6 Apr 2020

Joseph Houston Bennett: An American Hero and Lake Whitney Legacy

An account of a meeting with Retired Maj. Joe Bennett, WWII fighter pilot, and employee at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District at Whitney Lake, retiring after 20 years in 1980.

6 Apr 2020

Telework is the norm for Huntsville Center workforce

For some employees, working from “Fort Living Room” is a relatively new way of doing business

6 Apr 2020

Corps updates preventative measures in place for COVID-19 at West Thompson Lake in North Grosvenordale

North Grosvenordale, Conn. – In accordance with the most recent Connecticut Stay-At-Home and Safe

6 Apr 2020

Army Corps report recommends removal of Savannah River training wall

SAVANNAH, Ga. – The Savannah District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, recommends removing the training wall in the Savannah River which runs roughly down the center of the river for more than a mile through Augusta, Georgia, and North Augusta, South Carolina. The underwater wall was built in the early 20th century to aid commercial navigation.

6 Apr 2020

Corps of Engineers updates preventative measures in place for COVID-19 at West Hill Dam in Uxbridge, Northbridge

Uxbridge/Northbridge, Mass. – In accordance with the US Army Corps of Engineers policies and

6 Apr 2020

Army Dive Team, MVM completes critical stringout repairs

The 74th Army Dive Detachment Team, with the help of several of our Ensley Engineer Yard skilled tradesmen, recently repaired sections of a highly critical structure here at the Memphis District Ensley Engineer Yard. The vital structure this team spent time repairing is known as the stringout, which to many might look like a pier or dock.

6 Apr 2020

Corps awards $61.4 million border barrier contract

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Border District awarded a $61.4 million contract modification April 3 to SLS Company, Ltd., of Galveston, Texas, for approximately 2.4 miles of barrier construction along the U.S. southern border near Santa Teresa, New Mexico, in the El Paso, Texas, U.S. Border Patrol sector.

6 Apr 2020

Corps operates Sepulveda Dam during rain storms

Sepulveda Dam is the western-most of the Corps of Engineers’ dams operated by the Los Angeles District in the Los Angeles County Drainage Area flood control system. The purpose of the project is to collect flood runoff from the uncontrolled drainage areas upstream, store it temporarily and release it into the Los Angeles River at a rate that does not exceed the downstream channel capacity.

6 Apr 2020

USACE to begin construction on alternate care facilities in Virginia

The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has received three mission assignments from FEMA to construct alternate care facilities in Northern Virginia, the Hampton Roads region and in the Richmond, Virginia area.

6 Apr 2020

Corps of Engineers updates preventative measures in place for COVID-19 at Buffumville Lake and Hodges Village Dam

Charlton/Oxford, Mass. –  In accordance with the most recent Massachusetts Department of Public