| Corps Officer Receives U.S. Department of Agriculture Award |
| On 11 March 2009, LCDR Shane Hoffman, USPHS, was awarded the “2009 Valued Partner Award for Engineering Excellence” by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development. LCDR Hoffman is an officer in the Engineer category of the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service and is serving in Wisconsin with the Rhinelander District Office of the Indian Health Service.
LCDR Hoffman received this award in recognition of his demonstrated deep-rooted conviction in assisting Wisconsin’s tribal communities through the technical and bureaucratic processes including planning, designing, permitting, financing, and constructing of water and wastewater systems. The press release announcing this award is available at http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/wi/newsroom/press/2009/20090319.htm Congratulations, LCDR Hoffman. |