"Overall, I feel that my education has trained me to solve problems, prioritize tasks and utilize time management. When I passed my dissertation defense, I knew I could do pretty much anything I set my mind to." -- Dr. Robert Wright

How do you define success? Learn how Maj. Charles Seaberry of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District answers this question.

USACE volunteers build a safe and sturdy wooden walkway so Wounded Warriors can travel more easily to and from rehabilitation facilities at Kandahar Airfield.

Today's #sustainability question (3 of 5) has been posted on our Facebook page. It's quick and easy. Please share with your friends and take a moment to answer: https://www.facebook.com/questions/602146053145976/

The Secretary of the Army Awards for Excellence in Contracting are presented annually to recognize contracting officers, contracting units and teams, and special awards for excellence in executing the contracting mission in support of Soldiers and this nation. Congrats to all winners! Hooah!

Did you know: National #Engineers Week is next week and you can volunteer to help local middle schools participating in the E-Week Future City Competition™. Or, you can help sponsor a prize or judge a local contest. To find opportunities in your area please visit: http://www.futurecity.org/

The USACE civil works program to focus on better planning and budget methods to address the large and looming challenges which include an aging infrastructure and rising costs of repairing and rehabilitating components of infrastructure. These include dams, locks, channels, levees and the associated power and structural elements.

Tune in today at 4pm EST to the Pentagon Channel at pentagonchannel.mil for the Hall of Heroes Induction Ceremony for former Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha. Photo: President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor to +The U.S. Army Veteran, former Staff Sgt. Clinton L. Romesha, during a ceremony at +The White House Feb. 11, 2013, for his heroic actions during a firefight at Combat Outpost Keating in Afghanistan. Read the official narrative here: http://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/romesha/narrative.html (U.S. Army Photo by Leroy Council)

Our second "daily sustainability question" has been posted on our Facebook page. We encourage you to chime in and share this link with your friends! https://www.facebook.com/questions/601137533246828/

History fact: Thousands of black Soldiers, both slave as well as free, from all 13 colonies fought in the Continental Army during America’s war for independence from Great Britain. About 20 percent of the tens of thousands of blacks who served were manumitted – freed from slavery – as a result of their service.