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29 Jun 2012
DLNR, Army Corps of Engineers Break Ground for Kawainui Marsh Environmental Restoration Project
The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers broke ground for the construction of the Kawainui Marsh Environmental Restoration Project in Kailua, O'ahu, June 28, 2012.
28 Jun 2012
USACE Philadelphia District holds Change of Command Ceremony
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Philadelphia District ushered in new leadership as Lt. Col. John C. Becking assumed command from Lt. Col. Philip M. Secrist III during a June 26, 2012 ceremony in the Wanamaker Building's Crystal Tea Room.
28 Jun 2012
USACE Honolulu District Supports Quake Catastrophe Response Exercise
Several U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Honolulu District employees spent time training for emergency management deployments by participating in the Combined Response Mission Exercise Evergreen Quake 2012.
28 Jun 2012
Army civilian engineers team with Soldiers in Afghanistan
U.S. Army civilian engineers are deploying to Afghanistan along with Soldiers to resolve issues that hinder mission success in theater.
28 Jun 2012
USACE Tulsa District employees ride to remember Chapman
Four U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District employees took to the road during the Tour of the Wichitas/Tom Chapman Memorial Ride, June 23, 2012, to pay tribute to Tom Chapman, a former employee of the Tulsa District Fort Sill Area Office.
27 Jun 2012
Army divers support South District work at critical Afghan dams
Six members of a unique Army unit - engineer divers from the 569th Engineer Dive Detachment - recently spent 30 days in southern Afghanistan, conducting underwater surveys to help the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineer District-South prepare for major repair projects at Kajaki and Dahla dams.
27 Jun 2012
USACE reservist gets help from A's in making daughter's 16th birthday sweet
Allie Pearce celebrated her 16th birthday on June 22 by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before the Oakland Athletics game against the San Francisco Giants at Oakland Coliseum. Her birthday was made a little less sweet since her father, Army Specialist Scott Pearce, is in Afghanistan for a year-long deployment.
27 Jun 2012
Interests in Huntsville Center energy programs growing
Visits from the deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and two senior executive service members provided the Huntsville Center with opportunities to promote its ability to play major roles in the Army's Energy Campaign Plan.
27 Jun 2012
Meter systems earn network certification
The Army Central Metering Program aims to meet requirements of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 by providing customers with a centralized view of energy and water consumption and energy efficiency and management.
27 Jun 2012
R&D centers collaborate to enhance mission planning capabilities, engineers win award
Engineers from the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command's communications-electronics center, or CERDEC, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's Engineer Research and Development Center, or ERDC, received the Outstanding Collaborative Research and Development Achievement Award for their work to automate route planning capabilities for the Command Post of the Future.
27 Jun 2012
Repairs complete, Fort Norfolk's pier, wharf resume full operations
For years, Mother Nature’s fury has steadily eroded the structural integrity of the Fort Norfolk pier and wharf area, seriously degrading its operational effectiveness and jeopardizing its safe operation. That was then.
27 Jun 2012
Philadelphia District holds Change of Command Ceremony
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Philadelphia District ushered in new leadership as Lt. Col. John
26 Jun 2012
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.
26 Jun 2012
Corps of Engineers to improve access to water, power in southern Afghanistan
The U.S. military and its coalition partners may be drawing down their combat missions in Afghanistan, but the next two years will continue to be busy for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineer District-South.
26 Jun 2012
USACE earns first LEED® certification for US facility in Germany
WIESBADEN, Germany (June 26, 2012) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District announced
25 Jun 2012
Corps welcomes NRC sea-level rise study
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers welcomes the National Research Council report, "Sea-Level Rise for the Coasts of California, Oregon, And Washington: Past, Present and Future," that was released June 22, 2012.
21 Jun 2012
Marsh restoration has wildlife’s ‘seal’ of approval
As construction workers maneuver bulldozers and spread sand to restore the degrading marsh island, Yellow Bar Hassock in Jamaica Bay, N.Y., their work is being closely observed by an area resident.
21 Jun 2012
Corps completes new $10.1 million Troop Medical Clinic at Fort Stewart
Soldiers at Fort Stewart, Ga., will benefit from a variety of outpatient services at the new $10.1 million North Troop Medical Clinic recently completed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District.
21 Jun 2012
US Army Corps of Engineers continues to build projects contributing to Iraq sovereignty
In seven years starting in 2004, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed more than 5,000 projects with a value of $8.8 billion in Iraq.
21 Jun 2012
Environmental clean-up at Walker Lake, Nevada
Hawthorne Army Depot, the Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, the Army Environmental Command and contractors have partnered together to perform a partial cleanup operation at the south end of Walker Lake.
21 Jun 2012
Afghan power company linemen receive training, new equipment during debut training session
Twelve Afghan electric company technicians will be better able to maintain power lines throughout southern Afghanistan after learning to safely operate electric utility trucks donated by the United States during a training course on Kandahar Airfield.
20 Jun 2012
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.
19 Jun 2012
Corps completes Gamberi $5 million flood control project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed a $5 million flood control project constructed to protect the Afghanistan National Army 201st Corps garrison at Gamberi from devastation.
19 Jun 2012
Zombots bring robots to life at USACE Coyote Dam
Just two days into summer vacation, a group of twenty Zombots members deployed Charles at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Coyote Dam.
19 Jun 2012
USACE transfers $15.5 million Border Police Station in Paktia Province
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineer District-North teamed with the Afghanistan National Police and Technologies, Inc. to build a border police station along the Pakistan border in Gardez, Paktia Province.
19 Jun 2012
Pittsburgh District prepares for Hurricane Season…What?
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District, referred to as the "Headwaters District," which encompasses 26,000 square land-locked miles among western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, southwest New York, both panhandles of West Virginia and a small piece of western Maryland, is readying for hurricane season.
18 Jun 2012
Corps of Engineers hosted Birthday 5k at Kandahar Airfield
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineer District-South, celebrated the Corps of Engineers birthday by sponsoring a 5-kilometer run on Kandahar Airfield, June 16, 2012 to benefit the wounded Warrior Support Center on KAF.
18 Jun 2012
Colorado regulatory office has new, energy-efficient home
The Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building in Grand Junction, Colo. is now on its way to being the first federal building under the U.S. General Services Administration to achieve a net zero energy rating.
18 Jun 2012
'Big bannana boat' Dredge Thompson takes final voyage on Mississippi River
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees and retirees, river residents and those affectionately known as river rats lined the banks of the Upper Mississippi River to see the Dredge William A. Thompson make its final voyage, June 12-13.
18 Jun 2012
Corps of Engineers announces upcoming contracts
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has 52 construction and service contracts, worth a total of almost $712 million, to award in southern Afghanistan before the end of fiscal year 2012.