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Have you ever wondered where
your job fits into the overall government workforce?
You make up one of over 2.7 million civilian and 1.4
million military personnel that make up the Federal
Government, one of 654,000 civilians employed by the
Department of Defense, one of 230,000 who are in the
Army, one of 21,500 civilians in the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, and one of 500 people that make up the
Memphis District. Needless to say it is hard to
imagine how one single person can make a difference
in their organization and the overall government.
The Memphis District as well as the entire Federal
workforce is a massive diverse organization with
countless missions. However, we all have one thing
in common. We are all civil servants.
It’s hard for some of us to remember but we all took
the Oath of Office on our first day of Federal
Service.
I, [name], do solemnly
swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the
Constitution of the United States against all
enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true
faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this
obligation freely, without any mental reservation or
purpose of evasion; and that I will well and
faithfully discharge the duties of the office on
which I am about to enter. So help me God.
5 U.S.C. §3331
We all have our individual duties and jobs.
However, how many of us know how our individual jobs
fulfill the Mission of the Memphis District and
ultimately “establish justice, insure domestic
tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote
the general welfare, and secure the blessings of
liberty" that we swore to support and defend? The
mission of Memphis District, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers is to provide flood risk management,
navigation, environmental stewardship, other
authorized civil works, military programs support,
and emergency operations within our area of
responsibility, in order to benefit the region and
the nation.
To fulfill its mission, the District is responsible
for a variety of studies, construction projects,
operations, and maintenance items. These projects
range in magnitude from the Mississippi River and
Tributaries Project to small streambank
stabilization projects. You would be amazed over
the amount of different people throughout the
organization that are essential in completing
different projects. The success of each individual
project depends on everyone to complete his or her
job.
Over the next several weeks, the LDP Class of 2008
will explore how each person’s individual job
contributes to the overall success of the District’s
Mission. We will interview individuals using the
following questions:
1)
What is your contribution/role to the project
development?
2)
What are your strengths in contributing to
the project and what are your
opportunities for growth?
3)
What motivates you to perform your job?
4) What do you think are
qualities/attributes of a good leader?
We
hope that the following series of articles will
allow you to gain a better appreciation of your
individual contributions to the District, a better
understanding of roles of your co-workers, and how
one out of 4.1 million civil servants can make a
difference to the Nation.
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