My name is Christy Johnson and I'm a park ranger and education outreach specialist. As a park ranger, a couple of the most important things that I do is make sure that the people that are coming to the park are being safe and also protecting the resources at the park. My favorite part of my job is working with kids and teaching them about the plants and the animals at the park and giving them an appreciation for the nature that's all around them. For someone who really likes working in the outdoors and might be interested in a job as a park ranger, I would recommend going to college and getting a degree in a natural science or social science. The job involves not just working in the outdoors but also working with people. Thank you very much. Have a good day. I've been working with the Corps of Engineers for about ten years and working as an electrician for about six. I think one of the coolest things about working at the dams in the powerhouses is the size and the scope. When I tell friends that I work for the Corps of Engineers at the dam, they're always amazed. They want to go in and see how the dams work, see how the generators work. It feels good to know that you work at a place that has such a big impact. There's a great program that the Corps of Engineers has for students, both high school and college students. It's an opportunity to work through the summertime and learn about what the Corps is, who we are, what we do. And if it is something of interest, as you focus your major, you can continue working for the Corps throughout your college years. My name is Ding Kuan. I'm an information technologist specialist for the water control data system with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The type of data that we collect at the Water Management Office is flow data, water temperature, wind flow, outflow, and reservoir elevation and water quality. These information is used to generate power for consumers to provide cheap power to the Pacific Northwest. As a high school kid, I used to come down to the project here and fish just down the river almost every other weekend. Imagine me now here being a part of what I used to love and help regulate the river system. I have an electrical engineer in Green, but I have an interesting computer. It's hard to find a job where you like the things that you love, and this has everything in it. My name is Edith McCahn, and I am a third mate on board the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hopper Dreads Aquina. A hopper Dreads is a giant vacuum that sucks the sediment off the bottom of the ocean to keep our waterways deep enough so that ships can come in and out safely. As a mate, we have two mates on watch at a time. The mates are responsible for driving the ship and running the dry arms, which are the two pipes that sit on the bottom and suck up the sediment. The coolest part of my job is the ship handling. It gives you an opportunity to be in charge, to run the ship, and make it do what you want it to do. It's mentally challenging, and it provides new surprises every day. My name is Ken Duncan. I'm an environmental compliance coordinator with the Army Corps of Engineers. I oversee contracts for managing hazardous waste, the spestus removal, the lead paint management. I work with a team of other environmental compliance coordinators to make sure that our facilities remain in compliance with environmental laws and regulations. For a student that's interested in environmental compliance, I really recommend studying both sciences and social sciences, things like political science and regulation, and working with other people, becoming comfortable with public speaking. One of the things that people should understand, the Corps does nearly everything you can imagine. There's all sorts of career opportunities in the Corps of Engineers, really doing things like protecting the environment. It is something you can actually get paid to do here. My name is Mike McGee. I'm a mechanical engineer with the Army Corps of Engineers currently working in the construction office as a project engineer. The primary purpose of my job is to administer contracts to make sure contractors perform the work as we've specified. It's different every day. Every day I'm working on something different. I could be working on the same job, but the challenge that job faces that day is new and exciting, and that's what I love about it. I can put that excitement together with this large scale equipment, and it's just like a playground. It is so much fun. My name is Mindy Simmons, and I'm a fish biologist with the Army Corps of Engineers. One of the key components of my job is making sure that the Corps minimizes the impacts of its operations on fishery resources. I have a background in both fisheries, science, and civil engineering, which is kind of a unique combination of degrees, but wanted to have that ability to work with different groups of people, and saw an opportunity there to use both disciplines in an agency where engineering and fish frequently come to contact. I love my job. I do. It's challenging. I get to work on a variety of things that you never know what you're going to do from a day-to-day basis. My name is Naim Nomi. I'm a civil engineer slash DM leader. I work for the US Army Corps of Engineers. I started as a civil engineer, and when I started working for the Corps, I stayed in construction. What we do in construction is after the contract is awarded, then we go and start managing the construction activities until the contract is completed. The Corps of Engineers is a very good organization to work for. You meet people. Every contract, every job you go to, you meet them for four, five months, a year or so, you get to know them very well. Then they go and disappear. A few years later, you meet them on another job. So that's why the job is exciting and very rewarding.