18 Feb 2014

Corps extends comment period for Flagler County draft shoreline study

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District is extending the public comment period to Mar. 15 for the Flagler County Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction Project Draft Integrated Feasibility Study and Environmental Assessment. The Corps received several requests for an extension of the public review period, which originally ended today.

18 Feb 2014

USACE Global and Climate Change Team Scientist Featured in “Shored Up”

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.  USACE IWR Global and Climate Change Team scientist Dr. Kate White and USACE

18 Feb 2014

Folly Beach Shore Protection Project Public Meeting

Who: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District What: The Charleston District will be holding

18 Feb 2014

Four earn Green Belt certification

Four Huntsville Center employees received Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification Feb. 10 at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville. The four new Green Belts all worked projects that looked into acquisition processes.

18 Feb 2014

District welcomes middle school’s First Lego® League

Jacksonville District continues to make strides in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education, as employees hosted students from JEB Stuart Middle School’s First Lego® League (FLL) at the district’s headquarters office. The event provided a view of the STEM disciplines as they are used in Corps career fields.

18 Feb 2014

Corps signs agreement with locals, promotes volunteer and educational programs

TIOGA, Pa. — Community leaders, volunteers, visitors and members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gathered Feb. 11 at the Ives Run Visitor Center for a ceremonial signing of the Friends of Tioga-Hammond & Cowanesque Lakes cooperative agreement. This agreement establishes a formal relationship between the Corps and community to provide volunteers, services, educational programs and family events to the local community.

18 Feb 2014

Corps of Engineers awards $1.1 million contract for repair to Green Harbor east, west jetties in Marshfield; work to start in late May or early June

CONCORD, Mass. – The Green Harbor East and West jetties in Marshfield, Mass., will be repaired under

18 Feb 2014

FED's Aviation History

The echo of aircraft flying through the air was a familiar sound for many at the Far East District for nearly two decades.

16 Feb 2014

This week in history: Army Engineers fought and lived through the attack on Pearl Harbor

Seven December 1941 was the opening scene of World War II, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was there. At 7:55 a.m., two waves of Japanese warplanes from a naval task force about 250 miles north of Hawaii appeared over Oahu.

15 Feb 2014

Columbia-Snake River navigation locks close for annual maintenance in March

Eight navigation locks on the Columbia and Snake rivers close to all river traffic at 6 a.m. Sat., March 1, 2014; scheduled re-opening is planned for March 15 for Columbia River locks and March 22 for Snake River locks.