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  • Hopes of leaving a city of 'marble'

    “One of my favorite quotes is ‘Urbem latericium invenit, marmorea reliquit – I found a city of bricks and left a city of marble.’ – Caesar Augustus, recorded by Suetonius,” Structural Engineer Shane Boehmer said. “So for me, when I end my deployment in 2021, I want to leave Iraq knowing my efforts made the coalition bases and Iraqi bases safer and better, thus improving the quality of the lives for the soldiers on those bases.”

  • The District bids farewell to a supercharging Soldier

    Soldiers make up a healthy portion of the USACE regiment, bringing discipline, leadership and devotion to the duty for which they are given the opportunity to engage in. The Afghanistan District was honored to share the same platform with a young Soldier with high caliber skills.

  • High Waters Bring Closures To BWT Recreation Areas

    MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District at Black Warrior-Tombigbee Lakes Demopolis Site Office closed several recreation areas along the BWT Waterway System as of Feb. 10, 2020, until further notice due to high water levels from recent heavy rains.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Releases Work Plan for Fiscal 2020 Civil Works Appropriations

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) delivered to Congress its Fiscal Year 2020 (FY 2020) Work Plan for the Army Civil Works program on February 10, 2020.

  • 19-0735 Plaquemines Parish

    The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New Orleans District (CEMVN), is reviewing a request for permission to modify a USACE Project under Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 and codified in 33 U.S.C. 408 (“Section 408”). The project to be modified or altered is the New Orleans to Venice East Bank Hurricane Bank Levee (NOV-01), Phoenix to Bohemia Polder Levee System Reach C project in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. The proposed modification is to fill nine (9) non-operational culverts at four (4) locations with lightweight grout to stabilize them in order to be permanently abandoned in place and maintain the integrity of the levee.

  • President's Fiscal 2021 Budget for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program released

    The President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY 2021) includes $5.967 billion in gross discretionary funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

  • Tenn-Tom Campgrounds To Become 100 Percent Reservable With Recreation.gov

    MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District at Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Project in Columbus, Mississippi, announces several of its campgrounds will only accept credit or debit cards as methods of payment and become 100 percent reservable via recreation.gov, starting March 1, 2020.

  • Corps announces rescheduled dates for the Table Rock Lake Oversight Committee meetings

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Army Corps of Engineers announces the rescheduled dates for the Table Rock Lake Oversight Committee meetings. Public attendance is encouraged.

  • Corps sets shoreline management plan draft workshops for Greers Ferry Lake

    HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. – The Army Corps of Engineers is hosting Greers Ferry Lake Shoreline Management Plan draft workshops Feb. 24-25 to share information about the update process and to collect public comments concerning shoreline activity around the lake.

  • Prescribed Burning Of Timberlands For USACE West Point Lake Project Underway

    MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District at West Point Lake Project announces prescribed burning of selected timber stands around the reservoir is underway and will begin immediately once weather conditions are favorable.