1 Jun 2012

Employee Picked as Emergency Local Government Liaison

The Corps of Engineers has selected 36 people for the 2012 and 2013 Emergency Local Government Liaison cadre, and the District’s Trent Simpler, environmental project manager, is among the selectees.

1 Jun 2012

Army Aviation Runs Full Circle for Employee

From the beginnings of Army aviation in the early 20th Century, Eric Procter’s family was involved. His grandfather served in France as an army aircraft mechanic in World War I, and his service inspired his grandson.

1 Jun 2012

ERDC enters into educational partnership with N.H. school

ERDC's Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) recently entered into an Educational Partnership Agreement (EPA) with New Hampshire's Kearsarge Regional School District.

1 Jun 2012

CHL leads scaled model testing on the JUCIM

ERDC Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory's (CHL) Research Civil Engineer Stanley Boc led a scaled physical model study to investigate the behavior of the Joint Universal Causeway Interface Module (JUCIM) in a simulated ocean environment.

1 Jun 2012

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wants you to be safe in the water

With the Recreation Season in full swing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wants you to help spread

1 Jun 2012

Walla Walla resident reflects on Ice Harbor 1962 dedication; Junior ROTC cadet colonel escorted Vice President Johnson 50 years ago

As Ice Harbor Lock and Dam celebrates 50 years of successful service to the region and nation with a Corps of Engineers celebration on June 16, a Walla Walla resident has special memories of the dam’s dedication events on May 9, 1962. And he has an autographed photo signed by the Vice President of the United States to show for it.

1 Jun 2012

Chittenden Locks to close June 5 for salmon exclusion structure inspection

The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Ballard will close to all marine traffic 7:30 a.m. until 1 p.m., June 5 allowing U.S. Navy divers to inspect the Adult Salmon Exclusion Structure.

1 Jun 2012

Middle East District Awards Munitions Storage Area Complex

WINCHESTER, Va. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Middle East District awarded a task order

1 Jun 2012

Corps’ Gull Lake reservoir crested, to recede slowly

Gull Lake crested Wednesday, May 30, at elevation 1,195.09 feet, tying the record set July 22, 1952. The lake is slowly receding.

31 May 2012

Spotlight on USACE Galveston District’s Mark Garza

Spending time outdoors and learning about nature has always been a hobby for Mark Garza, a biologist in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District’s Environmental Section.