Deployed West resident receives top engineering honor
West resident Arnold “Rob” Newman, deputy chief for the Programs and Project Management Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Transatlantic Afghanistan District (USACE-TAA), receives the U.S. Army Engineer Association’s de Fleury Medal from Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite (left), chief of Army engineers and commander, USACE headquarters, and Col. Jon Chytka (right), commander, USACE-TAA, at a ceremony on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Apr. 7. The de Fleury Medal is one of the highest honors awarded by USACE, and represents long-term contributions to the U.S. Army Engineer Regiment.