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  • September

    U.S. Army Sgt. Nathan Holmes, 249th Engineer Battalion Charlie Company Prime Power production specialist, relays facility data to fellow soldiers during Exercise Empire Rising 2021 at the Washington Aqueduct in Washington D.C., July 14, 2021. The 249th EB provides technical expertise and performs assessments to determine generator requirements at facilities as well the connection materials required at critical public facilities during emergencies. (U.S. Army photo by Greg Nash)

    National Capital Region emergency response partners weather the storm

    During a recent emergency exercise, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District; 249th Engineer Battalion Charlie Company Prime Power; and emergency management partners helped enable community restoration efforts in the region by successfully assessing temporary emergency power needs for critical facilities. This opportunity prepared the emergency response agencies to resolve post-storm power outages during their most challenging time – hurricane season.

  • April

    Meetings are taking place inside the Hampton Roads Convention Center in Hampton Virginia between local, state and federal representatives on how best to convert the building into an alternate care facility. The Federal Emergency Management Agency tasked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to evaluate and recommend sites for Alternative Care Facilities in Virginia, and Governor Northam approved locations in Northern Virginia, Richmond and Hampton Roads. Norfolk District personnel, along with the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, the Virginia Department of Health, the Virginia National Guard and emergency management personnel from local and regional governments are now meeting with health care professionals and representatives from area health care systems to plan how best to convert the selected sites to meet their needs. The Corps has received three mission assignments from FEMA to begin construction on the Alternate Care Facilities shortly. (U.S. Army photo by Patrick Bloodgood)

    USACE to begin construction on alternate care facilities in Virginia

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has received three mission assignments from FEMA to construct alternate care facilities in Northern Virginia, the Hampton Roads region and in the Richmond, Virginia area.

  • September

    Satellite image of Hurricane Dorian just of the coast of Florida on Sept. 3, 2019. Image Courtesy National Hurricane Center, NOAA.

    District preps for Dorian, stands ready to respond if commonwealth impacted

    In conjunction with Gov. Ralph Northam’s state of emergency declaration for Virginia yesterday, the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) activated its Emergency Operations Center in Richmond to facilitate close coordination with state and federal agencies on pre- and post-storm activities.

  • April

    Project Engineer Nhat Tran, from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, inspects the nearly finished renovation work inside Building 1417, April 6, 2017, as contractors look over blueprints away from the finishing up of the construction activities. Building 1417 is used by the 249th Engineer Battalion (Prime Power) for maintenance on generators and vehicles as well as storage and other activities.

    Prime Power getting HQ facilities upgrade at Fort Belvoir

    Most times, when an active duty U.S. Army unit is deployed it’s not to American cities, but for the
  • Project Engineer Nhat Tran, from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, inspects the nearly finished renovation work inside Building 1417, April 6, 2017, as contractors look over blueprints away from the finishing up of the construction activities. Building 1417 is used by the 249th Engineer Battalion (Prime Power) for maintenance on generators and vehicles as well as storage and other activities.

    Prime Power getting HQ facilities upgrade at Fort Belvoir

    Most times, when an active duty U.S. Army unit is deployed it’s not to American cities, but for the

  • August

    U.S. Coast Guard and other emergency vessels assist a small vessel in distress on the Chesapeake Bay after receiving the exact location of the distressed vessel from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District's Survey Vessel LINTHICUM Sunday Aug. 7, 2016. LINTHICUM responded after being notified by a passing ship of a nearby flare while conducting a condition survey of the nearby Cape Henry Channel.

    Army Corps survey vessel crew assists with rescue in Chesapeake Bay

    Crew of Baltimore District's Survey Vessel LINTHICUM assists U.S. Coast Guard with rescue of disabled small boat in Chesapeake Bay near Virginia Beach
  • U.S. Coast Guard and other emergency vessels assist a small vessel in distress on the Chesapeake Bay after receiving the exact location of the distressed vessel from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District's Survey Vessel LINTHICUM Sunday Aug. 7, 2016. LINTHICUM responded after being notified by a passing ship of a nearby flare while conducting a condition survey of the nearby Cape Henry Channel.

    Army Corps survey vessel crew assists with rescue in Chesapeake Bay

    Crew of Baltimore District's Survey Vessel LINTHICUM assists U.S. Coast Guard with rescue of disabled small boat in Chesapeake Bay near Virginia Beach

  • April

    Lance Cpl. Joseph Marshall, a squad automatic weapon gunner with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, waits for the sun to rise in Southern Marjah District, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 23, the first day of Operation Watchtower. Marshall is from Glenallen, Alaska.

    Engineering a difference

    Thumbing through the pages of his chartreuse logbook where he writes down thoughts, project plans and drawings, Capt. Antonio Pazos stops to point out a particular drawing. It’s a rough sketch diagram of how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and federal and state engineers designed a dewatering plan to remove 400 million gallons of water from the Brooklyn Battery and Queens tunnels after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast Oct.29, 2012.

  • Engineering a difference

    Captain Antonio Pazos was in the Hurricane Sandy emergency operations center, simultaneously gathering progress reports for 14 projects which included the tunnels, preparing reports for the New York’s emergency operations center and controlling the flow of water. It was right where a self-identified adrenaline junkie was meant to be.