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  • July

    Blackfish residing on the Hempstead Reef, which is now encrusted with organisms like mussels, sponges, and anemones. (NYS DEC)

    Army Corps Dredged Material Used as a Natural Resource

    Dredged rock material from the Army Corps' Harbor Deepening Project is a valued natural resource that is environmentally beneficial for the construction of artificial reefs
  • Nicholls State President Dr. Stephen Hulbert signs the Memorandum of Agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, July 17, 2013.

    Army Corps of Engineers signs first cooperation agreement with Nicholls State University

    THIBODAUX, La.-- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, signed its first Memorandum of Agreement with Nicholls State University, July 17. The Memorandum of Agreement, or MOA, establishes the basis for mutual understanding and cooperation between the corps and the university, with a focus on the school's Department of Applied Science, Geomatics Program.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers debris subject matter experts identify potential temporary sorting sites on a map with a Dhaka City Corporation engineer.

    Debris management planning underway in Bangladesh

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with its debris mission experience under Emergency Support Function #3 of the U.S. National Response Framework, is sharing its experience and lessons-learned to assist Bangladesh with the development of a draft plan to manage post-disaster debris recovery.

  • Tomorrow's engineers tackle internships in Europe

    WIESBADEN, Germany- With four right hands raised in the air, the 17th class of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District interns took the civilian service oath of office. The district welcomed Michael Gray-Lewis, Yillian Rivera, Donatello Barrett and Tiffany Williams -- this year's Advancing Minorities' Interest in Engineering students -- to Europe in early June.
  • Gathright Dam located in Alleghany County, Va., impounds the water flowing down the Jackson River to create the 2,500 acre Lake Moomaw. The dam has prevented numerous floods over its 30 plus year existence saving countless dollars and lives.

    Gathright Dam ‘pulse release’ to increase Jackson River water flow

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will conduct a pulse release on Tuesday, July 23, beginning at approximately 6 a.m.
  • (Center) Chris Sherek, an Old Hickory Hydropower trainee at the Old Hickory Lock and Dam from the Nashville District provides students Jessica Dedeaux from Wiggins, Miss., and John Fitzgerald, Jr., from Memphis, Tenn with information about the operations of the Old Hickory Lock and Dam on June 27, 2013. Both were part of a group of 17 students who attended the Tennessee State University Engineering Department's four-week National Summer Transportation Institute program that introduces students to various aspects of engineering. Both Dededaux and Fitzgerald plan to attend Tennessee State University and study Engineering.

    Corps helps prepare future engineering students at Tennessee State University

    NASHVILLE, Tenn.--The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District collaborated with the Tennessee State University Engineering Department to mentor science, technology, engineering and math students during a four-week National Summer Transportation Institute program June 9 through July 7, 2013. Corps personnel mentored and instructed students on a variety of engineering classes and current projects.
  • GALLUP, N.M., -- Ronald Maldonado, supervisory archaeologist for the Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Department and Julie Price, cultural resources project manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, complete the paperwork transferring 425 sacred relics to the Navajo Nation July 9, 2013.

    Army Corps of Engineers helps return of stolen artifacts

    GALLUP, N.M.-- The Army Corps of Engineers recently repatriated a large cache of sacred artifacts to the Navajo Nation.This is the first time in the history of the Omaha District, with some assistance from the Albuquerque District, that artifacts have been returned to any tribal nation in accordance with the Archaeological Resources Protection Act.

  • District inactivates after four years of delivering critical infrastructure

    KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan --Afghanistan Engineer District-South marked its inactivation after four years of delivering critical infrastructure projects in Afghanistan with a ceremony held on Kandahar Airfield July 11. Over the course of four years, the district's technical experts completed nearly 200 projects valued at $1.4 billion that improved the safety, security and well-being of Afghans, US and Coalition Forces.
  • A group of students participate look at a biorentention area, or rain garden, during low impact development training.

    Two Baltimore District teams recognized for excellence in sustainability

    Two Baltimore District Planning teams were recognized at the 2013 USACE Sustainability Awards for
  • A group of students participate look at a biorentention area, or rain garden, during low impact development training.

    Two Baltimore District teams recognized for excellence in sustainability

    Two Baltimore District Planning teams were recognized at the 2013 USACE Sustainability Awards for their excellence in sustainability, design and construction achievement, with one team winning the Green Innovation Award and the other winning the Green Dream Team Award.

  • District employee shares ‘passion’ for fishing

    With summer’s arrival and a pair of major European competitions on the horizon, Brad Smudzinski wants to get more people hooked on fishing, even while chasing his own dreams in the sport.

  • District employee shares ‘passion’ for fishing

    With summer’s arrival and a pair of major European competitions on the horizon, Brad Smudzinski wants to get more people hooked on fishing, even while chasing his own dreams in the sport.
  • Location where the six reefs will be constructed.

    Craney Island’s oyster mitigation project set for summer launch

    Oysters are expanding their real estate in the Elizabeth River and Hoffler Creek this summer, thanks to a USACE, VPA partnership to construct 16 acres of oyster reef, part of the Craney Island Eastward Expansion project.
  • Work on the Algiers Lock continued in June, as workers descended on the dewatered structure to complete repairs.

    Algiers Lock: Vital Shipping Structure being repaired

    One of the oldest missions of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is to ensure safe and reliable navigation on our Nation's waterways. For the New Orleans District, this mission includes operating and maintaining eight locks along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, the nation's third busiest inland waterway. If one of these locks becomes inoperable for any reason, it is the Corps' top priority to return the lock to service as soon as possible.
  • Dr. Patrick Taylor, center, an engineer at the Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center, explains robotic principles to Madison County 4-H Robotics team members during the Tennessee Valley Jazz Society’s Science and Arts Symposium.

    Science and arts symposium keeps students focused

    The Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center and the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville collaborated on this science, technology, engineering, math and arts education outreach event, providing mentors and judges for the science and technology competition. The experience gave students a clearer picture of what skills are needed to work in careers, particularly in the fields of science, technology and mathematics.
  • The Essayons performed a dredging mission for the Corps’s Alaska District from May 12 through June 18 in the Cook Inlet Navigation Channel. The crew dredged 2.8 million cubic yards of sand in 35 days.

    Army Corps of Engineers deepens vital navigational channel

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Fuel shortages and empty store shelves are a potential reality Alaskans will not have to face thanks to the work of 45 crewmembers aboard the Essayons, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-owned-and-operated hopper dredge.
  • Progress being made on the Clinic Addition project.

    Army Corps improves patient care at West Point hospital

    Today the Keller Army Community Hospital continues to carry on Dr. William Lordan Keller's commitment to patient care. To help it do this they called upon the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District to construct an addition to the hospital that will provide needed outpatient medical services for its Cadets. "The new addition will provide the patient beneficiaries with world class healthcare. West Point will have a hospital environment comparable to the very best private sector facilities," said Program Manager Maj. Christopher Kiss, U.S. Army Health Facility Planning Agency.
  • Progress being made on the Clinic Addition project.

    Army Corps improves patient care at West Point hospital

    In 1931 when President Herbert Hoover wanted to appoint Dr. William Lordan Keller as the Surgeon
  • Sugar Bottom Mountain Biking Trail System

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ trails designated as National Recreation Trails

    WASHINGTON –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced recently that five of its recreation trails have been designated national recreation trails by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The five are among 28 trails nationwide designated this year as new national recreation trails, and will join the national network of more than 1,200 previously designated trails that encompass more than 14,000 miles of existing trails and trail systems.
  • Progress being made on the Clinic Addition project.

    Army Corps improves patient care at West Point hospital

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New York District is constructing an addition to a hospital at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point that will provide needed outpatient medical services for its Cadets.
  • Representatives of USACE Headquarters, USACE Baltimore District, AKHI Construction, TMG Construction and Ahtna Engineering celebrate important safety milestone during construction at the Fort Belvoir New Campus East.

    Corps construction contractor reaches critical safety milestone

    Contractors for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency New Campus East (NGA-NCE) project, along
  • (l to r) Acting Operations Manager, Jude Harrington; Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; and Maj. Gen. Michael J. Walsh, Corps Deputy Commander for Civil Works and Emergency Operations take a walk in the ‘greenside’, the Greenside Pathway at Raytown Lake, June 20.

    Corps celebrates America's Great Outdoors, opens new pathway

    RAYSTOWN LAKE, Pa. -- A new 2.3 mile pathway around the Seven Points Recreation Area -- made 100 percent out of recycled materials - should reduce traffic congestion, increase pedestrian safety, and provide a healthy alternate to driving. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District celebrated an America's Great Outdoors event to officially open Raystown Lake's Greenside Pathway, June 20.
  • Wear It logo, provided by the National Safe Boating Campaign.

    Play it safe on the lake this holiday weekend

    SAVANNAH, Ga. - Independence Day is right around the corner, and with it comes one of the busiest times of the year for recreation at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. With thousands of people expected to visit the lakes this weekend, the Corps reminds the public to play it safe on the water.
  • Col. Jordan, Commissioner DeJuliis and an area contractor speak candidly following the recent Construction Roundtable.

    Corps engages Maryland contractors and small businesses

    Baltimore District leaders highlighted contracting opportunities for the Maryland construction

  • June

    SANDBRIDGE, Va. -- The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, partnering with the city of Virginia Beach, Va., began a five-mile hurricane protection and beach renourishment project in Sandbridge in mid-April, 2013. The $13.35 million non-federal project included the dredging and placement of approximately 2 million cubic yards of sand along public beachfront from Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge to the Dam Neck Naval facility.

    2-plus million cubic yards added to Sandbridge beachfront; Big Beach completion now under way

    VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- A five-mile hurricane protection and beach renourishment project in Sandbridge is complete.
  • FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate (left), USACE Commanding General Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick (right) engage participants in the 2013 Senior Leaders Seminar discussions.

    Seminar cultivates way forward following Hurricane Sandy

    FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate and Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick, commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), co-hosted the 2013 Senior Leaders’ Seminar (SLS) recently at FEMA Headquarters.
  • Debris removal in New York amounted to 5.25 million cubic yards of debris, enough to fill the Empire State Building three times.

    Recovery Field Office Completes Mammoth New York Debris Removal Mission

    Debris removal in New York amounted to 5.25 million cubic yards of debris, enough to fill the Empire State Building three times.
  • During Construction - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District pumped 667,000 cubic yards of sand onto the beach at Brigantine, NJ. Work was completed in February of 2013.

    USACE to place more than 26 million cubic yards of sand to restore Sandy-damaged projects

    BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in the process of placing more than 26 million cubic yards of sand along the coastline throughout the northeastern United States to repair and restore coastal storm risk reduction projects previously built by the Corps that were severely impacted by Hurricane Sandy.
  • Mary Miller, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for research and technology, addressed the crowd at the 2013 eCYBERMISSION National Judging and Education Event in Leesburg, Va., on June 21, 2013.

    The Army honors excellence in STEM education

    LEESBURG, Va.-- Students excelling in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics were recently recognized at the 11th Annual eCYBERMISSION National Judging and Education Event in Leesburg, Va. The U.S. Army's eCYBERMISSION program is a web-based STEM competition free for students in grades six through nine in which teams compete for state, regional and national awards while working to solve problems in their communities.
  • Debris removal in New York amounted to 5.25 million cubic yards of debris, enough to fill the Empire State Building three times.

    Recovery Field Office Completes Mammoth New York Debris Removal Mission

    After months of having crews working 24-7, on long shifts, the debris removal team ended the cleanup effort in April.