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  • L.A. wildfire survivors show resilience, embody mythological Phoenix

    Even during the grueling 68-day assignment – working 12 to 14 hours a day, Brig. Gen. Bill Hannan found resilience and inspiration – from the survivors. Though this was a horrible disaster, I saw the best in people, both in helping their neighbors and working together, said Hannan, Northwestern Division (NWD) commanding general. In June, he returned from leading the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Task Force Phoenix (like the mythological bird), which is the team responsible for wildfire debris removal and recovery efforts in Southern California.

  • Safety First: Veteran Turns Passion into Purpose on USACE Missions

    For Dale Beaty, safety isn’t just a job — it’s a calling forged over three decades of service and sharpened in some of the world’s most demanding environments.

  • USACE Chicago District’s Ericka Hillard Honored with Patriotic Public Service Award for Volunteer Work with VFW

    Ericka Hillard, a Contract Specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), received the Patriotic Public Service Lapel Pin Award for her volunteer service with her local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post. The award ceremony was held at the district’s Engineer Day award ceremony and picnic on July 16, 2025.

  • USACE lifts small craft advisory for Arkansas River

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is lifting the small craft advisory for the Arkansas River. Small craft advisories are issued when flows reach 70,000 cubic feet per second.

  • Norfolk District Schedules Aerial Mosquito Treatment at Craney Island on July 23

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has scheduled aerial mosquito treatment on July 23, over the federal property on Craney Island.

  • Town of Surf City receives signed Chief’s Report for US Army Corps of Engineers Coastal Storm Risk Management project

    On July 15, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) finalized a Chief’s Report for the Town of Surf City Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM) project, marking a major milestone in ongoing efforts to protect the community and its coastline.

  • Shaw assumes command of Mobile District

    In a ceremony rich with military tradition and symbolic meaning, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, marked a pivotal leadership transition during its change of command ceremony July 18 at the district headquarters in Mobile.

  • Serving on two fronts: Civilian deployments in combat and crisis

    Civilian employees who work for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers do not have deployment requirements as active-duty service members do. However, many of them voluntarily choose to, such as Ryan Williams, a longtime Omaha District employee.

  • Corps of Engineers to draw down Homme Dam

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will release water from Homme Dam, near Park River, North Dakota, on or around July 28 to complete a periodic inspection.

  • Antecedent Precipitation Tool (APT) Version 3.0 : Technical and User Guide

    Abstract: This document provides an overview of the technical components of the Antecedent Precipitation Tool (APT) and a user’s guide for the APT. The APT is an automation tool that the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) developed to facilitate the comparison of antecedent or recent precipitation conditions for a given location to the range of normal precipitation conditions that occurred during the preceding 30 yr.* In addition to providing a standardized methodology to evaluate normal precipitation conditions (precipitation normalcy), the APT queries additional datasets to compute drought condition indices and the approximate dates of the wet and dry seasons for a given location. The latest update to the APT builds upon the precipitation normalcy methodology by generating streamflow normalcy for the United States Geological Survey (USGS) gage and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Water Model (NWM) simulation results. The update also expands the APT’s analysis domain to include Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.