Far East District engineer Jacob West was recently awarded the Chief of Engineers 2011 Military Contingency Responder of the Year award for his service in Afghanistan. West, a civil engineer with the district’s Parcel 2 Resident office at U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys, was presented the award by district commander Col. Bryan S. Green on behalf of Chief of Engineers Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick during a ceremony at the district headquarters in Seoul Aug. 30. He was also recognized as the employee of the month for June 2013.