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  • May

    U.S. builds six schools to shape future of Togo

    How can children learn in schools where rain enters the classrooms and wind tosses notebooks to the floor? They can't, not properly.

  • Army Corps of Engineers complete University of Kandahar Law Library

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently handed over the keys to a new law library at the University of Kandahar in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The project, which began in late 2012, will offer students and scholars a first rate facility in which to study Afghanistan’s legal codes. The Kandahar Law Library is another example of USACE and U.S. Force - Afghanistan partnering efforts to build capacity in all fields through support of the Kandahar University and its various departments.

  • Students tests engineering skills in earthquake challenge

    Shake, rattle and roll. No, it’s not the Elvis Presley song, it’s the way Far East District engineers graded students during an earthquake tower challenge at Seoul American Middle School. “We are trying to introduce the students to engineering principles,” said Doug Bliss, chief of the geotechnical and environmental engineering branch. “In this case they’re doing dynamic loading of towers. They’re learning engineering at a rudimentary level.”

  • Huntsville Center employee InSPIRESS students to explore space

    The Innovative System Project for the Increased Recruitment of Emerging STEM Students is a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math outreach program based at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. InSPIRESS is a project under UAH’s engineering program. Participants in InSPIRESS are offered one hour of credit in the College of Engineering at UAH.

  • Dam Building 101

    District staff from several project offices participated in the Third Annual Trinidad Water Festival, where approximately 1,700 Las Animas County students and teachers turned out to learn about water’s importance and local and regional water issues.

  • Gathright Dam to conduct a routine, controlled flood release

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has begun a controlled flood release at Gathright Dam near Covington, Va., at 9:00 a.m.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District participated in Environmental Day held in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The Army Corps strives to promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to students at events such as Environmental Day. Army Corps partners included the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, New Jersey State Department of Environmental Protection, Kean University, New York/New Jersey Baykeeper, Infineum, Phillips 66, and Dupont.

    Army Corps Participates in Environmental Day

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District participated in Environmental Day held in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The Army Corps strives to promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to students at events such as Environmental Day. Army Corps partners included the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, New Jersey State Department of Environmental Protection, Kean University, New York/New Jersey Baykeeper, Infineum, Phillips 66, and Dupont.
  • Completed West Point Middle School New Addition.

    Historic school graduates to the 21st Century

    Students at the historic West Point’s Middle School can now do their athletics in a new gymnasium

  • Wiesbaden students get peek at engineer life

    WIESBADEN, Germany – A group of Wiesbaden Middle School students got a glimpse of engineer life recently while engaging in some hands-on demonstrations during “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day” at the Amelia Earhart Center. Fifty children participated in the visit, including roughly 20 with a parent employed by the district.

  • Wiesbaden students get peek at engineer life

    A group of Wiesbaden Middle School students got a glimpse of engineer life recently while engaging in some hands-on demonstrations during “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day” at the Amelia Earhart Center.
  • Historic Fort Norfolk, Va.

    Historic Fort Norfolk reopens ahead of schedule

    Fort Norfolk reopened to the public today, four weeks ahead of schedule, after contractors replaced the roof on the circa-1855 magazine building here.
  • SOUTH MILLS, NORTH CAROLINA -- Paddlers come from as far away as California to participate in the annual Paddle for the Border event. This year 340 people met at the South Mills, N.C. welcome center and paddled 11 miles - and across the Virginia state line - to a picnic area for lunch.

    350 participate in 11th annual Paddle for the Border

    Paddlers came from as far away as California to participate in this year's Paddle for the Border event May 3, 2014. More than 340 people met at the South Mills, N.C. welcome center and paddled 11 miles - and across the Virginia state line - to a picnic area for lunch.

  • 350 participate in 11th annual Paddle for the Border

    As the first light of day tried to peek through gray clouds, hundreds of cars and trucks arrived and began to unload kayaks and canoes onto the banks of the historical Dismal Swamp Canal for the 11th Annual Paddle for the Border May 3.

  • District participates in LA River clean-up

    LOS ANGELES—Volunteers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District joined forces with hundreds of community volunteers along the Los Angeles River adjacent to Balboa Park in the Sepulveda Basin for the Friends of the Los Angeles River’s 25th La Gran Limpieza: The Great Los Angeles River Clean Up April 26.

  • Environmental Lab’s Conservation Management Plan sets precedent

    VICKSBURG, Miss. - As a remarkable first for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the recent official release by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) of its non-jeopardy biological opinion benefits three listed endangered species without excessive expenditures. This is thanks to the Conservation Management Plan, developed by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Environmental Laboratory (EL) team and its collaborators for the Mississippi Valley Division.
  • The Norfolk District's Fort Belvoir Community Hospital Project Delivery Team receives the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' PDT of the year award for 2013. The team overcame tremendous hurdles as they oversaw construction of a more than $1 billion hospital during the Base Realignment and Closure 2005 process. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    District team recognized as USACE 2013 PDT of the year

    The task: build a state-of-the-art, world-class medical facility in five years. The result: the $1 billion Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, a model of modern military medical facilities that now stands where a golf course once existed on post.

  • Five things Army engineers do to protect the environment

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers manages one of the largest environmental missions in the nation. At the North Atlantic Division in Brooklyn, N.Y., engineers focus on five main environmental areas: Restoring degraded ecosystems, constructing sustainable facilities, managing natural resources and waterways and cleaning up contaminated sites from formerly used defense sites.

  • USACE celebrates Monterey groundwater cleanup project finish

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has completed an $18 million groundwater cleanup and environmental restoration project at the former Naval Auxiliary Air Station in Monterey, about 15 years and $4.5 million ahead of schedule.

  • District team recognized as USACE 2013 PDT of the year

    The task: build a state-of-the-art, world-class medical facility in five years. The result: the $1 billion Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, a model of modern military medical facilities that now stands where a golf course once existed on post.
  • Children building a structure that can withstand the weight of a stack of books. Bring Your Child to Work Day - STEM Event

    STEM is fun!

    Three giggling 10-year old girls ran into the room where the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York

  • April

    Col. Everett Spain is presented the Soldier's Medal, the U.S. Army's highest peacetime decoration for heroisim, by Maj. Gen. William Rapp, chief, Army Legislative Liaison. Spain received the award for heroism for actions taken one-year prior at the scene of the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15, 2013, where he distinguished himself following the two blasts by immediately and selflessly rushing toward the threat without regard to his own personal safety; rendering first aid until medical help arrived despite the potential for additional explosive devices.

    Boston Marathon hero awarded Soldier's Medal

    BOSTON-- Many Americans have seen the shaky photos and videos taken when the bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. Among the many people who went to the aid of the injured, there are glimpses of runners who stripped off their shirts to tie tourniquets around the shattered limbs of bomb victims.

  • Chief of Engineers visits Philadelphia District

    Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commanding General and the Chief of Engineers, toured the Philadelphia District and met with leadership, staff, student interns, and the crew of the Dredge McFarland during an April 23 visit.

  • Engineer provides lift to youth baseball in Germany

    WIESBADEN, Germany - Lawrence Carabajal is among a growing contingent of Americans volunteering their time to give baseball a push in Germany. At the end of last summer, the longtime structural engineer for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District helped lead a German youth team to its third straight Hessen state championship. He's returning for a third season in 2014.

  • Comment Period: Interpretive rule for the 404(f)(1)(A) exemption under the Clean Water Act

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Army Civil Works announce a Notice of Availability for a 45-day public comment period in the Federal Register for an interpretive rule for the 404(f)(1)(A) exemption under the Clean Water Act. The public comment period begins on April 21, 2014 and ends on June 05, 2014.

  • Comment Period: Proposed rule for the definition of Waters of the U.S. under the Clean Water Act

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announce the publication of a joint proposed rule for the definition of Waters of the U.S. under the Clean Water Act in the Federal Register for a 90-day public comment period. The public comment period begins on April 21, 2014 and ends on July 21, 2014.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of Natural History celebrated the arrival of the Wankel Tyrannosaurus rex on Apr. 15, making it the Smithsonian’s first ever T. rex.

    Army T. rex debuts at Smithsonian

    It was a cross-country move 66 million years in the making. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)

  • Corps studies accessibility for Cemetery

    A team from the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is traveling around and taking notes at Arlington National Cemetery to assess the accessibility of certain sections of the 150-year-old facility for its disabled visitors.
  • Alice Pool, a landscape architect, assists Duane Robinson, a project manager, measure the slope of a walkway at Arlington National Cemetery on March 27. The two Norfolk District employees are a part of a district team assisting the cemetery with a study that will determine where it can improve the visitor experience for guests who are disabled. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    Corps studies accessibility for Cemetery

    A team from the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is traveling around and taking notes at Arlington National Cemetery to assess how accessible sections of the 150-year-old facility are for disabled visitors.
  • The Wankel T.rex is prepared for exhibit in its original “death pose” at Montana State University’s Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, Mont., 2005. The Wankel T.rex died in a riverbed more than 65 million years ago and was discovered by Kathy Wankel, a Montana rancher, near the Fort Peck Reservoir in Eastern Montana in 1988.

    Tyrannosaurus Rex to embark on cross country journey

    OMAHA, Neb. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District’s Wankel Tyrannosaurus Rex will soon travel from Montana, where it has resided for the past 66 million years, to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.
  • Veterans Vadi Dodge and Doug Blain rehabilitate historic maps in the Veterans Curation Program lab in St. Louis as part of their work supporting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ mission to preserve and manage the Army’s vast archaeological collection. The VCP has three labs in which veterans receive technical training in preserving and archiving archaeological collections under the direct supervision of professionals in the field of archaeology.

    Dinosaur loans and crowd-sourcing archaeology: How Army archaeology supports historic preservation and modern education

    ST. LOUIS - In an unassuming office in St. Louis, Dr. Michael "Sonny" Trimble and his team are working to get a 66-million-year-old, seven-ton tyrannosaurus safely packed and moved cross-country. This effort is just one part of a greater undertaking to preserve and share America's cultural and natural history.