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    CLARK HILLS, S.C. — Krista McCuen, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District Park Ranger, stands next to a trail marker at the Bartram Trail, which was designated as a National Recreation Trail by the Department of the Interior.

    Corps of Engineers' Bartram Trail named National Recreation Trail

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District's Bartram Trail, located at J. Strom Thurmond Dam and Lake, was recently designated by the Department of Interior as a national recreation trail.
  • HONOLULU, HI — Tony Paresa, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Honolulu District deputy district engineer for programs and project management, discusses contracting opportunities with the Corps during the 10th Annual DoD Hawaii Small Business Forum here, July 12, 2012.

    USACE Honolulu District Supports DOD Small Business Forum

    Department of Defense small business advocates on Oahu participated in the 10th Annual DOD Hawaii Small Business Forum at the Honolulu Country Club, July 12, 2012.
  • GALVESTON, Texas — Rashid Sheikh-ali is one of many employees in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District who make up the organization's diverse team representing nearly a dozen countries of origin spanning from Canada to China.

    Spotlight on USACE Galveston District's Rashid Sheikh-ali

    Full of hope and aspirations for a better life, Rashid Sheikh-ali, a native of Mogadishu, Somalia, set out on a life-changing journey in 1980 that would take him from Africa to America -- where he would become a structural engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District.
  • Alex Cansler (pictured), a rising U.S. Military Academy at West Point junior majoring in Civil Engineering and Timothy Ko, a rising senior majoring in Engineering Management, took part in the school's Academic Individual Advanced Development program working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District this summer.

    USACE introduces cadets to European engineering

    Wiesbaden, Germany -- Europe is filled with backpacking college students traveling from one country
  • BUCHAREST, Romania — Col. Winfield Keller (left), Global Deployments project manager, and Col. D. Peter Helmlinger, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District commander, attended the Romania Industry Day here, June 13, 2012. The objectives of these industry days were to provide information on the general scope of work, the required infrastructures and facilities, and potential construction and services opportunities to support a planned U.S. missile defense asset deployment in Deveselu, Romania.

    Industrious dialogue in Romania

    Representatives from the U.S. European Command, Missile Defense Agency, the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District came together to host two industry days in Bucharest and Caracal, Romania, to discuss information supporting contracts for the Aegis Ashore program June 13 - 14, 2012.
  • FLORIDA — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District employees and contractor, Kiewit Construction, work through the night to complete the first concrete pour on the bridge deck for theTamiami Trail Modifications project, July 13, 2012.

    USACE achieves major construction milestone at Tamiami Trail

    The U.S Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District reached a major milestone for the Tamiami Trail Modifications project was reached shortly after midnight July 13, 2012 as the first concrete pour on the bridge deck was completed.
  • Dresden Lock and Dam on the Illinois River near Morris, Ill., is one of 239 lock chambers at 193 sites nationally operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that provides half-hourly lock and daily vessel specific information through a new Lock Performance Monitoring System that is Web-based and available to the public at http://corpslocks.usace.army.mil/.

    USACE launches new navigation website

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announces the launch of a new website that will provide the public and industry with real-time data on U.S. flag and foreign vessels transiting USACE-owned and operated lock structures nationally.
  • Spc. Timothy Steely, a current Operation Warfighter intern, speaks with Charles Case from the Defense Criminal Investigation Service, one of the agencies represented at the meeting. Operation Warfighter is a federal internship program that places Wounded Warriors in positions at federal agencies while they are completing their medical board process. The Tulsa District has had multiple Operation Warfighter interns at the agency.

    Federal agencies meet to discuss Operation Warfighter

    Several federal agencies met at Keystone State Park to discuss Operation Warfighter, a Department of Defense federal internship program that places Wounded Warriors in positions at federal agencies while they are completing their medical board process.
  • WIESBADEN, Germany -- Lucas Suarez, Advancing Minorities' Interest in Engineering (AMIE) intern, reviews some blueprints for a construction project in Israel while working with the Project Management department at the Amelia Earhart here, July 10, 2012.

    AMIE interns gain career experience in Europe

    The Advancing Minorities' Interest in Engineering partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has entered its 16th year with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District.
  • CHICAGO, Ill. -- From left, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study (GLMRIS) Chicago Area Waterway System Project Manager Dave Wethington; Dirk's Fish and Gourmet Shop Chef Dirk Fucik; USACE Chicago District Commander Col. Frederic A. Drummond Jr.; USACE Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Regional Integration Team Civil Works Deputy Yvonne Prettyman; USACE Rock Island District Commander Col. Mark Deschenes, USACE Chicago District Deputy Commander Lt. Col. Jim Schreiner and GLMRIS Program Manager Dave Romano, Taste of Chicago, Grant Park, July 11, 2012.

    USACE officials serve up Asian carp sliders and information on invasive species

    Catching quite a bit of media attention at the 32nd annual Taste of Chicago in Grant Park July 11 was the booth offering more than 800 Asian carp sliders free of charge.
  • WASHINGTON — Col. Bruce Estok, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Seattle District Commander, and Merle Jefferson, Lummi Natural Resource Department Executive Director, meet July 6, 2012 for final signatures. Federal agencies worked together with the Lummi Nation to establish the first federally authorized Native American sponsored commercial wetland and habitat mitigation bank in the nation.

    USACE approves first Native American commercial wetland mitigation bank in U.S. with Lummi Nation

    Federal agencies worked together with the Lummi Nation to establish the first federally authorized Native American sponsored commercial wetland and habitat mitigation bank in the nation.
  • AFGHANISTAN — Gary Pray, a Warfighter Training Program MRAP (mine-resistant, ambush-protected) vehicle rollover and egress trainer on Kandahar Airfield, monitors U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees during training July 15, 2012. USACE employees who travel in MRAPs are required to attend the training which include simulated vehicle rollover and exiting.

    Keeping people safe means vehicle rollover training

    About 30 employees of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineer District-South took part in MRAP (mine-resistant, ambush-protected) vehicle safety and egress orientation training on Kandahar Airfield July 15, 2012.
  • KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — (From left) Col. Vincent Quarles, incoming commander U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan District - South, Maj. Gen. Michael Eyre, USACE Transatlantic Division commanding general, Air Force Col. Benjamin Wham, outgoing AED-South commander and Command Sgt. Maj. Lorne Quebodeaux, district command sergeant major, render honors during change-of-command ceremonies here, July 12, 2012.

    USACE Afghanistan Engineer District-South welcomes new commander

    The U.S Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineer District-South bid farewell to its commander of the past year, Air Force Col. Ben Wham, and welcomed its new commander, Army Col. Vincent Quarles, at a change of command here July 12, 2012.
  • LANCASTER, Tenn. — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and Bauer Foundation Corporation management and personnel pose for photos on a specialty drill rig July 11, 2012 during a "First Bite" ceremony to begin constructing a subsurface concrete wall as a barrier for potentially harmful seepage water moving beneath the earthen dam.

    Construction begins with 'first bite' on foundation barrier wall at Center Hill Dam

    The "first bite" of a $106 million drilling project to stabilize the earthen portion of the Center Hill Dam with a barrier wall was taken July 11, 2012 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and its contractor, Bauer Foundation Corporation, as the auger of a giant drill rig turned up the first dirt to the cheers of spectators.

  • USACE Vicksburg District is Vital to the Economy of Small Ports

    The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers' Vicksburg District encompasses 68,000 square miles across three states and seven major river basins. One of the primary missions of the district is to support navigation across its area of responsibility.

  • Kristine Allaman, USACE Distinguished Civilian Employee

    A gallery honoring the Distinguished Civilian Employees of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers stands outside the Executive Suite in Headquarters. Among the dozens of photos, only two were women -- Dixie McCrary placed in 1955 and Winnie Cox in 1957. But on June 14, Kristine Allaman became the newest Distinguished Civilian Employee. She is the first female engineer, and only the third woman to have her photo placed on the wall.
  • NEW YORK — Project Stakeholder from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation watches hummock removal process on Yellow Bar Hassock marsh island.

    Balancing Economic Revitalization & the Environment in one of the World's Most Urbanized Estuaries

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New York District and its regional partners are actively committed to achieving the vision of a "World Class Harbor Estuary."

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Will Dredge Ports

    Due to low water this year and past flood damages, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Vicksburg District will spend approximately $6.84 million on port dredging in an attempt to keep ports in operation.

  • What is ecosystem restoration?

    Q. What is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Ecosystem Restoration Program?A. The USACE is comprised
  • DENISON, Texas — Tommy Holder (left), and Josh Wingfield, both Park Rangers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District, along with Student Conservation Association intern Matt Mueller pose with a group of children who have learned about water safety at Lake Texoma. The Tulsa District has teamed with Wendy's to "ticket" children "caught" wearing life jackets. Each ticket is good for a free Frosty.

    Conservation program helps Tulsa District spread safety message

    For the summer of 2012, seven Student Conservation Association interns are working in the U.S. Army Corps of EngineersTulsa District.

  • 9th Commando building project nears completion, turnover to Afghan Army

    A large building project managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineer District-South will be crossing the finish line before the end of the summer, according to the two USACE employees overseeing the work.

  • Afghan Air Force accepts more operations, maintenance responsibility

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers turned over operations and maintenance responsibilities for 10 more buildings to Afghanistan's 205th Air Wing on Kandahar Airfield, July 7, 2012.
  • AFGHANISTAN — Water exits the Kajaki Dam power house in early April 2012, in southern Afghanstan.

    Corps of Engineers to improve electrical distribution in Helmand province

    Two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers districts combined their resources to award a critically important project for providing reliable electric power from the Kajaki Dam power house on the Helmand River through the Helmand province in southwestern Afghanistan.
  • KABUL, Afghanistan — Col. Alfred A. Pantano, Jr. (left), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineer District-North commander, takes the guidon from Maj. Gen. Michael Eyre, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Division, at a change of command ceremony here, July 8, 2012. Army Col. Alfred A. Pantano, Jr. accepted command from Col. Christopher W. Martin.

    Pantano takes command of Afghanistan Engineer District-North

    Col. Alfred A. Pantano Jr. took command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in northern Afghanistan in a ceremony steeped with military tradition at the unit’s headquarters at the Qalaa House compound July 8, 2012.
  • Ft. Dix Solar Power

    Winning the energy savings battle in New Jersey

    Two years ago, the New Jersey Army National Guard asked the Army Corps if it could construct a solar power project so they could save energy and money as they had done for them on previous solar power projects. In May 2011 the Army Corps completed the solar project with the assistance of contractor, P & S Construction of Lowell, Mass. The project consists of a solar photovoltaic power panel array that is mounted on the roof of the Battle Lab’s 128,000 square foot facility. There are three different roof structures ranging in height from 13 feet to 25 feet above the ground.
  • New York District recently finished construction of a second Marsh Island as part of the Comprehensive Restoration Plan

    Marsh restoration has wildlife’s ‘seal’ of approval

    For the past decade, the Army corps in partnership with other agencies has restored 180-acres of marsh in Jamaica Bay, including Elders East and Elders West marsh islands and Gerritsen Creek.
  • West Point Science Center

    Cadets reach for the Stars

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District is constructing a new science center for the cadets at the academy that is maintaining the look of the historic 200-year old campus and taking their science education well into the 21st Century.
  • New York District recently hosted a take your children to work day.

    Inspiring the Next Generation

    Traditionally “Take Your Child to Work Day” is a time for employees to bring their children with them to the office to see what mommy and daddy do all day. Instead of just accompanying their parents to work New York District planned an outstanding day of fun learning activities. District volunteers, representative of various divisions planned a program showcasing the many career fields within USACE.
  • DoD and congressional officials cut the ribbon on a new Warrior in Transition facility at Ft. Drum

    Completion of Warrior in Transit Complex

    Col John R. Boulé II, commander of the Army Corps of Engineers’ New York District attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the completion and turnover of the second phase of the Warrior in Transition Unit Complex held at Fort Drum on May 14.
  • The Army Corps of Engineers continues to restore marsh islands in Jamaica Bay as part of its environmental restoration principles

    Balancing Economic Revitalization and a Sustainable Environment in one of the World’s Most Urbanized Estuaries

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District and its regional partners are actively committed to achieving the vision of a “World Class Harbor Estuary." This vision balances the economic revitalization of the Port of New York and New Jersey with ecosystem restoration and critical infrastructure protection.