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  • October

    (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.

  • USACE delivers new Outdoor Recreation Complex in Grafenwoehr

    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.

  • September

    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, where it's part of a special U.S. task force set up to build the nation's capabilities and help provide aid for thousands of refugees pouring in from neighboring Syria, which remains locked in a bloody civil war that's claimed more than 100,000 lives.
  • Representatives from the Senegalese armed forces, U.S. Embassy Senegal, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District and contractor, CNaf-SET, tour the Dodji Peace Keeping Operations Training Center project site Aug. 20 in Senegal. The camp is being upgraded to include eight new barracks, a dining facility, shower and latrine facilities for men and women, a water treatment plant and a well. The turnkey facilities will accommodate and supply 1,000 soldiers upon completion mid-September. U.S. Department of State Global Peace Operations Initiative funded the project to support the development of Senegalese PKO capabilities.

    US upgrades Senegalese army training center

    DODJI, Senegal -- The sound of construction progress will soon be replaced by the voices of Senegalese soldiers at Dodji Peacekeeping Operations Training Center. Representatives from the Senegalese army, U.S. Embassy Senegal and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District visited the Dodji PKO project site Aug. 20 to inspect construction work by contractor, CNaf-SET.

  • August

    Deputy commander bids farewell to Europe District

    WIESBADEN, Germany – For two years, Lt. Col. Michelle Garcia made a top command priority her personal mission. During a farewell last month, district leaders and officials praised her ability to transcend the role of deputy commander and effectively bridge divides between personnel, support functions and resources.

  • February

    USACE People: When your spouse is your colleague

    WIESBADEN, Germany - Some say the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District is like a family.

  • January

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District continues work in December on NATO's Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe International School campus in Mons, Belgium. The endeavor, funded collectively by Department of Defense Dependents Schools-Europe and NATO, will bring new elementary, middle and high schools to DoDDS students and new classrooms for the international school in an environmentally sustainable campus setting. Officials have targeted 2018 for completion of the entire campus.

    Taking SHAPE: USACE projects key to organization's future

    MONS, Belgium -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is managing a major push into upgrading decades-old buildings on the NATO base here as part of an endeavor that will have a lasting impact on the culture and mission of Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, military and education leaders say.
  • Jason Cade, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District Leadership Development Program team member delivers an e-lesson on the physics behind roller coaters to a Wiesbaden Middle School eighth-grade class via video conference at the district's headquarters in Wiesbaden, Germany Dec. 19, 2012.

    Web conferencing brings Army engineers to DoDDS classroom

    WIESBADEN, Germany - A live video stream of eighth-grade physics students displayed on Jason Cade's computer screen. After a quick audio check, Cade, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District project manager and mining engineer, with the assistance of his colleagues, used face-to-face video conferencing to teach a lesson on roller coaster engineering to Wiesbaden Middle School students recently.

  • December

    NATO special operations forces, comprised of 26 member nations and three non-NATO partners, celebrate the completion of a new state-of-the-art, 23,000-square-foot headquarters building during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Dec. 12 at SHAPE in Mons, Belgium. NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Adm. James Stavridis, center left, and Lt. Gen. Frank Kisner, NATO Special Operations Headquarters commander, addressed distinguished guests and expressed their desire for the building to serve as an ideas hub for 21st-century special operations.

    USACE delivers NATO Special Operations Headquarters in Belgium

    MONS, Belgium -- U.S. and international military officials have cut the ribbon on a state-of-the-art facility constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District that will enable the NATO special operations forces community to plan, coordinate and conduct vital missions around the globe.

  • November

    As the Army's construction agent, the Corps of Engineers works with its customers to plan, program, budget, design and build facilities to achieve a minimum of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver or an equivalent overseas green building rating system certification per Army policy. USACE Europe District is piloting a Child Development Center project to see if it can earn a German rating system certification as an alternative to LEED.

    Building green: Corps of Engineers explores overseas LEED alternative

    WIESBADEN, Germany -- Think global, act local. The phrase, popularized in the 1970s on the back bumpers of hippies' Volkswagens and on the front of their T-shirts, has evolved through the years and taken on a wider meaning. The slogan is used by urban planners, environmentalists, government officials and business executives to describe a global mindset with a local focus.

  • USACE heads up Air Force infrastructure assessment

    WIESBADEN, Germany -- The Air Force has launched a two-year evaluation of facilities and equipment on bases worldwide to gain a clearer picture of energy and space efficiencies within its inventory.

  • October

    Traditionally dressed Serbian students welcome representatives from the U.S. European Command, U.S. Embassy Belgrade, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District, Serbian government and the local community with bread and salt to celebrate the completion of the school's sports gymnasium in Pranjani September 24, 2012. The EUCOM funded and USACE managed humanitarian assistance project included a 1,580-square-meter sports gymnasium with locker room facilities. The gym was originally started by the municipality, but never completed due to lack of funding. The project also included the installation of indoor bathroom facilities and general renovations to the existing building (new flooring, exterior doors and windows, entry canopy and paint). The project was completed in the town of Pranjani as a small token of thanks. During World War II more than 500 airmen were shot down over occupied Serbia and rescued by local Serbians who ultimately assisted in the largest evacuation of troops behind enemy lines in history. The people of Pranjani were instrumental in the success of the Halyard Mission rescue, building an airstrip to enable the evacuation. Through partnership and the successful completion of this project the people of the U.S. and Serbia continue to cultivate their friendship.

    US honors Serbian friendship

    PRANJANI, Serbia --The cheers of more than 520 World War II Allied airmen being evacuated from Pranjani is a 68-year-old memory for the residents of this rural, farming village.

  • September

    Marcelo Maier (left), a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District civil engineer for special projects conducts a site inspection of a telemedicine facility in Kukes, Albania. After one year on the job and an informal mentorship Maier is helping to build the Humanitarian Assistance program.

    USACE People: Building strong through mentoring

    Brian Trzaska, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District civil engineer for special projects, is teaching, training, coaching, counseling and transferring knowledge to Marcelo Maier, a fellow district civil engineer and Trzaska's mentee.

  • August

    ROMANIA — Through a partnership with the U.S. European Command, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District will oversee renovation of the basement of the world's second largest office building, Romania's Palace of the Parliament, remodeling it to be able to accommodate a new training classroom and conference room.

    Army Corps of Engineers helps renovate world's second largest building

    Through a partnership with the U.S. European Command, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District will oversee renovation of the basement of the world's second largest office building.
  • GRAFENWOEHR, Germany — Lt. Col. Michelle Garcia, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District deputy commander, was among the participants negotiating the high ropes course and celebrating the opening in Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 18, 2012.

    Corps of Engineers builds to new heights in Germany

    gh atop the trees on the Morale, Welfare and Recreation High Ropes Park, representatives from the U.S. Army Garrison Grafenwöhr, Family MWR, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District gathered to cut a ribbon and showcase part of the project for Outdoor Recreation Destination at Dickhaueter Lake Park.

  • July

    GERMANY — Alex Cansler, a rising U.S. Military Academy at West Point junior majoring in Civil Engineering, took part in the school's Academic Individual Advanced Development program working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District this summer.

    USACE introduces cadets to European engineering

    United States Military Academy at West Point Cadets traveled to Europe this summer wearing construction boots rather than backpacks, ready to apply classroom lessons to real work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District.
  • WIESBADEN, Germany -- Lucas Suarez, Advancing Minorities' Interest in Engineering (AMIE) intern, reviews some blueprints for a construction project in Israel while working with the Project Management department at the Amelia Earhart here, July 10, 2012.

    AMIE interns gain career experience in Europe

    The Advancing Minorities' Interest in Engineering partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has entered its 16th year with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District.
  • WIESBADEN, Germany — Col. D. Peter Helmlinger (from left), commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District; Col. David Carstens, U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden commander; Col. Bruce Crawford, commander of the 5th Signal Command; 5th Signal Command Sgt. Maj. Gerald Tyce; Wolfgang Schnitzer of the Hessen Construction Management Agency; and Bertram Giesinger with the Wolff-Mueller construction firm break ground on the new Information Processing Center on Wiesbaden's Clay Kaserne, June 28, 2012.

    New Information Processing Center to consolidate information assets in Europe

    German and American officials broke ground for the next stage in transformation on Wiesbaden's Clay Kaserne June 28, 2012.

  • June

    WIESBADEN, Germany — The Gen. John Shalikashvili Mission Command Center will be the new home for most of the staff of U.S Army Europe and is located at the Gen. Lucas D. Clay Kaserne, U.S. Army Airfield in Wiesbaden, Germany. The quality, sustainable, state-of-the-art facility was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District in 22 months. The building, named during a June 14, 2012 ceremony is a memorial to Gen. John Shalikashvili who was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1936 and was the first foreign-born American Soldier to be appointed as a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

    USACE earns first LEED® certification for US facility in Germany

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District announced June 26, 2012 that it has been awarded the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver certification of a U.S. facility in Germany. LEED, established by the U.S. Green Building Council, is an internationally recognized program for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.
  • WIESBADEN, Germany — The Gen. John Shalikashvili Mission Command Center will be the new home for most of the staff of U.S Army Europe and is located at the Gen. Lucas D. Clay Kaserne, U.S. Army Airfield in Wiesbaden, Germany. The quality, sustainable, state-of-the-art facility was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District in 22 months. The building, named during a June 14, 2012 ceremony is a memorial to Gen. John Shalikashvili who was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1936 and was the first foreign-born American Soldier to be appointed as a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

    U.S. Army Europe names USACE built Mission Command Center

    The new Gen. John Shalikashvili Mission Command Center will be the new home for most of the staff of U.S Army Europe and is located at the newly named Gen. Lucius D. Clay Kaserne, U.S. Army Airfield in Wiesbaden, Germany.