me, but the effects seem
clear.
Of course, there have been other developments which are more positive and provide the basis
for my observation that the pendulum will swing in a direction more favorable to the Chief of
Engineers and USACE
. The civilian staff within USACE remains outstanding and must continue to be so,
for herein lies the strength of USACE
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