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  • October

    A California Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk places a 3,000-pound sandbag at the Whittier Narrows Dam Basin in Montebello, California, as part of an exercise during which the district teamed up with the California Army National Guard to demonstrate flood-mitigation capabilities.

    LA District teams up with California Guard for flood-control exercise

    Partnership was the keyword Oct. 8 as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District teamed up with the California Army National Guard for a flood-control exercise at the Whittier Narrows Dam Basin.

  • May

    Narturi Narciso, engineer in training, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, exits a conduit at Salt Creek Site 2, Olive Creek Dam, Neb., after conducting a structural inspection May 1. Kristle Beaudet, dam safety manager, assists with the equipment and documentation. This was the first inspection the dam safety program conducted since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

    Dam safety remains top priority admist COVID-19 challenges

    Despite the challenges of social distancing due to COVID-19, dam safety remains a risk management practice for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District. Recently a dam safety inspection team conducted its periodic inspection of the Salt Creek Dam Site 2, Olive Creek Dam south of Lincoln, Nebraska.

  • April

    Fifteen Pennsylvania Game Commission Wildland Firefighters from Crawford, Venango and Mercer counties conducted a prescribed and controlled burn on U.S. Army Corps of Engineer land leased to them at Shenango Lake March 29.

    Shenango Conducts Prescribed Burn and Fire Management

    Fifteen Pennsylvania Game Commission Wildland Firefighters from Crawford, Venango and Mercer counties conducted a prescribed and controlled burn on U.S. Army Corps of Engineer land leased to them at Shenango Lake March 29.

  • June

    (l to r) Daaniyal Mcgill, Distribution and Electrical Section, Maintenance Branch, receives a coin for his outstanding service from Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III. Chandler visited the Washington Aqueduct to learn more about the Corps unique and diverse mission, June 5.

    SMA Chandler visits the Washington Aqueduct

    Sergeant Major of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III came to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Washington Aqueduct June 5 to visit the people charged with a unique and vital but frequently unseen mission.

  • March

    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.