Officials from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) cut the ribbon for their newest supercomputer at the Information Technology Laboratory in Vicksburg, Mississippi, December 12, 2023. The system has been named “Carpenter” in recognition of Cpl. William “Kyle” Carpenter, the youngest living Medal of Honor recipient and Mississippi native. The official party, from left to right, includes Principal Director for Advanced Computing and Software for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Dr. Forest Shull, ERDC Commander Col. Christian Patterson, ITL Deputy Director Dr. Jackie Pettway, ERDC Director Dr. David Pittman, Cpl. Kyle Carpenter, ITL Director Dr. David Horner, Supercomputing Research Center Director Bobby Hunter, ERDC Deputy Director Patricia Sullivan, and High Performance Computing Modernization Program Director Dr. Jerry Ballard. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Jared Eastman)