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    Feature: Coast Guard Cutter Walnut Conducts Maintaining Hawaii's Aids to Navigation Patrol off Hawaii

    Feature: Coast Guard Cutter Walnut Conducts Maintaining Hawaii's Aids to Navigation Patrol off Hawaii

    HONOLULU, Hawaii -- As often happens on January nights, bands of light rain swept over Honolulu
  • Motorists travel over the Deep Creek Bridge in Chesapeake, Virginia, which spans the Dismal Swamp Canal on February 9, 2016. $22 million in federal money is identified in the USACE work plan and president's FY 17 budget to go towards replacing the 80 year-old draw bridge. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    Public meeting set for Deep Creek Bridge Replacement Project

    CHESAPEAKE, Va. – Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the city of Chesapeake will host a public meeting Thursday on the Deep Creek Bridge Replacement Project. It's scheduled for 5-7 p.m. at Deep Creek Middle School.
  • Motorists travel over the Deep Creek Bridge in Chesapeake, Virginia, which spans the Dismal Swamp Canal on February 9, 2016. $22 million in federal money is identified in the USACE work plan and president's FY 17 budget to go towards replacing the 80 year-old draw bridge. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    Public meeting set for Deep Creek Bridge Replacement Project

    CHESAPEAKE, Va. – Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the city of Chesapeake will host a public meeting Thursday on the Deep Creek Bridge Replacement Project. It's scheduled for 5-7 p.m. at Deep Creek Middle School.
  • Far East District participates in job fair aimed at increasing military spouse employment

    Far East District participates in job fair aimed at increasing military spouse employment

    CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea—The U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys Employment Readiness Center hosted its
  • Bluestone Dam Edges Closer to Completion

    Bluestone Dam Safety Assurance PH5 Stilling Basin Contract Award

    The Huntington District continues to execute by moving forward with the $319 million award of the final phase of construction on Bluestone Dam to Brayman Construction.  This award is the largest construction contract award within the Bi-Partisan Budget Act 2018 portfolio. This award is also the first construction contract award over $100 million within the portfolio and accounts for one-third of LRD's FY18 Emergency Supplemental Program.
  • USACE photo by Mark Rankin

    Eagle Watchers Flock to Dale Hollow Lake for Annual Tour

    CELINA, Tenn. (Jan. 27, 2020) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District rangers and staff at Dale Hollow lake hosted a free Eagle Watch Tour on Jan. 18, and Jan. 25, where bird enthusiasts witnessed the majestic beauty of the nation’s symbol.

  • ERC, Mobile District RSM Begin Sediment Study

    The Mobile District Regional Sediment Management Team and the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) from Vicksburg, Mississippi kicked off a study on January 13, 2019 at North Blakeley Island in Mobile, Ala. The purpose of the study is to see if sediment currently stored on North Blakeley Island could be used to strengthen the marshes around Blakeley Island
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    Using science to stay ahead of the weather

    Weather-flight Airmen assigned to the 9th Operational Support Squadron propel the 9th Reconnaissance Wing’s operations through discipline and attention to detail of the skies.
  • Albuquerque, N.M. -- Ryan Gronewold, planning branch chief, USACE-Albuquerque District, briefs a civil works levee project to R.D. James, assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, during his visit, Jan. 22. James met with project sponsors and key stakeholders to discuss civil works projects in the Middle Rio Grande region including the Bernalillo to Belen Flood Protection and Sandia to Isleta Ecosystem Restoration.

    Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works visits USACE’s Albuquerque District

    Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Hon. R.D. James visited the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Albuquerque District headquarters and multiple civil works project sites, Jan. 22, 2020.
  • Puerto Rico Airmen process relief support from Ohio, New Mexico ANG

    Puerto Rico Airmen process relief support from Ohio, New Mexico ANG

    Puerto Rico Air National Guard’s 156th Mission Support Group Airmen are providing the gateway to support efforts for units that traveled to Puerto Rico after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake caused damage in five southwest municipalities on the island.
  • Recovery of Vought F4U-1 “Birdcage” Corsair Fighter, Nov. 8, 2010. (Photo courtesy of A and T Recovery).

    USACE Regulatory Branch assists in recovery of World War II Navy aircraft

    From boat slips to seawalls to bridge maintenance, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District’s Regulatory Branch has been issuing permits for years. But back in 2011 there was one permit application that took the district back – way back to World War II.
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    District employees honor King legacy with day of service

    Fourteen Memphis District employees and family members participated in the annual King Day event at the National Civil Rights Museum on Jan. 20. The museum is located at the historic Lorraine Motel on Mulberry Street, south of downtown Memphis.
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    DeSoto Co., USACE: Partners in flood risk management

    Desoto County is the fastest growing county in Mississippi. With a population of over 175,000 residents, it is also the third most populated county in Mississippi. Unfortunately, it experiences frequent floods that cause economic losses and threaten lives. Congress authorized a study in DeSoto County to determine the feasibility of providing flood risk management solutions to the area. The Project Delivery Team (PDT) responsible for conducting the feasibility study has been working for over a year now, with their most recent meeting taking place earlier this month.
  • Bioenvironmental Engineering Airmen are ‘jack of all trades’

    Bioenvironmental Engineering Airmen are ‘jack of all trades’

    LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. – Bioenvironmental Engineering Airmen help the wing’s mission by inspecting occupational and environmental conditions to ensure Airmen have a safe working environment.
  • Airmen of the Ohio Air National Guard, 200th RED HORSE Squadron, Mansfield, Ohio, depart for Puerto Rico to help with earthquake relief efforts Jan. 17, 2020.

    Ohio Airmen proud to support Puerto Rico earthquake relief

    MANSFIELD, Ohio – About 25 Airmen of the Ohio Air National Guard, 200th RED HORSE Squadron, departed
  • Col. Lee Byung Seok (center right), United States Forces Korea Program Division and Ministry of National Defense-Defense Installation Agency chief, and Col. Christopher Crary (center left), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Far East District commander, gather for a photo in front of the Unaccompanied Enlisted Personnel Housing, UEH110, following the Acceptance Release Letter signing ceremony, Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Jan.10.

    VIP hangar project completed at Osan Air Base

    Engineers at the Far East District central resident office completed construction surveillance on
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    Ready for the “Big One”? The Corps studies and prepares for the worst case

    Scientists tell us the Pacific Northwest is due for a very large earthquake—possibly as large as magnitude 9.2—from the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) off the Pacific coast, stretching from northern California to southern British Columbia. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District has been evaluating potential impacts to its dams in the Willamette, Rogue and Columbia River regions to prepare for such an event.
  • Corps updates status of Lollie Levee

    Corps updates progress on Lollie Levee

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil engineers Elmo Webb and Jonathan Palmer spoke to a Local Emergency Planning Committee in Conway Arkansas, recently about what caused the near breach of the Faulkner County Levee, known locally as the Lollie Levee.
  • tree recycling at Thurmond lake

    Corps lakes offer Christmas trees a second chance

    Evergreen trees aren’t typically considered aquatic vegetation, but if they’re used as Christmas trees in the Savannah River Basin, chances are they’ll continue “bearing fruit” under water. Rather than have old Christmas trees go to the landfill, rangers with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoirs at Hartwell and J. Strom Thurmond lakes collect the trees in December and January each year to make fish habitats in the reservoirs.
  • front view of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 30 foot sculpture located at the National Mall in Washington D.C.

    Commentary: 'The Dream,' still inspiring

    “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed; We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
  • Flood water overtakes the water treatment plant during the morning of Dec. 25, 2019, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. The water level rose to unsafe levels as rain continued to fall during a storm. (Courtesy Photo)

    Vectrus repairs water treatment plant after flood

    Vectrus contractors worked to combat the impact of floods that occurred at Incirlik Air Base,
  • Army 1st Lt. Jerry Rivera serves as officer-in-charge for the Maryland National Guard's Joint Unclassified Processing, Analysis and Dissemination (UPAD) team while supporting earthquake recovery efforts in Puerto Rico Jan 15, 2020, at Camp Fretterd Military Reservation in Reisterstown, Md.

    Maryland National Guard helps assess Puerto Rico quake damage

    REISTERSTOWN, Md. – From more than 1,500 miles away, about 10 Maryland National Guard and Defense
  • TAM Commander COL Philip Secrist leads the students in the weight bearing tests for each team's bridge, as one team's fails on camera.

    Middle East District Commander motivates young students through STEM

    Middle East District Commander Col. Philip Secrist facilitated STEM-generated smiles, grins and gasps of excitement during his visit to STARBASE Academy in Winchester, Va., on 10 JAN.
  • USACE photo by Mark Rankin

    Park Rangers promote water safety at Nashville Boat Show

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 11, 2020) – Avid boaters and outdoors enthusiasts stopped in at the Nashville Boat Show at the Music City Center in hopes of checking off their list of preseason to-dos, and preparing for the start of the fishing season with a little help from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers park rangers.
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    Corps researchers win Department of Defense award for environmental restoration

    CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Dr. Kathryn Guy and Dr. Martin Page, both materials engineers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, were part of a team of researchers who recently received the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program Project of the Year award in Environmental Restoration.
  • Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley Jr. sits down with former acting director of CIA and Intelligence Matters host, Michael Morrell, Jan. 8 in Washington, D.C.

    DIA Director Talks Mission, National Security on Intelligence Matters Podcast

    Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley Jr. discussed DIA’s mission and national security concerns on the Intelligence Matters podcast with host and former acting director of CIA, Michael Morell, Jan. 8.
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    Breaking bridges, building a future

    “When it comes to building strong and innovative solutions, long-term and thorough preparation is always key, and that includes us investing in our young people,” Hamilton added. “The STEM program is just one example of how we, at the Corps, do that.”
  • Stalking is a unique crime, and preventing it calls for focused safety planning, thorough investigations, and implementation of policies/procedures to ensure an effective response.

    National Stalking Awareness Month draws attention to unique crime

    January 2020 marks the 16th Annual Stalking Awareness Month, and the Violence Prevention Integrators are encouraging all members of our community to heighten our awareness of this negative, and potentially dangerous, aspect of interpersonal violence.
  • Kimberly Turnage, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Far East District (FED), workforce management office chief, displays her required reading for the USACE Leadership Development Program (ULDP) Level II cohort, Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Jan. 13.

    Far East District continues to develop leaders; announces new ULDP Level II class

    CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea—Col. Christopher Crary, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Far East
  • Volunteers (in blue) prepare to board a boat to help count eagles from the lake during the annual eagle watch at Abiquiu Lake, Jan. 4, 2020. This year, 66 volunteers participated in counting eagles from three stationary positions on shore and two boats on the lake.

    Three eagles counted during annual eagle watch at Abiquiu Lake

    The annual Abiquiu Lake Eagle Watch, Jan. 4, 2020, was considered by rangers to be a successful event, with 66 volunteers assisting from three stationary positions on shore and two boats on the lake.