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  • March

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    Employee Spotlight: Lydia Williams

    Lydia Williams, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers North Atlantic Division chief of real estate, is the focus of this month's feature.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Mr. Michael Connor, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works

    Union Beach Coastal Storm Risk Reduction Project gets underway

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New York District, in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) announced the start of construction work for the Union Beach Coastal Storm Risk Reduction Project. 
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    Employee Spotlight: Anela Arcari

    This month's feature focuses on North Atlantic Division chief of staff, Anela Arcari.
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    It’s no accident this environmental cleanup project’s a leader in worker safety

    The USACE, New York District and partnering agencies is cleaning up portions of Maywood, New Jersey contaminated by FUSRAP Maywood Superfund Site. The agency is taking steps to make sure their workers are safe doing this and as a result the project has accomplished 1-million-man hours without a lost time accident. The team shares their safety best practices.
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    Employee Spotlight: Amy Holmes

    This month's feature focuses on North Atlantic Division's strategic integrator, Amy Holmes.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Miami-Dade County host a charrette for the re-initiation of Miami-Dade Back Bay Coastal Storm Risk Management Study March 1-3. During the charrette, staff from USACE, Miami-Dade County, and the County’s consulting firm Moffatt & Nichol facilitated small working group sessions to discuss, consider and propose multiple lines of defense including natural and nature-based features. Photo by Breeana Harris, USACE Norfolk District.

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Miami-Dade County host 2nd charrette for re-initiation of Miami-Dade Back Bay Coastal Storm Risk Management Study

    MIAMI – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Norfolk District and Miami-Dade County, its non-federal sponsor, hosted a second charrette this week following a virtual public meeting for the re-initiation of the Miami-Dade Back Bay Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study.
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    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers leads the way in natural solutions for coastal flooding - New York & New Jersey

    Last spring, Dr. Todd Bridges and his colleagues were visiting a part of the San Luis National

  • February

    Army Corps of Engineers Releases Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2023 Civil Works Appropriations

    WASHINGTON - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) delivered to Congress its Fiscal Year 2023 (FY 2023) Work Plan for the Army Civil Works program Feb. 27. "The FY 2023 Work Plan for Army Civil Works continues the administration’s substantial investments in projects and actions that will strengthen supply chains and the economy by adding capacity at the nation’s waterways and ports, build resilience to the impacts of climate change by reducing flood risks of communities and restoring the aquatic environment, and promote equity in underserved communities consistent with the President’s Justice40 Initiative,” said Michael Connor, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works.

  • Army Corps of Engineers Releases Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2023 Civil Works Appropriations

    WASHINGTON - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) delivered to Congress its Fiscal Year 2023 (FY 2023) Work Plan for the Army Civil Works program Feb. 27. "The FY 2023 Work Plan for Army Civil Works continues the administration’s substantial investments in projects and actions that will strengthen supply chains and the economy by adding capacity at the nation’s waterways and ports, build resilience to the impacts of climate change by reducing flood risks of communities and restoring the aquatic environment, and promote equity in underserved communities consistent with the President’s Justice40 Initiative,” said Michael Connor, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works.
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    Employee Spotlight: Ernest Burford

    NAD team member Ernest Burford is the focus of this employee spotlight.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold its 2015 FNOD quarterly restoration advisory board meeting March 25, 6-8 p.m., at the Courtyard Marriott, located at 8060 Harbour View Boulevard, Suffolk, Virginia.

    FNOD Restoration Advisory Board scheduled for March 2

    Community members can learn more about restoration efforts at the Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot (FNOD) and hear the latest cleanup progress during a quarterly Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting scheduled for 6:15 to 8 p.m. March 2.
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    ASA for Civil Works Visits New York District

    The Honorable Michael L. Connor, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), visited the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New York District, Feb. 13-14. Connor serves as the principal advisor to the Secretary of the Army on all matters related to the Army’s Civil Works Program. During the visit the Connor was able to meet with district leadership, project managers and tour several ongoing projects that New York District oversees.
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    North Atlantic Division hosts USGS in day of partnership

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers North Atlantic Division hosted a partnership day with the U.S. Geological Survey Feb. 15, 2023.
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    Engineer Spotlight: Derek Burleigh

    During Engineers Week, this article focuses on Derek Burleigh, acting chief of the construction branch for USACE's Philadelphia District.
  • Project Manager Shewen Bian stands in front of Montauk Lighthouse

    USACE New York District protects the Montauk Point Lighthouse, the First Lighthouse Built in New York State

    U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, NEW YORK DISTRICT – The Montauk Point Lighthouse is the first lighthouse built in New York State. The lighthouse was designated a National Historic Landmark on March 5, 2012.

  • January

    Col. Brian Hallberg stands on a wood ramp in uniform on the right hand side of the image, He is talking a woman on in a stripped long sleeve shirt wearing a sun hat, and another woman in a dark blue t-shirt. Condos and tropical vegetation are in the background

    USACE Works to Reinitiate Storm Risk Management Study for Collier County

    A small team consisting of leaders, planners, project managers, environmental scientist from the North Atlantic Division, Norfolk and Jacksonville districts, travelled around with representatives from Collier County, Florida looking at areas impacted by the effects of Hurricane Ian.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District Chief of Contracting Chris Tew discusses projects with Maj. Marcus Stringer, Maj. Thomas Bookout and Master Sgt. Aaron Kopecky at the Europe District offices in Wiesbaden, Germany January 10, 2023. Stringer, Bookout and Kopecky are all contracting professionals in Europe District’s Contracting Division, providing contracting support to a wide range of projects throughout Europe and Africa. (U.S. Army photo by Chris Gardner)

    Contracting Soldiers play key role in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers missions overseas

    WIESBADEN, Germany -- “I deployed to Iraq in 2007, and when I got there everything was just ‘magically’ there. I had food. I had somewhere to sleep. I kind of wondered how did all that get there?” Contracting Specialist Master Sgt. Eulid Temblador said. “Well, it got there through contracts.” Temblador deployed as a radio transmission operator with an infantry brigade then, but has since reclassified to the 51C military occupational specialty, or MOS, an Army career field where Soldiers focus on providing that contracting piece that’s so critical to everything the Army does. He is now one of four Soldiers serving in the Contracting Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District. While noncommissioned officers serving as contracting professionals are 51C’s and officers serving as contracting professionals are 51A’s, they are often all conversationally referred to as 51C’s.

  • Portion of Columbia Pike at Arlington National Cemetery to Be Closed Beginning Jan 23

    Road closure is part of ongoing construction for Arlington National Cemetery’s Southern Expansion Project.
  • Members of the public learn more about the NY&NJ HATS Study.

    NY&NJHATS Study Enters New and Crucial Phase

    Newark, NJ— In a packed room at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials answered questions from the public about the Tentatively Selected Plan (TSP) for the New York and New Jersey Harbors and Tributaries Study. In the past coastal storms have pummeled the North Atlantic Coast of the United States.
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    Former NAD regional programs director receives Army’s highest civilian award

    On behalf of the Secretary of the Army, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded the Distinguished Civilian Service Award to Karen Baker, former North Atlantic Division regional programs director and member of the Senior Executive Service.

  • December

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    Reinforced Dune in Rockaways Provides Stronger Defense Against Flooding

    Rockaway Beach, a 10-mile-long peninsula facing the Atlantic Ocean in Queens, New York, a borough of New York City, has 850,000+ residents and a great deal of critical infrastructure in a small geographic area ─ schools, hospitals, nursing homes, mass transit lines, etc.
  • American instructors Mike Gerhard from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District; Alonzo Ellis from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District and Dan Hunt from the U.S. Army Engineer School discuss proposed base camp design plans with engineers from the Ghana Armed Forces October 18, 2022, as part of a base camp design training course in Accra, Ghana.

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers trains Ghanaian military partners on base camp design

    When the call comes to support United Nations peacekeeping operations, the Ghana Armed Forces regularly answer that call and are expected to set up their operations at times with little to no existing base camp infrastructure. They could be operating from the corner of an airport, a commandeered sports field or a tract of land in an undeveloped part of a jungle or desert scape – wherever peace needs reinforced. Efficiently and logically developing base camps for deployed forces is key to any mission’s success, and that is why experts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were recently in Ghana teaching courses in base camp design to Ghana Armed Forces combat engineers and planners in the Ghanaian capital of Accra.
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    Restoring NY-NJ Estuary will create breathtaking views and more

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District with partnering agencies is using funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to restore the degrading estuary in New York and New Jersey.

  • November

    SUFFOLK, Va. -- A sign warns people of the danger at the Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot. In 1987 the Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot became a matter of public concern when a piece of crystalline TNT was found at the Tidewater Community College, Portsmouth Campus. Extensive historical research, investigations, and testing led the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to place this site on the National Priority list in 1999. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has managed the clean-up project on this site since. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    USACE schedules virtual FNOD Restoration Advisory Board meeting Dec 1

    Community members can learn more about restoration efforts at the Former Nansemond Ordnance Depot (FNOD) and hear the latest cleanup progress during a virtual quarterly Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting scheduled for 6:15 to 8 p.m. Dec. 1.
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    USACE awards NAD Knowledge Management program, manager

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers North Atlantic Division is the recipient of two awards of distinction and excellence in Knowledge Management.

  • U.S. Army Corps and Miami-Dade County to host charrette for re-initiation of Miami-Dade Back Bay Coastal Storm Risk Management Study

    MIAMI – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Norfolk District and Miami-Dade County, its non-federal sponsor, will host a charrette from November 14 to 18, which will include a public meeting on Monday, Nov. 14 for the re-initiation of the Miami-Dade Back Bay Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study​.
  • Left to right: Edmee Conroy, Briana Bloomer, and Michelle O'Donoghue on site at the General Instruction Building Swing Space at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.

    Innovative Structure Provides Uninterrupted Learning for West Point Cadets

    Over the past few months, visitors to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York may have noticed construction on a large, white domed structure that sits behind the campus baseball field, next to the library. This 20,000-square-foot temporary facility, known as the General Instruction Building Swing Space, will provide professors and cadets with office and study space while surrounding buildings are being renovated.
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    City, USACE host Virginia senator and civic league at proposed reef restoration site

    City of Virginia Beach and Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, hosted Virginia Sen. Bill DeSteph, Virginia Marine Resources Commission and Broad Bay Civic League members on a tour of the proposed area for the Lynnhaven River Basin Ecosystem Restoration Project, Phase 2: Reef, Oct. 25 at Broad Bay here.

  • Craney Island mosquito spraying scheduled tomorrow

    NORFOLK, Va. — The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, will conduct joint aerial mosquito spraying Wednesday, November 2, over federal properties on Craney Island, adjacent city properties, and the Churchland area in Portsmouth. 

  • October

    A woman signs papers on the hood of a car with another woman in a hardhat and safety vest. A burned down house appears behind them.

    North Atlantic Division marks 10 years since Hurricane Sandy response

    The North Atlantic Division reflects on its role in the response and recovery to Hurricane Sandy.