Dr. David Pittman, director of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, spoke on the importance and value of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s Field Research Facility in Duck, North Carolina, at a groundbreaking ceremony for the facility’s new annex building, April 6, 2021. The $4.3-million annex will consist of laboratory and research administrative spaces to support the organization’s expanded military research mission. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Sheree Perry, Norfolk District)