U S Army of Engineers

So in Post Katrina NOLA, these folks took the heat for the levee breach & all the destruction that came with it, I dare not take either side on this issue as that’s not the intent of this review. I will however speak to the facility and the people in short.
I LOOOOOOOOOOOOVED, did i say LOOOOOOOOOOOOVED working here. I worked with a wonderful group of intelligent, caring, compassionate, dependable, reliable people & to this day I’m glad to say I’ve maintained those friendships/​relationships (super Dot, Bob, Sandy, Robert & Bradford, just to name a few).
While employed there, I experienced a very laid back work environment. Now don’t get it twisted, we DID work and we worked hard, but the play was the same; afterall, «All work and no play…» As I stated, despite the relaxed environment, there was some serious work going on here, ie Dredging, levee reinforcement, levee construction etc. I learned lots here & it was an experience that I will treasure for a lifetime.
Civilians, contractors & government enlisted personnel all working together, it was the makeup of this facility. It was amazing to see the civilians line up with the government rules, although they were never/​no longer in the military; Uncle Sam was running things from the grave, bad mutter shut yo mouth, ha!!!
The cafeteria was a familiar meeting spot not only for lunch & food consumption, but also for communing with fellow employees, almost an adult recess so to speak. The food service was contracted out to a very nice lady from California, name escapes me, but she must’ve had some «NOLA-​baby» cooks, cuz that food tasted like something from home.
There was a credit union, First Castle Credit Union, on site that was open to civilians & military alike. This was a plus to have an on-​site banking facility or maybe it wasn’t a plus, as I recall I found myself down there ALLLLL the time getting $ 5 or $ 10 here and there.
3 floors with oooooh tooooo many offices and offices in offices to number, I enjoyed my stay & that’s all I have to say about that. LOL!!!

Yeah, well, 4 stars for bridge-​building and demolitions.
2 stars for execution. I mean, bad job on those canal levees. You might want to get someone to check your work.
I’ve got to say, though, that as an engineer myself with considerable civil engineering in college – when the canal levees failed I figured the Corps would just close the flood gates at the end of them and the City is saved. To my utter horror, there were no flood gates.
The Levee Board prevented the Corps from putting flood gates in despite their efforts to do so. What kind of stupidity was that? We could have stopped this if we had put people with any intelligence or moral compass in those jobs. You can’t blame the Corps.
We put those clowns on the Levee Boards. We did it to ourselves. *cry*