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  • July

    District continues commitment to James; issues order to dredge

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a task order to dredge portions of the James River federal navigation channel during the next few months.

  • Congress authorizes eight Jacksonville District projects

    Eight U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District projects that will provide critical infrastructure to local ports and ecosystem restoration efforts in Florida received approval as part of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) of 2014, which was signed by President Barack Obama June 10.

  • June

    Supervisory Park Ranger Jude Harrington, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, guides a group of visitors through a tour of Raystown Dam on Friday, June 6. Thousands of people gathered to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Raystown Dam the weekend of June 6-8 with lake-wide festivities ranging from a Batlle of the Bands to a fireworks display. This was the first time the dam was opened to the public since before the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

    Raystown Dam celebrates its 40th anniversary

    Huntington County saw an influx of people this weekend as thousands gathered to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Raystown Dam’s dedication on June 6, 1974.
  • NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk District leadership gathered May 19, 2014 for hurricane contingency planning in the case the district's headquarters, the Waterfield Building, was heavily damaged during a storm. The Continuity of Operations meeting anticipated needs, abilities and work-arounds for the more than 300 Norfolk District employees. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    Worst-case scenario forecasting helps district plan for hurricane season

    Six feet of murky river water swirls around desks, seeps through walls and begins corroding wires. It’s a scenario that would put Norfolk District out for six months and cause $10 million or more in damage. “All it would take is a hurricane catching us at high tide and that could be a reality for us,” said Stan Ballard, district emergency management services chief. Ballard gathered leadership for Continuity of Operations meeting, or COOP, to anticipate needs, abilities and work-arounds for the more than 300 Norfolk District employees in such a scenario.

  • May

    Students in the village of Atome, Togo, look forward to receiving their new school as a gift from the people of the U.S., in late 2014. The U.S. Embassy in Lome, U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District partnered to deliver six new schools to the children of Togo. The projects are being executed through the Department of Defense's AFRICOM humanitarian assistance program to improve future prospects for Togolese youth.

    U.S. builds six schools to shape future of Togo

    LOME, Togo -- How can children learn in schools where rain enters the classrooms and wind tosses

  • U.S. builds six schools to shape future of Togo

    How can children learn in schools where rain enters the classrooms and wind tosses notebooks to the floor? They can't, not properly.

  • Wiesbaden students get peek at engineer life

    WIESBADEN, Germany – A group of Wiesbaden Middle School students got a glimpse of engineer life recently while engaging in some hands-on demonstrations during “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day” at the Amelia Earhart Center. Fifty children participated in the visit, including roughly 20 with a parent employed by the district.
  • SOUTH MILLS, NORTH CAROLINA -- Paddlers come from as far away as California to participate in the annual Paddle for the Border event. This year 340 people met at the South Mills, N.C. welcome center and paddled 11 miles - and across the Virginia state line - to a picnic area for lunch.

    350 participate in 11th annual Paddle for the Border

    Paddlers came from as far away as California to participate in this year's Paddle for the Border event May 3, 2014. More than 340 people met at the South Mills, N.C. welcome center and paddled 11 miles - and across the Virginia state line - to a picnic area for lunch.

  • 350 participate in 11th annual Paddle for the Border

    As the first light of day tried to peek through gray clouds, hundreds of cars and trucks arrived and began to unload kayaks and canoes onto the banks of the historical Dismal Swamp Canal for the 11th Annual Paddle for the Border May 3.

  • Five things Army engineers do to protect the environment

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers manages one of the largest environmental missions in the nation. At the North Atlantic Division in Brooklyn, N.Y., engineers focus on five main environmental areas: Restoring degraded ecosystems, constructing sustainable facilities, managing natural resources and waterways and cleaning up contaminated sites from formerly used defense sites.

  • District team recognized as USACE 2013 PDT of the year

    The task: build a state-of-the-art, world-class medical facility in five years. The result: the $1 billion Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, a model of modern military medical facilities that now stands where a golf course once existed on post.

  • April

    Col. Everett Spain is presented the Soldier's Medal, the U.S. Army's highest peacetime decoration for heroisim, by Maj. Gen. William Rapp, chief, Army Legislative Liaison. Spain received the award for heroism for actions taken one-year prior at the scene of the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15, 2013, where he distinguished himself following the two blasts by immediately and selflessly rushing toward the threat without regard to his own personal safety; rendering first aid until medical help arrived despite the potential for additional explosive devices.

    Boston Marathon hero awarded Soldier's Medal

    BOSTON-- Many Americans have seen the shaky photos and videos taken when the bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. Among the many people who went to the aid of the injured, there are glimpses of runners who stripped off their shirts to tie tourniquets around the shattered limbs of bomb victims.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of Natural History celebrated the arrival of the Wankel Tyrannosaurus rex on Apr. 15, making it the Smithsonian’s first ever T. rex.

    Army T. rex debuts at Smithsonian

    It was a cross-country move 66 million years in the making. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
  • The Wankel T.rex is prepared for exhibit in its original “death pose” at Montana State University’s Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, Mont., 2005. The Wankel T.rex died in a riverbed more than 65 million years ago and was discovered by Kathy Wankel, a Montana rancher, near the Fort Peck Reservoir in Eastern Montana in 1988.

    Tyrannosaurus Rex to embark on cross country journey

    OMAHA, Neb. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District’s Wankel Tyrannosaurus Rex will soon travel from Montana, where it has resided for the past 66 million years, to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.
  • Veterans Vadi Dodge and Doug Blain rehabilitate historic maps in the Veterans Curation Program lab in St. Louis as part of their work supporting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ mission to preserve and manage the Army’s vast archaeological collection. The VCP has three labs in which veterans receive technical training in preserving and archiving archaeological collections under the direct supervision of professionals in the field of archaeology.

    Dinosaur loans and crowd-sourcing archaeology: How Army archaeology supports historic preservation and modern education

    ST. LOUIS - In an unassuming office in St. Louis, Dr. Michael "Sonny" Trimble and his team are working to get a 66-million-year-old, seven-ton tyrannosaurus safely packed and moved cross-country. This effort is just one part of a greater undertaking to preserve and share America's cultural and natural history.
  • The final crate of the inventory and condition reporting for the Wankel T.rex before departing the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Mont., for the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. The Wankel T.rex specimen was found on lands managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District near Fort Peck Reservoir in eastern Montana in 1988.

    Delicate dance with a dinosaur

    BOZEMAN, Montana - It plays like a dance...Open the crate, photograph the contents of the crate, inspect the fossil, document it's condition... 1,2,3,4… 1,2,3,4

  • USACE employees go green in April

    From tree planting and spring cleanups to a “Green Campus Initiative,” U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel are making a difference as Earth Day approaches on April 22. Although Army Corps of Engineers employees take time to do something good for the environment on a daily basis, each April there is an increased emphasis on getting outdoors and working with community groups to do just a little bit more.

  • March

    Delayed Reporting March 4

    NORFOLK, Va. -- Due to weather conditions, the Norfolk District will open under a 2-hour delay

  • February

    Transformation, construction oversight among themes at annual USACE forum

    WIESBADEN, Germany – Prioritizing needs and planning ahead will be crucial for stakeholders and
  • Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal visits the Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) on February 4, 2014, to receive various updates from USACE leadership regarding current initiatives and the mission of the Transatlantic Division. The Transatlantic Division is responsible for military construction supporting U.S. forces throughout the U.S. Central Command area of operations and for Corps of Engineers?' international and interagency engineering missions that support U.S. policy initiatives abroad. Additionally, Westphal recognized the vital contributions of Soldiers assigned to the 249th Engineer Battalion (Prime Power) and their unique mission to provide commercial-level power to military units and federal relief organizations. The 249th Engineer Battalion (Prime Power) is charged with the rapid provision of Army generators to support worldwide requirements.

    Westphal recognizes enduring & unique contributions of the Corps

    WASHINGTON -- Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal visited the Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) on February 4, 2014, to receive various updates from USACE leadership regarding current initiatives and the mission of the Transatlantic Division.

  • January

    Norfolk District shines for Elizabeth River restoration

    A 623-square-foot sanctuary oyster reef in the Elizabeth River captured recognition for the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ environmental work yesterday.

  • November

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District grades near the west tie in with the existing Bear Creek Road at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., Oct. 9, 2013. AVISCO is a women-owned small business that has the contract for this project.

    Nashville District reaches women-owned small business milestone

    NASHVILLE, Tenn.-- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District exceeded its goal of two percent of all contractible actions for women-owned small businesses in fiscal year 2013. Roy Rossignol, Nashville District Small Business Office chief, said the achievement is significant because the district had upwards of $200 million in total contracts -- and awards went to more than 50 women-owned small businesses that accounted for about $21 million of that total.
  • Regulatory Specialist Brian Moore uses an interactive floodplain model to demonstrate how wetlands absorb storm water and filter drinking water to a class of third grade students at Marshpoint Elementary School, Nov.5, 2013.

    Corps teaches third-graders 'Regulatory 101'

    SAVANNAH, Ga. - Inside a colorful, decorated classroom at Marshpoint Elementary School, Brian Moore, a regulatory specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, poured a gallon of water over a row of sponges. "We use sponges to represent wetlands because they absorb and filter water," Moore explained to a group of third-graders. "Wetlands filter water so that it's clean for us to drink."

  • October

    ARLINGTON, Va. -- Secretary of the Army John McHugh transfers the JFK Eternal Flame back to its permanent location on Oct. 29, 2013, after repair work to the site was completed. The flame underwent a full replacement of gas and airlines, received new digital controls and sensors, as well as a new burner assembly.

    Temporary Flame transferred to permanent Eternal Flame at President John F. Kennedy's gravesite

    The temporary flame that has been operating at the gravesite of President John F. Kennedy and his family since this spring was transferred to the permanent Eternal Flame in a ceremony on Oct. 29, 2013.
  • “I have two messages for USACE. First, I think the better part of the Corps of Engineers’ history has yet to be written and, second, remember the true meaning of our motto ‘Essayons’.” Maj. Gen. Micheal Walsh, deputy commanding general for Civil and Emergency Operations, will retire Nov. 30, 2013, after a 36-year career in the U.S. Army.

    Maj. Gen. Michael Walsh retires, has two messages for USACE

    One of the nicest guys in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will retire Nov. 30, 2013. Maj. Gen. Michael Walsh gives a self-deprecating chuckle. “Well, I don’t know about being the nicest guy in USACE. I just believe that everybody brings something special to the office. Many times being a leader means finding that specialness in everybody, and bringing their talents forward. That’s what I try to do.”
  • Col. Paul Brooks, Fort Lee garrison commander, presents the 2012 Directorate of Public Works Installation Support Program of the Year Award to Col. Paul B. Olsen, district commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, as Greg Williams, DPW director, looks on. (U.S. Army photo)

    Norfolk District snags installation support award

    U.S. Army Installation Management Command awarded the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with the 2012 Director of Public Works Installation Support Program of the Year. The nomination noted Norfolk District’s “team approach in delighting the ultimate customer – the soldier.”

  • Wilmington District achieves National Emergency Management Accreditation

    WILMINGTON, NC - The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Wilmington District, just received accreditation with the Emergency Management Accreditation Program for the district’s compliance with 64 national standards in emergency management programs and practices.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announces closure of all Regulatory Offices due to federal government shutdown

    WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced it will close its Regulatory offices due to the absence of available federal funding. During the closure, Regulatory offices will be unable to evaluate individual permit applications, pre-construction notifications for nationwide permit or regional general permit authorizations, or requests for jurisdictional determinations until after current year funding is received and the offices reopen.
  • (From left) Lt. Col. John Van Steenburgh, Office of Security Cooperation Chief for Ghana, Togo and Benin; Linda Smittle, Peace Corps Ghana volunteer and Marcelo Maier, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District special projects engineer pause to point out the location of the Nkwanta Nutritional Rehabilitation Center project on a map of Ghana during a meeting at the embassy in Accra.

    US, Ghana combat malnutrition with new center

    ACCRA, Ghana -- The U.S. and Ghana are teaming up to ease hunger in the West Africa nation. The project, a joint effort by U.S. Africa Command, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. Embassy and the Ghanaian Ministry of Health, is designed to improve the health and prosperity of children in the Volta region.

  • US, Ghana combat malnutrition with new center

    The U.S. and Ghana are teaming up to ease hunger in the West Africa nation.