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  • March

    From left, Phetmano Phannavong, DC Department of Energy and Environment, DC floodplain manager; Stacey Underwood, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Silver Jackets Program coordinator; and Mark Baker, National Park Service, Dam and Levee Safety officer, are recognized as part of the District of Columbia Silver Jackets Team as state Silver Jackets team of the year, during the 2017 Interagency Flood Risk Management Workshop in St. Louis, March 2, 2017. Mark Roupas (at right), Corps, Office of Homeland Security deputy chief, presented the team members with the award during the workshop. The Corps Baltimore District, NPS and DOEE jointly lead the DC Silver Jackets, which is an interagency team that manages flood risks in the District. There are active Silver Jackets teams in 47 states, plus the District, and the program is sponsored by the Corps. (Courtesy photo)

    District of Columbia team that manages flood risks is recognized nationally

    A District of Columbia interagency team that manages flood risks, known as the DC Silver Jackets, was recognized as state team of the year during a national workshop in St. Louis, March 2, 2017. The DC Silver Jackets leverages resources to identify and implement comprehensive, resilient, and sustainable solutions to reduce flood risks around the flood-prone District. There are active Silver Jackets teams in 47 states, plus the District, and the program is sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
  • From left, Phetmano Phannavong, DC Department of Energy and Environment, DC floodplain manager; Stacey Underwood, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, Silver Jackets Program coordinator; and Mark Baker, National Park Service, Dam and Levee Safety officer, are recognized as part of the District of Columbia Silver Jackets Team as state Silver Jackets team of the year, during the 2017 Interagency Flood Risk Management Workshop in St. Louis, March 2, 2017. Mark Roupas (at right), Corps, Office of Homeland Security deputy chief, presented the team members with the award during the workshop. The Corps Baltimore District, NPS and DOEE jointly lead the DC Silver Jackets, which is an interagency team that manages flood risks in the District. There are active Silver Jackets teams in 47 states, plus the District, and the program is sponsored by the Corps. (Courtesy photo)

    District of Columbia team that manages flood risks is recognized nationally

    A District of Columbia interagency team that manages flood risks, known as the DC Silver Jackets, was recognized as state team of the year during a national workshop in St. Louis, March 2, 2017. The DC Silver Jackets leverages resources to identify and implement comprehensive, resilient, and sustainable solutions to reduce flood risks around the flood-prone District. There are active Silver Jackets teams in 47 states, plus the District, and the program is sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

  • January

    Veterans' resumes are laid out during an open house at the Veterans Curation Program office in Alexandria, Virginia, Jan. 12, 2016. The VCP provides employment and vocational training for five months for recently separated veterans using archaeological collections administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Veterans working in the Alexandria laboratory are trained in data entry, report writing, photography, and scanning technologies.(U.S. Army Photo by Sarah Gross)

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lab in Alexandria trains Veterans in archaeological curation, prepares them for future

    The Veterans Curation Program provides five months of paid, intensive archaeological curation training to recently-separated Veterans, using collections from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Veterans are not only helping the Corps rehabilitate vast archaeological collections to museum standards to aid in future research but are also learning important career-building skills. The VCP laboratory in Alexandria held an open house Jan. 12, 2016, so the 12 employed Veterans could demonstrate their work in archiving and artifacts and discuss how the program is helping them to prepare for the future.
  • Veterans' resumes are laid out during an open house at the Veterans Curation Program office in Alexandria, Virginia, Jan. 12, 2016. The VCP provides employment and vocational training for five months for recently separated veterans using archaeological collections administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Veterans working in the Alexandria laboratory are trained in data entry, report writing, photography, and scanning technologies.(U.S. Army Photo by Sarah Gross)

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lab in Alexandria trains Veterans in archaeological curation, prepares them for future

    The Veterans Curation Program provides five months of paid, intensive archaeological curation training to recently-separated Veterans, using collections from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Veterans are not only helping the Corps rehabilitate vast archaeological collections to museum standards to aid in future research but are also learning important career-building skills. The VCP laboratory in Alexandria held an open house Jan. 12, 2016, so the 12 employed Veterans could demonstrate their work in archiving and artifacts and discuss how the program is helping them to prepare for the future.