November 2024 Commerce Club Luncheon

Join us at the Commerce Club luncheon on Thursday, November 14, 2024, guest speaker COL. Rhett Blackmon, Commander and District Engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District. 

Colonel Rhett A. Blackmon is the Commander and District Engineer for the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District where he leads a water resource district with an authorized strength of more than 600 civilian and military professionals and project authorizations totaling more than $7.4 billion.

The Galveston District provides construction, navigation, environmental restoration, flood risk management, shoreline protection, regulatory, and emergency management services for our mission partners in an area of responsibility that spans the Texas Coast from Louisiana to Mexico, encompassing 50,000 square miles. As the Commander and District Engineer, the colonel is charged with executing the Galveston District’s mission of providing public engineering services to strengthen security along the Texas Coast, energizing the local economy, and reducing risks from disasters.

Colonel Blackmon took command of the Galveston District on July 15, 2022. Prior to accepting his current assignment, Colonel Blackmon completed a U.S. Army War College Fellowship at the University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington While in Seattle, Colonel Blackmon engaged with students and faculty on a range of Indo-Pacific security and policy issues. He also conducted independent research on ways that the Department of Defense and Army could leverage infrastructure investment to increase access and influence in the Indo-Pacific.

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