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    PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Philadelphia Fife & Drum provided music during the U.S. Army Corps of Engineeers' Philadelphia District Change of Command ceremony, June 26, 2012.

    USACE Philadelphia District holds Change of Command Ceremony

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Philadelphia District ushered in new leadership as Lt. Col. John C. Becking assumed command from Lt. Col. Philip M. Secrist III during a June 26, 2012 ceremony in the Wanamaker Building's Crystal Tea Room.
  • TACOMA, Wash. — Joe Tribbey, Quality Assurance Representative (left), Marsha Phillips, Logistics Specialist (middle), and Sgt. First Class Douglas Eshenbaugh, 249th Engineer Battalion "Yard Dog," inventoryi and review generator work order requests with generator support contractor during day one of the Evergreen Earthquake Exercise generator staging area located on Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

    USACE Honolulu District Supports Quake Catastrophe Response Exercise

    Several U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Honolulu District employees spent time training for emergency management deployments by participating in the Combined Response Mission Exercise Evergreen Quake 2012.
  • BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Field Assistance in Science and Technology-Center, or RFAST-C, engineers and technicians discuss prototype integration facility capabilities with senior noncommissioned officers from the 18th Engineer Brigade.

    Army civilian engineers team with Soldiers in Afghanistan

    U.S. Army civilian engineers are deploying to Afghanistan along with Soldiers to resolve issues that hinder mission success in theater.
  • LAWTON, Okla. — Rick West, Braden West, and Brad Carter, employees from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District Fort Sill Area Office, participated in the Tour of the Wichitas/Tom Chapman Memorial Ride, June 23, 2012. Chapman was a former Fort Sill Area Office employee who was fatally injured during last year's ride.

    USACE Tulsa District employees ride to remember Chapman

    Four U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District employees took to the road during the Tour of the Wichitas/Tom Chapman Memorial Ride, June 23, 2012, to pay tribute to Tom Chapman, a former employee of the Tulsa District Fort Sill Area Office.
  • AFGHANISTAN — Staff Sgt. Andrew Miltenberger operates a remote-controlled submersible at Dahla Dam. Staff Sgt. Miltenberger is a member of 569th Engineer Dive Detachment, which deployed to Afghanistan to support the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineer District-South, by conducting hydrographical surveys and inspections of underwater structures at Kajaki and Dahla Dams.

    Army divers support South District work at critical Afghan dams

    Six members of a unique Army unit - engineer divers from the 569th Engineer Dive Detachment - recently spent 30 days in southern Afghanistan, conducting underwater surveys to help the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineer District-South prepare for major repair projects at Kajaki and Dahla dams.
  • OAKLAND, Calif. — Allie Pearce gets a hug from her dad, Army Specialist Scott Pearce, before the Oakland Athletics game against the San Francisco Giants at O.co Coliseum here, June 22, 2012.

    USACE reservist gets help from A's in making daughter's 16th birthday sweet

    Allie Pearce celebrated her 16th birthday on June 22 by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before the Oakland Athletics game against the San Francisco Giants at Oakland Coliseum. Her birthday was made a little less sweet since her father, Army Specialist Scott Pearce, is in Afghanistan for a year-long deployment.
  • HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Will Irby, Installation Support and Programs Management, provides information to more than 40 visiting U.S. Army Corps of Engineers district civil works program managers regarding various U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville programs. Irby concentrated much of his briefing on the Center's energy programs.

    Interests in Huntsville Center energy programs growing

    Visits from the deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and two senior executive service members provided the Huntsville Center with opportunities to promote its ability to play major roles in the Army's Energy Campaign Plan.
  • Advanced power meters like this one installed at a facility on Redstone Arsenal, Ala. have been monitoring energy use around the U.S. Army for some time. The Army Metering Program recently earned network certification for systems that will allow these meters to report their data across the service's enterprise network.

    Meter systems earn network certification

    The Army Central Metering Program aims to meet requirements of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 by providing customers with a centralized view of energy and water consumption and energy efficiency and management.
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    R&D centers collaborate to enhance mission planning capabilities, engineers win award

    Engineers from the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command's communications-electronics center, or CERDEC, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's Engineer Research and Development Center, or ERDC, received the Outstanding Collaborative Research and Development Achievement Award for their work to automate route planning capabilities for the Command Post of the Future.
  • WIESBADEN, Germany — The Gen. John Shalikashvili Mission Command Center will be the new home for most of the staff of U.S Army Europe and is located at the Gen. Lucas D. Clay Kaserne, U.S. Army Airfield in Wiesbaden, Germany. The quality, sustainable, state-of-the-art facility was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District in 22 months. The building, named during a June 14, 2012 ceremony is a memorial to Gen. John Shalikashvili who was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1936 and was the first foreign-born American Soldier to be appointed as a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

    USACE earns first LEED® certification for US facility in Germany

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District announced June 26, 2012 that it has been awarded the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver certification of a U.S. facility in Germany. LEED, established by the U.S. Green Building Council, is an internationally recognized program for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.

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  • USACE Philadelphia District holds Change of Command Ceremony

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Philadelphia District ushered in new leadership as Lt. Col. John C. Becking assumed command from Lt. Col. Philip M. Secrist III during a June 26, 2012 ceremony in the Wanamaker Building's Crystal Tea Room.

  • USACE Honolulu District Supports Quake Catastrophe Response Exercise

    Several U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Honolulu District employees spent time training for emergency management deployments by participating in the Combined Response Mission Exercise Evergreen Quake 2012.

  • Army civilian engineers team with Soldiers in Afghanistan

    U.S. Army civilian engineers are deploying to Afghanistan along with Soldiers to resolve issues that hinder mission success in theater.

  • USACE Tulsa District employees ride to remember Chapman

    Four U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District employees took to the road during the Tour of the Wichitas/Tom Chapman Memorial Ride, June 23, 2012, to pay tribute to Tom Chapman, a former employee of the Tulsa District Fort Sill Area Office.

  • Army divers support South District work at critical Afghan dams

    Six members of a unique Army unit - engineer divers from the 569th Engineer Dive Detachment - recently spent 30 days in southern Afghanistan, conducting underwater surveys to help the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineer District-South prepare for major repair projects at Kajaki and Dahla dams.

  • USACE reservist gets help from A's in making daughter's 16th birthday sweet

    Allie Pearce celebrated her 16th birthday on June 22 by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before the Oakland Athletics game against the San Francisco Giants at Oakland Coliseum. Her birthday was made a little less sweet since her father, Army Specialist Scott Pearce, is in Afghanistan for a year-long deployment.

  • Interests in Huntsville Center energy programs growing

    Visits from the deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and two senior executive service members provided the Huntsville Center with opportunities to promote its ability to play major roles in the Army's Energy Campaign Plan.

  • Meter systems earn network certification

    The Army Central Metering Program aims to meet requirements of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 by providing customers with a centralized view of energy and water consumption and energy efficiency and management.

  • R&D centers collaborate to enhance mission planning capabilities, engineers win award

    Engineers from the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command's communications-electronics center, or CERDEC, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's Engineer Research and Development Center, or ERDC, received the Outstanding Collaborative Research and Development Achievement Award for their work to automate route planning capabilities for the Command Post of the Future.

  • USACE earns first LEED® certification for US facility in Germany

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District announced June 26, 2012 that it has been awarded the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver certification of a U.S. facility in Germany. LEED, established by the U.S. Green Building Council, is an internationally recognized program for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.

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Older than the nation it defends, the @USArmy has made a difference in the history and founding of America. Today, June 14, we celebrate America's Army and look forward to the upcoming birthday of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, June 16. Essayons! #USACE250 https://t.co/AFtbEy9eyM
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The @USArmy Birthday Run was held this morning at @JBMHH. For 250 years, the United States Army and our U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have stood strong in the defense of this Nation. #USACE250 https://t.co/HshuDrYG6G
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today that it will waive day use fees at its more than 2,600 USACE-operated recreation areas nationwide in observance of the USACE birthday, June 16, and Juneteenth National Independence Day, June 19. Learn more: https://t.co/NsmH8yghB7 https://t.co/l5bj7hdwmh
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