VICKSBURG, Miss. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) Vicksburg District commemorated 149 years of service and recognized 154 personnel for Founder’s Day on Aug. 18. This year’s special recognition award ceremony included civil engineer Brian Oliver, who received the USACE Instrumentation and Performance Monitoring Award for his leadership in and commitment to evaluation and assessment of instrumentation data. CIO-6 employees D.W. Long and Mark Gause received certificates of appreciation for their technological support and exceptional customer service to the district. The district was founded Aug. 18, 1873, when Capt. William Henry Harrison Benyaurd opened a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers office in Monroe, La. The first permanent Vicksburg office was established in 1884. The Vicksburg District encompasses a 68,000-square-mile area across portions of Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana that holds nine major river basins and incorporates about 460 miles of mainline Mississippi River levees. The Vicksburg District employs about 1,100 personnel. (Source; USACOE Vicksburg 08/19/220 USACE Vicksburg District celebrates history, personnel service at 18th annual Founder’s Day > Vicksburg District > News Releases (army.mil)
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