Session 3: Totally Worth It! Challenges and Lessons from working in Humanitarian Construction Overseas

Description

Through humanitarian engineering projects, we've had a great opportunity to improve the quality of life for many deserving people around the world. In this seminar you'll be introduced to some of the challenges that we, as engineers in the Navy, faced in a recent Humanitarian Assistance mission called Pacific Partnership. I will discuss aspects of the planning process that were put in place to ensure completion of 12 construction projects in less than 90 days over 3 countries in Asia - and of course, the unforeseen situations that we had to overcome in order to succeed in our mission.

Speaker

Lt. Amy Yoon, United States Navy Civil Engineer Corps

A native of San Pedro, California, LT Yoon received a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering with a specialization in structures from the University of California - Irvine in 2003. She was commissioned with the United States Navy on April 23, 2004, after completion of Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Florida.

After her commission, LT Yoon reported to the U.S. Naval Academy Public Works Department in Annapolis, Maryland, from July 2004 to July 2006. There she served as Customer Service Officer for the Facilities Maintenance and Engineering Division, Transportation Officer, and Special Events Officer, followed by an assignment as Energy and Utilities Officer, developing energy conservation projects and overseeing all utility systems on Naval Station Annapolis and the U.S. Naval Academy campus.

Her next assignment was with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion ONE THREE THREE from July 2006 to October 2008. She started out as Engineering Officer for the Operations Department followed by an assignment as the Assistant Officer in Charge of Detail - Camp Buehring, where she supervised contingency construction projects of 89 U.S. Navy Seabees and the U.S. Army 186^th Combat Service Engineers in Northern Kuwait. The following homeport, she served as Assistant Company Commander to Echo Company and the Chemical-Biological-Radiological Officer. Her second deployment with NMCB 133 was as Officer in Charge of Detail - Pacific Partnership Fly In Echelon, where she deployed 20 personnel to the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Micronesia to execute 12 humanitarian construction projects to underserved regions of the Asia-Pacific Region.

LT Amy Yoon is currently serving as the Civil Engineer Corps Accessions Officer for the Northeast region, assigned to Naval Facilities Engineering Command Midwest, Great Lakes, Illinois.

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