Tower Times

Welcome to Rock Island District's command information magazine the Tower Times. This publication is published bimonthly by the Corporate Communications Office providing timely and accurate information between the District commander and District employees, retirees and the public. The Tower Times is written and published in an effort to increase employee morale and welfare, job performance and satisfaction, and to increase the knowledge, understanding, and support of USACE, Department of Army, and Department of Defense initiatives, programs and priorities.

Now Available: November/December 2025

 

In this issue you will find:

  • Rising to the Challenge: The Rock Island Way
  • Rangers Share Illinois Waterway History, Expertise on “Lunch & Lock” Cruises
  • Silver Jackets: Celebrating a Legacy of Flood Risk Management and Teamwork  
  • Nature-Based Mitigation Banking:  Beaver Dams at New Melleray Abbey
  • We Work the Waterways
  • Employee Spotlight: Megan Phlamm 
  • Rock Island District Tackles Emergency at Chicago Harbor Lock with Innovative Solution
  • DEPLOYMENT SPOTLIGHT: Supporting Critical Missions Abroad: Inside the Forward Engineer Support Team-Advanced
  • FY25 Year in Review
  • Around The District

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