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  • February

    Folsom spillway megaproject began as 3D printed model

    Only three years ago the Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway began as a 3D-printed model! Learn how we’re using this technology to revolutionize the way we design megaprojects.
  • Students touch real animal pelts during the presentation.

    Park Rangers bring students on the ‘Corps of Discovery’

    Park Rangers Viola Bramel and Claudia Hixson traveled to the Alice Barrows Elementary School in
  • Students touch real animal pelts during the presentation.

    Park Rangers bring students on the ‘Corps of Discovery’

    Park Rangers Viola Bramel and Claudia Hixson traveled to the Alice Barrows Elementary School in Reading, Massachusetts on Dec. 10, 2015 to teach third graders about the Corps of Discovery, otherwise known as the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
  • As the hydraulic dredge operates in the distance, clean sand is deposited onto Town Neck Beach in Sandwich, Massachusetts.

    Cape Cod Canal Dredging and Town Neck beach sand placement complete

    The maintenanceand advance maintenance dredging of the Cape Cod Canal and the sand placementonto

  • January

    Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye (center) meets Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Commander Col. Kirk Gibbs and Albuquerque District Commander Lt. Col. Patrick Dagon Jan. 27 in Window Rock, Arizona. Darcy, at the invitation of Navajo Nation Council Delegate Walter Phelps, later addressed the 2016 Winter Council Session of the Navajo Nation Council.

    Civil Works secretary visits Navajo Nation

    Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy accepted the invitation of Navajo Nation Council Delegate Walter Phelps to visit the Nation and speak to the 2016 Winter Council Session of the Navajo Nation Council Jan. 27.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District is supporting U.S. Army Garrison Benelux with planning, design and construction oversight of 10 European Infrastructure Consolidation projects in Belgium such as the conversion of an old military police storage garage to administrative offices for the Directorate of Emergency Services, seen here, on Chievres Air Base.

    USACE assists Benelux with consolidation, transformation

    European Infrastructure Consolidation, a process announced by the Department of Defense last January to save the U.S. government approximately $500 million annually, is transforming and consolidating installations throughout Europe, including U.S. Army Garrison Benelux, by 2022.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District is supporting U.S. Army Garrison Benelux with planning, design and construction oversight of 10 European Infrastructure Consolidation projects in Belgium such as the conversion of an old military police storage garage to administrative offices for the Directorate of Emergency Services, seen here, on Chievres Air Base.

    USACE assists Benelux with consolidation, transformation

    European Infrastructure Consolidation, a process announced by the Department of Defense last January to save the U.S. government approximately $500 million annually, is transforming and consolidating installations throughout Europe, including U.S. Army Garrison Benelux, by 2022.
  • Col. Michael J. Farrell, commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District.

    Safety award – Col. Mike Farrell ‘Gets It’

    In recognition of his emphasis on workplace safety, Col. Mike Farrell, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, has been named among the CEOs who ‘Get It’ by the National Safety Council.
  • Construction is underway on the new Defense Logistics Agency Aviation operations center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Phase I of the project is scheduled to be complete by late summer 2018. When completed, the five-story building will house roughly 875 employees.

    DLA Aviation Operations Center Phase I construction in full swing

    Construction on the new five-story Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Operations Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia is in full swing and a great deal of progress has been made since the groundbreaking ceremony back on Oct. 15, 2015.
  • Construction is underway on the new Defense Logistics Agency Aviation operations center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Phase I of the project is scheduled to be complete by late summer 2018. When completed, the five-story building will house roughly 875 employees.

    DLA Aviation Operations Center Phase I construction in full swing

    Construction on the new five-story Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Operations Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia is in full swing and a great deal of progress has been made since the groundbreaking ceremony back on Oct. 15, 2015.
  • Maj. Gen. Ed Jackson, deputy commanding general for civil and emergency operations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, speaks to attendees at the winter meeting of the California Marine Affairs and Navigation Conference Jan. 21 at Marina del Rey, California.

    Corps leader updates California maritime industry

    Despite a nearly $2 billion budget to maintain the nation's inland waterways and harbors, it simply isn't enough for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to meet all the maritime industry’s infrastructure needs, Maj. Gen. Ed Jackson told attendees at the winter meeting of the California Marine Affairs and Navigation Conference held in Marina del Rey, California, Jan. 21.
  • Jeff Cusano is the District lead for the Enterprise Geographic Information System (EGIS) — an expanding technical initiative incorporating geographical features and tabular data to map, analyze and assess real-world problems that supports multiple District missions.

    Army Corps Senior Geographer receives Commander’s Award for Civilian Service

    Jeff Cusano (PL-E), a senior geographer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ New York District with over 20 years’ experience creating maps, has received the Commander’s Award for Civilian Service for superior service and exceptional devotion to the District’s Planning Division.

  • The Corps feasibility study – finding a balanced solution

    How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time, right? That one-liner serves as a metaphor for how an incredibly complex task can be accomplished by stating a goal, gathering facts, initiating action and formulating an overall plan from a series of achievable objectives using available resources. That also describes how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts a feasibility study for prospective projects, though we’d work hard to avoid harming an actual elephant.
  • 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.
  • Winter storms and high tide combine their energy to force water up against the Pacific Coast Highway, in Carlsbad. The Corps of Engineers authorized the emergency placement of protective stone to prevent further damage.

    Emergency permit fortifies Pacific Coast Highway

    CARLSBAD, Calif. – An emergency authorization issued by the Los Angeles District’s Carlsbad Regulatory Office allowed the City of Carlsbad to place about 1,200 tons of stone and other material along a 270-foot segment of shoreline along the Pacific Coast Highway, stabilizing the shoreline and protecting a vital roadway along Southern California’s coast.
  • U.S. Army Contracting Command leadership cut the cake during the ribbon-cutting ceremony held at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, to celebrate the completion of their newly renovated headquarters building Jan. 7.

    Huntsville Center completes $2.3 million project for Army Contracting Command

    The Huntsville Center Furnishings Program and Special Projects Program completed a $2.3 million furnishings project for the U.S. Army Contracting Command's new headquarters building.

  • US military construction set to ramp up in Poland

    SLUPSK, Poland – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers anticipates breaking ground on another Aegis Ashore complex by next summer as attention turns toward Phase III of the European Phased Adaptive Approach to ballistic missile defense at Redzikowo Air Base.

  • US, Romania complete construction on missile defense complex

    U.S. and Romanian officials inaugurated the new Aegis Ashore Phase II radar site and missile battery Dec. 18 during a ceremony in Bucharest, declaring it “technically capable.” U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District has worked closely with the Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Navy and Romanian officials to finish the $170 million missile defense complex and meet a presidential mandate for operational capacity by the end of 2015.

  • US, Romania complete construction on missile defense complex

    U.S. and Romanian officials inaugurated the new Aegis Ashore Phase II radar site and missile battery Dec. 18 during a ceremony in Bucharest, declaring it “technically capable.” U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District has worked closely with the Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Navy and Romanian officials to finish the $170 million missile defense complex and meet a presidential mandate for operational capacity by the end of 2015.

  • CVIFMS -- A unified vision for water and ecosystem studies in California’s Central Valley

    Synergy between the Corps, the California Department of Water Resources and local government leaders is powering a unified vision to lower flood risk, restore ecosystems and aid water conservation in California’s Central Valley.