Mar 19, 2013

In the Pacific Northwest, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers produces significant hydroelectric power for the nation at its dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers.

Mar 18, 2013

Modern economic development requires energy to fuel everything from factory floors filled with machinery to a single sewing machine at a tailor's modest shop. To that end, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers implemented a transitional solution that provides consistent, predictable electricity to businesses in Kandahar province: the Kandahar Bridging Solution.

Mar 18, 2013

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- More than two decades ago, Elizabeth Blackburn witnessed something no child should ever have to experience: the death of a parent. "When they fired off their rounds, my heart pounded; I was so frightened," said Elizabeth, recalling the 21 gun salute at her father's funeral. She was 10 years old. Soldiers in their dress uniforms, the bugler playing taps and the folded flag left a lasting impression on the young Elizabeth; one that would lead her to enlist in the U.S. Army in 1998. Now 33, Blackburn is a master sergeant.

Mar 18, 2013

North Little Rock native, Jan Jones, has been named the Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District 2013 Engineer of the Year. Jones' achievements as a hydraulic engineer and water management tech specialist for the White River System elevated her to top honors.

Mar 15, 2013

FREIBURG, Germany - Senior leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District, along with representatives from German federal and state construction ministries, came together last month to discuss progress, tighter collaboration and new initiatives during the 2013 Bauamt Partnering Meeting.

Mar 15, 2013

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers builds Afghan National Security Forces facilities including military bases and police stations that provide adequate settings for ANSF to live, work and train.

Mar 14, 2013

The Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in partnership with the U.S. Army Community Based Warrior Transition Unit at Camp Robinson, Arkansas, participate in a program that allows returning Soldiers that are in some way wounded to return home while they continue their medical care. During their recovery, the Operation War Fighter Program allows the soldier to work at a sponsoring Federal Agency such as the Tulsa District.

Mar 14, 2013

ACOMA PUEBLO, N.M., -- The District and Acoma Pueblo entered into a Watershed Cost Share Agreement March 6, 2013, under the Section 203 Tribal Partnership Program. "It is the District's second watershed study under the Section 203 Tribal Partnership Program and also only the second such study in the nation. The first was with the Pueblo of Santa Clara. It's evidence of the District's continued success in our outreach to Native American communities in our area," said Ron Kneebone, District tribal liaison and outreach coordinator.

Mar 14, 2013

Lt. Col. Gant, Commander, Albuquerque District, participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the opening of the new Border Patrol Station in Clint, Texas on February 22, 2013.

Mar 14, 2013

Maj. Gary Bonham, Deputy Commander, Albuquerque District, participated in the ground-breaking ceremony for a new Child Development Center at Holloman Air Force Base March 5, 2013. "Construction of this Child Development Center is important because it will provide much needed day care services for active duty dependent children," said Bonham. "This center will provide a safe and healthy environment that includes early childhood development and preschool programs" he said.

Mar 12, 2013

Tell the average person you work in construction and images of strenuous physical labor and heavy equipment in the harsh outdoors likely come to mind. Not exactly the setting in which you would expect to find a kempt, petite mother of three. Yet it is precisely the work environment Margaret Benningfield, a quality assurance construction representative with the Afghanistan Engineer District-South, enjoys most, she said.

Mar 12, 2013

Regulating the Mississippi River Headwaters reservoirs takes a lot of coordination, monitoring and science, according to Brian Johnson, Mississippi River Headwaters water control engineer.

Mar 12, 2013

Mar 11, 2013

Mar 11, 2013

Anticipation built as 98 fourth grade students were about to meet their Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pen pals for the first time at their Valentine's Day party. As part of the Adopt-A-School program the District sponsors the party along with writing monthly pen pal letters to H.V. Helbing Elementary school students.

Mar 11, 2013

The Fort Worth District's Regulatory Branch Web page may not be a page you have in your favorites or one that you may frequent often, but developers, consultants and the people who work in the branch use it every day to make decisions that impact just about every person in Texas.

Mar 11, 2013

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The USACE Sacramento District's real estate office facilitated the largest Army Reserve property exchange in Department of Defense history. District representatives celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony at the U.S. Army Garrison Camp Parks Reserve training center in Dublin, Calif.

Mar 8, 2013

BRAZORIA COUNTY, Texas - Ensuring operational readiness and compliance of the Brazos River Floodgates for nearly 2,500 commercial and recreational vessels each month is no easy task, but it's one that a handful of talented U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and a dedicated lockmaster make look easy.

Mar 8, 2013

Cody Hammer graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University in 2005, but it would be seven years before the Geography major would find his way to the Fort Worth District as a Geospatial Information Systems Specialist with the Piney Woods Regional Project.

Mar 8, 2013

The world of U.S. Army Engineers is one of numerous capabilities across many different specialty career fields.

Mar 8, 2013

Scientists from ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) and NorthWest Research Associates (NWRA) recently braved the wind and cold of the Gulf of Maine to collect data for an Office of Naval Research project on sea spray. The project, "Sea Spray Icing in the Emerging Open Waters of the Arctic Ocean," is an effort to better characterize sea spray formation in high winds and cold temperatures.

Mar 6, 2013

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Fire suppression systems in certain hangers require mandatory performance tests before aircraft can be stored or maintained in them. On Feb. 26 and 27, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers oversaw Final Acceptance Tests at four hangers on Kandahar Airfield with much-anticipated foamy results.

Mar 6, 2013

"The USACE Galveston District is tasked with maintaining the Texas portion of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway to ensure this important component of the Texas and U.S. maritime system remains open for commerce. Working with our partners, the Texas Department of Transportation, Texas ports and organizations such as the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association, the district keeps the GIWW deep and wide enough to meet current shipping demands, which is key to the economic competitiveness of Texas ports."

Mar 6, 2013

A group of twelve Tulsa District emerging leaders completed a yearlong Leadership Development Program culminating in a graduation ceremony to commemorate their achievement.

Mar 6, 2013

While promoting careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics to Alaska's youth, employees at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers -- Alaska District are getting inspired, too.

Mar 5, 2013

How does a mother home school all four of her children, climb the professional ladder from intern to senior management and still find time to volunteer and improve lives in her community? Ask Margaret Jones, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers mechanical engineer, currently deployed in Afghanistan.

Mar 5, 2013

WIESBADEN, Germany -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District has kicked off its 2013 slate of Construction Quality Management courses, conducted quarterly for contractors awarded projects requiring this certification.

Mar 5, 2013

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District staff met with representatives from more than 75 businesses from 18 different states during the Meet the Corps Day event held recently at the Tulsa Technology-Lemley Campus in Tulsa.

Mar 4, 2013

Customers looking for streamlined acquisition approaches to purchasing information technology now have a centralized place where they can get their support.

Mar 2, 2013

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Women electrical engineers are few in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Shafak Pervez should know--she is one of them. She is also the kind of woman who thrives on new experiences that engage her mind and help other people simultaneously.

Mar 1, 2013

GALVESTON, Texas (March 1, 2013) -- Managing federally-funded civil works projects through feasibility studies and construction requires leadership -- a skill U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District Project Manager Sharon Tirpak hones while guiding multidisciplinary teams through complex projects that energize the economy and reduce risks from disasters.

Mar 1, 2013

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. On February 25, 2013 the Philadelphia District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, together with officials from the 436th Airlift Wing and from Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, participated in a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony to officially open the newest building at Dover Air Force Base -- the Chapel Center. With its opening, the center joins a long list of buildings constructed at Dover AFB by the Army Corps in recent years. Some of the other recently completed projects include a maintenance training facility, a new fitness center and an aircrew flight equipment faculty.

Mar 1, 2013

GALVESTON, Texas -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a task order contract in the amount of $260,792.34 to J.M. Davidson Inc., for mooring buoy installation and repair work at the Port Arthur, Bolivar, Pelican Island and Chocolate Bayou mooring areas along the Texas coast.

Feb 28, 2013

In honor of National Engineers Week U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District employees presented structural engineering, alternative energy and fire protection concepts to Department of Defense Dependents Schools- Europe students Feb. 19-21 at Wiesbaden Middle School.

Feb 28, 2013

As part of National Engineers Week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers welcomed more than 100 high school students from a dozen Portland-area high schools to Bonneville Lock and Dam Feb 21.

Feb 28, 2013

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is increasing mission effectiveness through energy efficiency. To assist the Army in meeting its sustainability goals, the Corps has assisted the largest military installation in the United States, White Sands Missile Range, in southern New Mexico, with the installation of the U.S. Army's largest solar photovoltaic power plant.

Feb 28, 2013

USACE professionals volunteered their time and expertise to support young mathletes at a regional MATHCOUNTS competition Feb. 9.

Feb 28, 2013

GALVESTON, Texas (Feb. 28, 2013) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded the following three task order contracts in the combined amount of $300,666.78 to Quaternary Resource Investigations LLC to investigate soil conditions for future levee construction at dredged material placement sites along the Texas coast.

Feb 27, 2013

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- At the Crossroads of Freedom and Equality: The Emancipation Proclamation and the March on Washington was the theme of the U.S. Army Huntsville Center's 2013 celebration of African American/Black History Month. Guest Speaker, William Brown, former Deputy Director of Military Programs for Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, focused his speech on two crucial events in the African American struggle for equality in America.

Feb 26, 2013

GALVESTON, Texas -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a task order contract in the amount of $70,047 to J.M. Davidson Inc., for mooring buoy installation and repair work at the Brazos River Floodgates along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) in Freeport, Texas.

Feb 26, 2013

A standing-room only audience representing multiple federal agencies saw, and participated in, an emotive presentation of the life and times of Harriet Tubman in the City Crescent Building on Feb. 26, part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, observance of African American Black History Month.

Feb 25, 2013

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District and the Tulsa Society of American Military Engineer, or SAME recognized two Tulsa area robotics teams during their January meeting.

Feb 22, 2013

GALVESTON, Texas (Feb. 22, 2013) -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District's Regional Environmental Specialist Janelle Stokes couldn't have been more pleased when she learned she would be presenting an overview of the district's Beneficial Use Program to a group of visiting Louisiana State University students who are just as interested in dirt as she is, and on their way to becoming the next leaders in the field of landscape architecture.

Feb 22, 2013

The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville celebrated National Engineers Week by meeting with more than 300 juniors and seniors at J.O. Johnson High School in north Huntsville Feb. 21.

Feb 22, 2013

Two U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center employees received special recognition Feb. 21 from the Society of American Military Engineers Huntsville Post.

Feb 22, 2013

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, begin taking this year's annual Lake Pepin ice measurements, Wednesday, Feb. 13. The Corps takes ice measurements on Lake Pepin each year to predict the navigational outlook on the Upper Mississippi River. Located on the Mississippi River between Red Wing, Minn., and Wabasha, Minn., Lake Pepin is the location of choice for these measurements because it's the last part of the navigation channel where the ice breaks up due to the slower river current in the lake.

Feb 21, 2013

More than 130 high school students from northeast Florida will attend an Engineering Career Day event and project competition, hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District on Friday, Feb. 22.

Feb 21, 2013

He may wear the uniform, but at the heart of Col. Robert Ruch is not just a Soldier, but an engineer. "One of the really neat things as a military engineer is we get to float back and forth between the real Army and then the Corps of Engineers," said Ruch, commander of the Engineering and Support Center-Huntsville. "It's the ability to link those two together and take experiences from one and do better in the other job."

Feb 21, 2013

A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District project to plant willow poles along 30,000 feet of levees in the Sacramento and San Joaquin river systems is under way, designed to preserve habitat for threatened fish. The work follows extensive environmental and engineering analysis to ensure that the small, native trees will provide maximum habitat benefit without harming the levees. Planting began Jan. 23, 2013 and is expected to conclude for the year by the end of February. The habitat project is the final step in completing emergency levee repairs the district began in 2007.

Feb 20, 2013

The Savannah-area professional engineering community formally recognized Carol H. Abercrombie, a civil engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District for her notable contributions to water resource projects in Coastal Georgia.

Feb 20, 2013

GALVESTON, Texas (Feb. 20, 2013) -- Students from Pearland Independent School District are getting a much-needed technology boost thanks to a donation of 64 computers by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District.

Feb 20, 2013

The Corps and other members of the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee are studying ways to improve the understanding and interpretation of Asian carp environmental DNA results in order to refine this relatively young monitoring tool to make it the most effective at detecting a live invasive silver or bighead carp.

Feb 19, 2013

Husband and wife team, Balwant and Bimla Multani, have traveled the globe building infrastructure and friendships for nearly 45 years. Their latest foray into construction and camaraderie has both Multanis serving in Kandahar, Afghanistan with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Feb 19, 2013

Oklahoma Marine Enforcement Section Trooper Danny Choate and Eufaula Lake park rangers Eric Fassio and Chris Gilliland participated in the rescue and were recently recognized for their efforts with lifesaving awards presented by Tulsa District commander Col. Michael Teague.

Feb 15, 2013

The Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock district, recently completed the Table Rock Lake Master Plan scoping report compiled from comments received during the public comment period and from workshops held in late 2012.

Feb 13, 2013

Far from home, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel deployed in southern Afghanistan celebrated Mardi Gras with music, a parade, dancing, costumes and a Cajun-inspired dinner complete with King Cake at Kandahar Airfield Feb. 12.

Feb 13, 2013

The Alaska District's tribal liaison fell into harmony with her passion for cultural anthropology. For Amanda Shearer, it's part of a bigger dream.

Feb 12, 2013

American Wounded Warriors who can be rehabilitated in Afghanistan may receive care at the Warrior Recovery Center. At the facility, medical professionals provide short-term, comprehensive care, including Mild Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussive Care, Combat Stress Management, Musculoskeletal Care and Behavioral Healthcare. Although a modern, well-appointed facility, it was in need of some construction upgrades. Enter the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with a solution. USACE volunteers quickly built a safe and sturdy wooden walkway Feb. 9, so patients can travel more easily to and from the various buildings at the center.

Feb 12, 2013

GALVESTON, Texas (Feb. 12, 2013) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District earned two Communitas Awards for its community relations programs: Corps Cares: Connecting the Community with the Corps and April Pools Day.

Feb 12, 2013

Dr. Robert Wright, a program manager in the Programs and Project Management Division-Civil, was honored as a Modern Day Technology Leader at the 2013 Black Engineers of the Year Awards ceremony at the Marriott Wardman Park hotel in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 8. Dr. Wright leads Project Delivery Teams on both military and civil projects for the Baltimore District.

Feb 12, 2013

POINT PLEASANT, NJ -- When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers needs to repair a dam outlet, marine bulkhead or any other infrastructure submerged in the water, it presents an engineering challenge. The added variable can make repairs more difficult, costly and time-consuming. Ongoing repair work along the Point Pleasant Canal has been just that -- a challenge -- but through resourcefulness and innovation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Philadelphia District and its contractor are nearing completion of work.

Feb 11, 2013

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provided professionals to help judge the local Feb. 6 Frederick County Science Fair.

Feb 11, 2013

For Huntsville native William Strong, 1972 was a tumultuous year, as it was for many blacks living in Alabama. However, there was a silver lining to the dark cloud of racial tension still evident in the Deep South. It was the year he began working at what was then Huntsville Division.

Feb 11, 2013

Several contracting professionals at the Engineering and Support Center-Huntsville received awards during the 2013 Secretary of the Army Awards for Excellence in Contracting ceremony Jan. 28 in El Paso, Texas.

Feb 8, 2013

Some say the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District is like a family. Being in Europe, far from home brings employees together to experience and enjoy life overseas. But for 34 employees here, one of their colleagues actually is family -- their spouse. USACE Europe District is home to 17 married couples. In honor of Valentine's Day, five brave husbands and wives discuss what it's like to call their spouse a co-worker.

Feb 7, 2013

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, along with its Afghan partners, is strengthening the security and stability of Afghanistan by constructing both defense and public infrastructure in the nation. Contracting Afghan engineering professionals as well as paraprofessionals and integrating them into USACE project delivery teams has been vital to successfully completing construction projects in Afghanistan.

Feb 7, 2013

GALVESTON, Texas -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District was selected as the 2013 Corporate Partner Excellence Award recipient by the Roy G. Perry College of Engineering, Prairie View A&M University.

Feb 7, 2013

Col. Michael Teague, Tulsa District commander, recently participated on a water panel during the Western States Land Commissioners Association winter meeting in Oklahoma City.

Feb 7, 2013

GALVESTON, Texas -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District Public Affairs Office was recognized with seven awards from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Herbert A. Kassner Public Affairs Competition.

Feb 6, 2013

For the fourth time since it was put into service in 1936, Lock and Dam 6, near Trempealeau, Wis., is being dewatered. The lock was closed Dec. 3, and the repairs are scheduled to be completed by March 11.

Feb 6, 2013

The late 1800s were challenging times for people living in the Midwest. Flour millers in the Minneapolis area, as well as boat captains on the Upper Mississippi River, often had difficulties working on the river in the late summer months because the river ran dry.

Feb 6, 2013

Former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District engineer Marcus Williams has been selected to receive a Modern-Day Technology Leader award at the 27th Black Engineer of the Year Awards and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Global Competitiveness Conference Feb. 7-9, 2013, in Washington, D.C.

Feb 5, 2013

Army Corps of Engineers officials joined leaders from Fort Meade and the Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG) on Jan. 29 to break ground for the unit's new $30 million complex.

Feb 4, 2013

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District awarded a Maryland company a contract, Jan. 31, 2013, to upgrade the John F. Kennedy eternal flame at Arlington National Cemetery, Va.

Feb 4, 2013

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed construction Jan. 31 of a wastewater treatment plant on Forward Operating Base Shindand in Herat province, western Afghanistan.

Feb 4, 2013

GALVESTON, Texas -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District Public Affairs Office was recognized with a Gold Award from the AVA Digital Awards competition for the "Dig This: 2012 Dredging Along the Texas Coast" video.

Feb 1, 2013

Meet U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District Civil Engineer Eddie Irigoyen, a construction manager in the Construction Branch and the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Awareness Program liaison for the district.

Feb 1, 2013

Viktoria Bogina, E.I.T., a civil engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Jacksonville District, was one of the USACE nominees for this year's New Faces of Engineering program.

Feb 1, 2013

Corps officials from both Charleston and Baltimore Districts joined DLA Distribution leaders for the Jan. 24 kick-off for the roof replacement on the Eastern Distribution Center (EDC), the largest Sustainment, Restoration and Modernization project on the installation in New Cumberland, Pa.

Feb 1, 2013

The Army Corps of Engineers' Little Rock District is seeking public comments through March 3 on a proposed plan and environmental assessment related to a flood risk reduction project on Jordan Creek in Springfield, Mo.

Feb 1, 2013

In this video, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District Deputy Commander Lt. Col. Jim Schreiner discusses the broad inter-agency partnership and strategy aimed at combating aquatic nuisance species, such as Asian carp, to include operating the electric barriers in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and conducting the Great lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study that examines controls that could be applied to prevent ANS transfer between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins through aquatic pathways.

Feb 1, 2013

FORT BRAGG, Calif. -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers scuba divers and debris deck hands from the San Francisco District worked in tandem Jan. 25 to remove a 50-foot, 15 ton sunken ship stranded across half of the Noyo River impeding travel in the federal channel for fishing vessels, recreational boaters and U.S. Coast Guard ships navigating into the harbor.

Jan 31, 2013

Timothy R. Brown, a senior project manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, is the recipient of the 27th Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA), to be conferred at the annual Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Global Competitiveness Conference in Washington, D.C. Feb. 7, 2013. Brown is responsible for leading interdisciplinary project delivery teams in the execution of large scale civil works projects.

Jan 31, 2013

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, awarded a $648 million contract, Jan. 29, 2013, for the construction of the Fort Bliss, Texas, replacement hospital.

Jan 30, 2013

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed construction Jan. 29 of a new medical facility in Shindand district, Herat province. Although not open to the public yet, the facility will provide basic, urgent and emergency health care for up to 150,000 residents and will be staffed primarily by Afghan medical professionals.

Jan 30, 2013

Based on computer-aided design, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District's 3-D printer allows full-scale project components to be shrunk into a handheld model that team members can use to better visualize and conceptualize their work like never before.

Jan 30, 2013

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Bass Pro Shops are kicking off the 2013 water recreation season with plans for new joint projects to help spread the word on water and boating safety, as well as environmental protection. The two organizations signed a partnership agreement late last year to develop potential projects that can be accomplished in the near term and in the future, such as those that improve fish habitat and focus on water and boater safety education. They are now ready to implement new measures to make the agreement a reality.

Jan 29, 2013

On Jan. 23, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, joined Defense officials and our contract partners to kick-off the renovation and expansion of the Defense Information School known throughout the military as DINFOS.

Jan 29, 2013

The Corps of Engineers' Fort Worth District and the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, are teaming up to complete a civil works project along the Salt Creek in Graham, Texas. This is a first for Huntsville Center's Facilities Reduction Program.

Jan 29, 2013

Timothy R. Brown, a senior project manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, responsible for leading interdisciplinary project delivery teams in the execution of large scale civil works projects, is the recipient of this year's Special Recognition award for the 2013 BEYA STEM Conference.

Jan 28, 2013

As Joint Task Force Empire, the members of the 411th Engineer Brigade, headquartered at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, with technical representative staffs throughout Afghanistan, executed sustained, multifunctional engineer operations as the lead engineer force assigned to U.S. Forces-Afghanistan.

Jan 28, 2013

HEIDELBERG, Germany -- Members of the U.S. forces community who bring their pets along when they arrive in Germany for assignment will be charged a fee by German authorities beginning Feb. 1.

Jan 28, 2013

A fall through a fragile roof, a collapsed trench engulfs workers, a poorly-maintained crane drops steel columns on a laborer's head; these are just a few of the fatal accidents reported in the international construction industry in recent years; accidents Jeff Ice, a safety and occupational health specialist who deployed to Kandahar from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New York District works hard to prevent.

Jan 28, 2013

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Maj. Gen. Michael J. Walsh, Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, visited Jacksonville District project sites in south Florida Jan. 23 and 24, including the Tamiami Trail Modifications project and the Herbert Hoover Dike Rehabilitation project. "Jacksonville District has the second largest civil works program in the Corps and is responsible for some of our most significant civil works projects," said Walsh. "By visiting Herbert Hoover Dike and ongoing Everglades restoration efforts, I saw the great progress that has been made to date. Equally as important, I was impressed by this district's dedication to delivering the best possible engineering solutions and services that contribute to the nation's economy, environment, safety and quality of life."

Jan 27, 2013

The contract is considered a small business disaster area "set aside." This is part of the Federal government's efforts to ensure qualified small businesses in the disaster area are given opportunities to obtain business from agencies executing missions.

Jan 26, 2013

During Viva Technology Day, students at Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles participated in hands-on competitive, educational challenges. They worked in teams led by college students and Corps of Engineers interns who major in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM.

Jan 25, 2013

MONS, Belgium -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is managing a major push into upgrading decades-old buildings on the NATO base here as part of an endeavor that will have a lasting impact on the culture and mission of Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, military and education leaders say. The centerpiece is a multinational-funded, $146 million construction project at SHAPE International School, the largest under way within USACE Europe District.

Jan 25, 2013

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently announced Edward Kraemer & Sons, Inc., as the recipient of its 2012 Superior Safety Performance Award -- Large Contractor for safe and accident-free work during major construction modifications at Lock and Dam 3, near Red Wing, Minn.

Jan 25, 2013

FORT SHAFTER, OAHU -- The Honolulu District welcomed home the District-based 565th Engineer Detachment, Forward Engineer Support Team-Advance (FEST-A) with a Redeployment Ceremony Jan. 24 at District Headquarters to mark the official end of their successful deployment to support Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

Jan 23, 2013

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center together with the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Civil Engineer Center and the Air Force Research Laboratory have combined forces to repair damaged runways -- materials, equipment, and methods -- used by USAF fighter jets and cargo planes.