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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently launched a newly designed and updated headquarters website on a new, cloud-based system. The system allows the Corps to create a consistent look and feel on its many web pages, streamline content management to make it easier to keep web pages current, and to deliver a richer end-user experience that makes use of audio, video and other web elements.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Honorable Dr. Joseph W. Westphal, undersecretary of the U.S. Army (left), and Maj. Gen. Merdith
Way ahead, strategic direction discussed at USACE Leaders Conference
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Honorable Dr. Joseph W. Westphal, undersecretary of the U.S. Army (left), and Maj. Gen. Merdith "Bo" Temple, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers acting commander and chief of engineers, have a discussion during the USACE Leaders Conference here, Jan. 24, 2012. The leadership conference brings together all USACE senior leaders to discuss strategies and best business practices throughout the Corps of Engineers. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by F.T. Eyre)
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A wounded warrior uses a rock-climbing wall as part of his physical therapy at the Military Advanced Training Center at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Soldiers in Warrior in Transition units at Forts Stewart, Benning, Gordon and Bragg now have the option to learn valuable construction and engineering skills as part of Operation Warfighter.
Corps of Engineers offers internships for warriors in transition
A wounded warrior uses a rock-climbing wall as part of his physical therapy at the Military Advanced Training Center at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Soldiers in Warrior in Transition units at Forts Stewart, Benning, Gordon and Bragg now have the option to learn valuable construction and engineering skills as part of Operation Warfighter.
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WASHINGTON — Lt. Gen. (ret.) Robert Van Antwerp, former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers chief of engineers, congratulates Brig. Gen. Margaret W. Burcham during her promotion ceremony at the headquarters here, Jan. 27, 2012. Burcham is the Army Corp of Engineers' first female general officer. Last September, Burcham became the first woman selected to command a Corps of Engineers division when she took command of the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division located in Cincinnati, OH. The division consists of seven engineer districts that include over 4800 personnel operating in a 17 state region with the responsibility for the federal water resource development throughout the Great Lakes and Ohio River basins.
USACE promotes first female general officer
WASHINGTON — Lt. Gen. (ret.) Robert Van Antwerp, former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers chief of engineers, congratulates Brig. Gen. Margaret W. Burcham during her promotion ceremony at the headquarters here, Jan. 27, 2012. Burcham is the Army Corp of Engineers' first female general officer. Last September, Burcham became the first woman selected to command a Corps of Engineers division when she took command of the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division located in Cincinnati, OH. The division consists of seven engineer districts that include over 4800 personnel operating in a 17 state region with the responsibility for the federal water resource development throughout the Great Lakes and Ohio River basins.
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THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS' FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN GENERAL:  Image of Hugh RobinsonIn 1978, Hugh G. Robinson, a 1954 graduate of West Point, was promoted to brigadier general and became the Corps of Engineers’ first African American general officer. He served as deputy director of Civil Works and in 1980 assumed command of the Southwestern Division, a position he held until his retirement in 1983 as a major general. Robinson’s career was an interesting one. After service in Korea, a master’s degree in civil engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and several Army staff positions in the United States and France, he was appointed in 1965 as military aide to President Lyndon B. Johnson.  Find out more about Hugh Robinson.

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Myth v. Fact

MYTH: USACE is responsible for all of the nation's levees.

FACT: USACE has specific authorities for approximately 2,000 levees, or 14,000 miles nationwide. There is still a large universe of private and other non-USACE levees that have not been inventoried or inspected. The National Committee on Levee Safety (NCLS) has estimated that there may be more than 100,000 miles of levees nationwide, many of which have not been inspected or inventoried. The precise size of this ‘universe of levees’, where the levees are located, their condition, or the consequences of poor performance is currently unknown.

Find out more about the USACE Levee Program.

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles and security line a portion of Route Bear as USACE personnel inspect construction in December 2011. Workers continue vertical construction at the 9th Commando Kandak project near Herat, Afghanistan. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineering District-South is building a base that will provide Afghan commandos with housing, dining, office and other facilities. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp (far right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville district commander, speaks at the last Nashville District Lock Operator Graduation at J. Percy Priest Lake Jan. 31, 2012.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp (right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, poses for the class photo during his visit to confer diplomas on graduates of the district NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jim Davis (left), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Tennessee River Operations manager, who was in the first lock operator graduation class in 1968, talks with Lt. Col. James DeLapp, Nashville District commander, at the last lock operator graduation at J. Percy Priest Lake, Jan. 31, 2012. This gate marked the entrance to the Williams Field Army Air Station in 1942. Since then, the AAF has closed and the site has been returned to the former owners. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District is currently conducting a Treatability Study/technology Demonstration at several of the sites as part of the Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study of the formerly used defense sites.
Planes like this were used to drop practice bombs at the former Williams Army Air Field during the early 1940s. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District is currently conducting a Treatability Study/technology Demonstration at several of the sites as part of the Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study of the formerly used defense sites. CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — Members of the public view information provided to them at the Public Information Meeting held Jan. 26, regarding actions by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District at several of the former Williams Field Bomb Target Ranges. The District is currently engaged in remedial investigation and feasibility study, to include a treatability study and technology demonstration at the sites. DALE HOLLOW LAKE — Susie Dixon of Livingston, Tenn., looks for the American Bald Eagle during an Eagle Watch Tour Jan. 28, 2012.
DALE HOLLOW LAKE — The first Eagle Watch Tour group at Dale Hollow Lake Jan. 28, 2012. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sponsors several weekend opportunities to see Eagles every January

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Image Not FoundUSACE 2011Story on how 2011 has been a year of taking care of people for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Image Not FoundUnder Secretary of the Army Addresses USACE LeadersOn Jan. 24, Dr. Joseph Westphal, under secretary of the Army, spoke to a group of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers military officers and civilians at their headquarters in Washington D.C. as part of the USACE 2012 Leader Conference.
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