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Default USACE DUI for News Release — Gold de Fleury Medal presented to retired Lt. Gen. Jeffrey W. Talley

'Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, 55th Chief of Engineers and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general, presented the Army Engineer Association’s Gold de Fleury Medal to retired Lt. Gen. Jeffrey W. Talley during the Engineer Regiment Ball at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, April 28. The award was...'

5/2/2023
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers develops tentative timeline to reopen Fort McHenry Channel following Key Bridge collapse

April 4, 2024 UPDATED

USACE releases draft National Levee Safety Guidelines for public comment

April 1, 2024 UPDATED

Transformational Investments for the Army Civil Works Program

March 11, 2024 UPDATED

Army Corps of Engineers waives day use fees at recreation areas in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Jan. 3, 2024 UPDATED

Army Corps of Engineers waives day use fees at recreation areas in observance of Veterans Day

Nov. 2, 2023 UPDATED

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February

22 Feb 2021
ERDC scientist earns top DoD award for achievements in risk, resilience science
VICKSBURG, Miss. – Dr. Igor Linkov, senior science and technology manager at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), was recently selected by the Department of Defense (DoD) as the Laboratory Scientist of the Year for the second quarter of fiscal year 2020.
June

23 Jun 2020
CERL employee named USACE’s ‘Mechanical Engineer of the Year’
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer (USACE) recently named Joseph Bush, a mechanical engineer with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) headquarted in Champaign, Illinois, the 2020 “Mechanical Engineer of the Year.”
May

14 May 2020
Seattle District Engineer Ian Pumo selected for Army Engineer and Research Development Center University
Seattle District civil engineer Ian Pumo was interested in pursuing a master’s degree and viewed opportunities offered through the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center University as “a great way to get a taste of that and see what (he) might like to pursue in grad school.”
13 May 2020
5 things to know about the Army Corps’ Charleston Peninsula study
In October 2018, the Army Corps of Engineers initiated a three-year, $3 million feasibility study to
13 May 2020
UMRR Program - Steamboat Island HREP - Pool 14
The Steamboat Island Project is located in the middle section of Pool 14 along the right descending bank of the Upper Mississippi River (UMR), between the town of Princeton and the Wapsipinicon River. The goals are to maintain, enhance, and restore quality habitat for all native and desirable plant, animal, and fish species and maintain, enhance, restore, and emulate natural river processes, structures, and functions for a sustainable ecosystem.
April

21 Apr 2020
Corps electric engineer ‘makes’ much needed shields
It’s no secret our country is experiencing a shortage of face masks. Ever since this virus was declared a pandemic, even those working in hospitals can’t seem to get their hands on the very medical supplies they need to do their day-to-day job. Some hear of the shortage and scramble to get their hands on whatever masks they can find, but not Navigational Electrical Engineer Jeffrey Farmer and the nonprofit group he’s apart of called the “Midsouth Makers.”
13 Apr 2020
$10M contract awarded for ACM casting
The Memphis District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded a $10 million contract for articulated concrete mattress (ACM) casting at Richardson Landing Casting Field to Mississippi Limestone Corporation from Friars Point, Mississippi.
February

13 Feb 2020
Black History Month Employee Spotlight: Erin Cumbo Project Manager
February is Black History Month. The Corps of Engineers Little Rock District takes this time to honor and celebrate Black Americans’ achievements and their immeasurable impact on the history of the United States. As part of this observance month, we wanted to take some time to highlight some of our employees.
13 Feb 2020
Landmark guidelines on natural and nature-based features is an international effort
Nearly four years ago, a team led by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and that now includes 189 scientists, engineers and resource managers from 73 worldwide organizations gathered to begin work on a set of international guidelines for utilizing Natural and Nature-Based Features. Today, the project is nearing completion with the publication of “Guidelines on the Use of Natural and Nature-Based Features for Sustainable Coastal and Fluvial Systems” expected in 2020. The guidelines will provide practitioners with the best available information concerning the conceptualization, planning, design, engineering, construction and maintenance of NNBF to support resilience and flood risk reduction for coasts, bays and estuaries, as well as river and freshwater lake systems.