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  • October

    Great Bridge Locks reopen as tidal waters recede

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has reopened the great bridge lock in Chesapeake, Va.

  • USACE delivers new Outdoor Recreation Complex in Grafenwoehr

    GRAFENWOEHR, Germany – Sunshine, blue skies and a splendid fall afternoon set up an idyllic backdrop for the grand opening of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation’s Outdoor Recreation Complex at Grafenwoehr Training Area.

  • Europe District Forward Engineer Support Team deploys to Jordan

    WIESBADEN, Germany – After a swift training stint and buildup this summer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District’s Forward Engineer Support Team-Advanced is on the move again. The 16-member unit recently left for a six-month deployment to Amman, Jordan.

  • Europe District Forward Engineer Support Team deploys to Jordan

    After a swift training stint and buildup this summer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District’s Forward Engineer Support Team-Advanced is on the move again.

  • September

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Park Ranger Brent Sewell rescued a drowning teenager from Martins Fork Lake, Smith, Ky., over the Labor Day weekend. Aaron Ledford, 18, a non-swimmer from Louisville, Ky., attended a family reunion Sept. 1 and entered the water to recover a beach ball. He got into trouble when he released the swimming area’s boundary line as he pulled himself out hand-over-hand.

    Corps park ranger rescues drowning teenager in Martins Fork Lake

    SMITH, Ky. – A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District park ranger rescued a drowning teenager in Martins Fork Lake over the Labor Day weekend. Aaron Ledford, 18, a non-swimmer from Louisville, Ky., attended a family reunion Sept. 1 and entered the water to recover a beach ball. He got into trouble when he released the swimming area’s boundary line as he pulled himself out hand-over-hand.

  • August

    Officials eye 2014 opening of U.S. schools in Belgium

    MONS, Belgium – Department of Defense Dependents Schools-Europe is inching closer to unveiling brand new elementary, middle and high schools here. Progress continues on the three American facilities at this NATO base, which is home to Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe.

  • Officials eye 2014 opening of U.S. schools in Belgium

    Department of Defense Dependents Schools-Europe is inching closer to unveiling brand new elementary, middle and high schools here.

  • July

    District employee shares ‘passion’ for fishing

    With summer’s arrival and a pair of major European competitions on the horizon, Brad Smudzinski wants to get more people hooked on fishing, even while chasing his own dreams in the sport.

  • June

    SANDBRIDGE, Va. -- The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, partnering with the city of Virginia Beach, Va., began a five-mile hurricane protection and beach renourishment project in Sandbridge in mid-April, 2013. The $13.35 million non-federal project included the dredging and placement of approximately 2 million cubic yards of sand along public beachfront from Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge to the Dam Neck Naval facility.

    2-plus million cubic yards added to Sandbridge beachfront; Big Beach completion now under way

    VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- A five-mile hurricane protection and beach renourishment project in Sandbridge is complete.
  • Joseph Rael (right) and Kelly Adams (left) of the Emergency Power team check to ensure a generator is ready for installation during the Combined Response Mission Exercise in Philadelphia. Staff Sgt. James Phillips of the 249th Prime Power Battalion observes activities.

    USACE holds emergency response exercise in Philadelphia

    More than 150 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel descended on Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia June 10-14 to participate in a national emergency response exercise. The exercise, which involved simulating response activities to a category 3 hurricane, was designed to prepare teams and individuals for real events.

  • Warfighter support at heart of USACE mission, chief says

    STUTTGART, Germany – Support to American and coalition warfighters remains a top priority at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the chief of engineers told service component commanders during a weeklong trip to Europe.

  • Warfighter support at heart of USACE mission, chief says

    Support to American and coalition warfighters remains a top priority at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the chief of engineers told service component commanders during a weeklong trip to Europe.

  • May

    New STEM agreement strengthens USACE support of DODEA

    STUTTGART, Germany – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general made a pitch to spur more interest in science, technology, engineering and math among American students during a visit May 14 to Patch High School.

  • New STEM agreement strengthens USACE support of DODEA

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general made a pitch to spur more interest in science, technology, engineering and math among American students during a visit May 14 to Patch High School.
  • Urban Assault Course

    Setting the stage to prepare cadets for combat

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, is constructing West Point's first Urban Assault Course.

  • April

    Photograph of the exterior during renovation.

    Army Corps helps support the Army Family through school construction

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, is renovating the historic West Point Middle School.

  • Europe District claims 2012 division safety award

    WIESBADEN, Germany – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District boasted the top safety record, practices and procedures in all of North Atlantic Division last year. The district was recognized for its “creative, effective and tireless efforts” to save lives and families within a broad and varied area of responsibility, according to a citation received in the fiscal year 2012 USACE Chief of Engineers Awards for Safe Performance.

  • March

    The hopper dredge B. E. Lindholm from Weeks Marine Inc., was called in to dredge when hazardous shoaling in the Thimble Shoals federal navigation channel was discovered and one side of the navigation lane was closed.

    Corps responds to emergency dredging in Thimble Shoals federal channel

    NORFOLK – Hazardous shoaling in the Thimble Shoals federal navigation channel launched action between local and federal agencies as they raced to reopen a closed navigation lane. The Virginia Pilots Association alerted the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, of the hazard on March 13, and within hours, a survey team was mobilized.
  • Erin Juergens, a logistics management specialist with the Norfolk district, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was doing what she did best just before boarding a plane from Virginia to South Bridge, Mass.: last-minute packing. Juergens was one of two Corps employees and 144 civilian participants from all branches of the military attending the 2013 course. Approximately 600 people applied.

    Leading lady: Classic character, modern methods

    Juergens, a logistics management specialist with the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was doing what she did best just before boarding a plane from Virginia to South Bridge, Mass.: last-minute packing.

  • USACE leads CQM course to sharpen quality control

    WIESBADEN, Germany – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District has kicked off its 2013 slate of Construction Quality Management courses, conducted quarterly for contractors awarded projects requiring this certification. The first session took place Feb. 25-27 at the Wiesbaden Entertainment Center.

  • Army Corps completes multi-purpose chapel at Dover Air Force Base

    On February 25, 2013, the Philadelphia District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, together with officials from the 436th Airlift Wing and from Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, participated in a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony to officially open the newest building at Dover Air Force Base -- the Chapel Center.

  • December

    Army Corps of Engineers continues ecosystem restoration work in Soundview Park

    Thirty years ago, Elbin Mena was repairing a hole on his father's roof in Harding Park, Bronx, New York City. "I looked out at neighboring Soundview Park. It was filled with abandoned cars and burnt out shacks and I said to myself - 'Boy, this park could look beautiful if given some money and attention,'" said Mena.

  • Corps of Engineers demolishes house in Washington, D.C.

    As the excavator scraped the side of the stately colonial brickhouse at 4825 Glenbrook Road N.W., people gathered to watch the long-awaited demolition in Spring Valley.

  • USACE getting Hurricane Sandy missions done through interagency teamwork

    After Hurricane Sandy, the Army Corps immediately had teams on the ground working around the clock to get things back to normal, families safely back in their homes and people back to work.

  • November

    Corps, congressional delegation discuss Martinsville project

    Members of the U.S Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality met with members of Virginia's congressional delegation here today to discuss the permit application for a Martinsville, Va., business center complex. The meeting focused on a federal permit application for the Commonwealth Crossing Business Center, a proposed 726-acre development in Henry County, Va.

  • October

    Tugboat in a dry dock for hull painting and propeller work at Caddell Dry Dock & Repair Co.

    Port’s dredged materials management method keeps economy afloat

    Summer has come and gone, but boaters are still making their way in and out of the Robbins Reef

  • Corps of Engineers project pulls out World War II fuel storage tanks

    Early in World War II, the U.S. government acquired a 305 acre area in Monaca, Pa., on the banks of Raccoon Creek northwest of Pittsburgh. The purpose was strategic and secret -- build six petroleum, oil and lubricant storage tanks to store almost 10 million gallons of fuel as the East Coast reserve for defense fuel.

  • September

    Col. Paul Owen takes command of New York Engineer District

    Colonel Paul Owen assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, during a formal change of command ceremony on September 14, 2012. Colonel John R. Boulé, who commanded the district since July 2009, relinquished command during the event in the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House.

  • Army Corps Restores Marsh Islands in Jamaica Bay N.Y.

    To quell further erosion of Jamaica Bay salt marsh islands, and adding to an already impressive list of habitat restoration projects in the Bay, the Army Corps commenced the placement of sand from the Harbor Deepening Project’s Ambrose Channel contract in August 2012 to restore Black Wall and Rulers Bar marsh islands.

  • July

    The Corps Dredge Currituck performs dredging operations in Virginia Beach's Rudee Inlet in 2005. The Currituck is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hopper dredge that performs maintenance dredging up and down the East Coast. (U.S. Army Photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    Dredge Currituck: the little Corps vessel with a huge maritime mission

    VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – From Florida to Maine, one unique vessel in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’