Engineer Memoirs _____________________________________________________________________
I liked the Corps of Engineers so much. I've served at division level; I've served on the
USACE staff as Deputy Director of Civil Works, Deputy ACE, and the Chief of Public
Affairs. I may be getting into a little bit more of the career stuff here but, I mean, they're
pertinent to the deputy job.
Q:
Sure.
General Kem (second from left) toured the Pineville, Kentucky,
project as the Nashville District prepared to drill tunnels.
A:
So, I've had an awful lot of interaction time in the headquarters working with people. When I
was at Belvoir, that's so close, so much interaction--I didn't need an agenda. I just knew a
bunch of people that were very enjoyable to work with, and I knew so many people in
USACE headquarters too--most of the SESs, plus the general officers and quite a number of
the office chiefs--that it was almost like rejoining the family.
I was coming back to a place where I knew I'd be professionally challenged, rewarded, and
satisfied and working with good people and doing the very interesting and very important
work of the Corps.
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