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  • Kaskaskia and Mississippi Rivers Confluence Heritage Area Dedication

    CARLYLE LAKE – On Friday, September 13, 2013, the Corps of Engineers and Lower Kaskaskia Stakeholders Incorporated (LKSI) will be hosting a dedication ceremony for the Kaskaskia and Mississippi Rivers Confluence Heritage Area. Lower Kaskaskia Stakeholders Inc. (LKSI) President Ryan Ford and Lieutenant Colonel Aaron Wolf, Deputy Commander of the St. Louis District Corps of Engineers will speak at the event. The dedication will take place at the Confluence Heritage Area (located at the Kaskaskia River Project) at 2:00 p.m. and last approximately 60 minutes.

  • Vicksburg District Hydraulics Branch Selects New Mexico Native for Internship

    Vicksburg, Miss….The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Vicksburg District hydraulics branch recently selected Devon Gijsbers as a Department of the Army intern for the position of hydraulic engineer. Gijsbers’ responsibilities include inundation mapping, execution of dam breach analyses on Corps dams by developing hydraulic models and developing preliminary consequence models to estimate damages in the event of a dam failure. She is also responsible for developing detailed hydraulic watershed models for the Corps’ Modeling, Mapping, and Consequences Production Center.

  • Contract awarded for levee work in Mount Prospect and Prospect Heights

    $2.4 million contract awarded Aug. 31, for work on Levee 37 that extends from Euclid Avenue to Palatine Road. This contract includes small closure structures for pipes crossing the line of protection - adding 135 feet of floodwall along Milwaukee Avenue and closing a regulated 600-foot gap in the levee, following construction completion of compensatory storage. Work will benefit residents of Mount Prospect and Prospect Heights, Ill.

  • Evansville Levee System repair work gets underway

    Louisville, KY -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District has awarded a contract to

  • Faces from the Front: Meet Daniel Foltz

    KANDAHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan --The men and women of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are capable of extraordinary achievements for the benefit of the communities they serve at home and abroad. USACE Transatlantic Afghanistan District civilian, Daniel Foltz, uses his science, technology, engineering, and math knowledge, skills, and abilities to deliver critical infrastructure for stakeholders in Afghanistan.

  • Perez appointed to Senior Executive Service, selected for key Corps Southwestern Division position

    DALLAS - Pete G. Perez has been appointed to the Senior Executive Service by the secretary of the Army and selected for the position of director of Regional Business for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Southwestern Division.

  • USACE real estate team pivotal in rebranding Air Force Recruiting facility

    FORT WORTH, Texas - The Air Force Recruiting Service hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony in a first-of-its-kind, nationwide recruiting hub office Aug. 1 in Austin, Texas, as part of a national rebranding initiative. During the ceremony, more than 60 applicants were sworn into the delayed entry program outside of the new office, which expands the manning of traditional recruiting offices from commonly two recruiters to nine, regionalizing recruiting efforts.

  • Army Under Secretary touts economic, military readiness benefits of harbor improvments

    SAVANNAH, Ga. -- "That's what it's all about-right behind me," said the U.S. Army's second highest-ranking civilian leader, Under Secretary Joseph W. Westphal, as he motioned to the mammoth cranes, cargo containers, and semi-trucks bustling around him.

  • Series of Public Meetings Scheduled for Central Everglades Planning Project Sept. 16-19

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District will be holding a series of public meetings to discuss the draft report for the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) and give all interested individuals, groups and agencies an opportunity to comment and ask questions.

  • Intermittent closures set for San Luis Rey River levee maintenance road/recreation trail

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will intermittently restrict use of the maintenance road/recreation trail along the San Luis Rey River south levee between Sept. 9 and Dec. 6.