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Levees are a vital part of modern flood risk management. They are part of flood defense systems that may also include flood walls, pumping stations, gates closures, and other associated structures. These elements work together to reduce risk to human life and reduce economic damages from flood events. — USACE extends comment period on draft National Levee Safety Guidelines

'The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today it is extending the comment period on the draft first edition of the National Levee Safety Guidelines to Aug. 31, 2024. The guidelines were developed with stakeholder input under the National Levee Safety Program and released for public review on...'

7/19/2024
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January

20 Jan 2012
Assistant Army Secretary meets with USACE, MCoE, and Fort Benning military and community leaders
The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment met with the South Atlantic Division - Corps of Engineers and Fort Benning leaders during a visit to U.S. army Maneuver Center of Excellence.
20 Jan 2012
USACE, DoDDS, SHAPE team up to deliver 21st century-style schools to international community
Representatives from SHAPE, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District, Department of Defense Dependants Schools-Europe, Belgian Federal Government and City of Mons marked the beginning of the first phase of construction on new facilities that will replace the aging SHAPE American and International Schools with a groundbreaking ceremony Jan. 11 on the SHAPE International School grounds.
20 Jan 2012
Corps of Engineers workers deliver donations to Kabul orphans
Eight U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees distributed two dozen boxes of donated jackets, hats, gloves and other winter clothes to a large orphanage on Jan. 14, a day when heavy snow fell and the temperature reached 32 degrees in the Afghan capital.
20 Jan 2012
USACE turns over operations and maintenance responsibility to Afghan Air Force
While this is the first O&M transition to the Afghan Air Force, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineer District-South transferred O&M responsibility for some of the facilities on the Afghan National Army's Camp Hero near Kandahar in July 2011.
20 Jan 2012
Corps of Engineers leads coalition effort to save coho salmon
In the winter of 2011, biologists funded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers counted a record number of wild juvenile coho salmon in the downstream portions of the Russian River system in western Sonoma County. Adult coho also appear to be reproducing in some of their historical tributaries for the first time since large-scale monitoring of the species began in 2005.
19 Jan 2012
USACE trains Afghans to operate and maintain facilities
Successfully transitioning operations and maintenance responsibilities to the Afghan National Army's Directorate of Public Works, is the underlying reason for a new training program designed to teach Afghans the fundamentals of building operations and maintenance.
3 Jan 2012
Power teams rapidly deploy to help east coast communities
Recently, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers emergency response personnel deployed to various states in the eastern U.S. to help with response and recovery efforts after Hurricane Irene left a path of destruction from North Carolina to Vermont. This was the first time USACE deployed multiple power teams and their resources to multiple states simultaneously.
December

15 Dec 2011
USACE leverages drought to perform lake maintenance
Water levels at Tulsa District lakes were the lowest in years as the result of an extreme drought. The drought had many negative impacts on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and local communities, but USACE took advantage of the low water to perform routine necessary maintenance on facilities that are usually underwater.
12 Dec 2011
Huntsville team supports flood victims
On Sept. 8, a tropical storm brought heavy flooding in the Susquehanna River Valley, and FEMA assigned a temporary housing mission to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The housing planning and response team (PRT) from Huntsville Center took the mission to support residents rendered homeless by the Susquehanna River flood.
12 Dec 2011
Huntsville team supports flood victims
On Sept. 8, a tropical storm brought heavy flooding in the Susquehanna River Valley, and FEMA assigned a temporary housing mission to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The housing planning and response team (PRT) from Huntsville Center took the mission to support residents rendered homeless by the Susquehanna River flood.