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  • November

    Army Corps of Engineers waives day use fees at recreation areas in observance of Veterans Day

     The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced this week that it will waive day use fees at its more

  • September

    Army Specialists Jerry Rifkin (right) and Walt Rymzowicz prepare for a mission at night in Vietnam. The paper in Rifkin’s right hand had a code word to use for air support that was difficult to decipher in the dark.

    Vietnam vets share memories

    Vietnam.It is a word and a place that brought up distinct, and often rugged, memories for a number

  • 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.

  • February

    ARLINGTON, Va. -- Construction crews move dirt and prepare the ground at the Arlington National Cemetery Millennium Expansion Project, Feb. 19, 2014. The 27-acre project will add nearly 30,000 burial and niche spaces with a mix of above-ground columbariums and in-ground burials. The project also involves restoring an impaired stream that runs through the area. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    Millennium Project work begins at Arlington National Cemetery

    Crews working for the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are preparing land designated for the growth of Arlington National Cemetery.

  • May

    Arlington National Cemetery dedicates columbarium

    Arlington National Cemetery will dedicate its ninth columbarium court here today. Officials will mark the dedication of Columbarium Court No. 9 with a joint, full-honors committal service for six unclaimed remains of veterans from all branches of military.

  • Arlington National Cemetery dedicates columbarium

    Arlington National Cemetery will dedicate its ninth columbarium court here today. Officials will mark the dedication of Columbarium Court No. 9 with a joint, full-honors committal service for six unclaimed remains of veterans from all branches of military.

  • April

    Court opens up niche space at Arlington

    Contractors are placing the finishing touches and final pieces of marble on the newest structure at Arlington National Cemetery.