| Intro | 54th Chief of Engineers of the United States Army and the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| Is |
Military leader Military personnel Engineer |
| From | United States of America |
| Type |
Engineering Military |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 29 May 1957, Bellows Falls, USA |
| Age: | 63 years |
| Star sign | Gemini |
Todd Thurston Semonite (born May 29, 1957) is the 54th Chief of Engineers of the United States Army and the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Semonite is a graduate of the United States Military Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering and was commissioned into the Army Corps of Engineers in 1979. He also holds a Master of Science degree from the University of Vermont as well as a Masters of Military Arts and Science from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
2020 COVID-19 pandemic response
In March 2020, Semonite gave the Pentagon briefing on how the US military would be initiating and leading an effort to lease a large number of facilities nationwide in hotels and in larger open buildings to immediately ratchet up the number of rooms and beds with ICU capability for patients of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. The US Army Corps of Engineers will handle leasing and engineering, with contracts for rapid facility modification and setup to local contractors. The plan envisions that the operation of the facilities and the provision of medical staff would be entirely handled by the various US States rather the US Federal government.