28 Feb 2017

Engineers build, improve DoD academic facilities in Garmisch

Educating leaders, current and future, is a mission shared by a pair of DoD tenant organizations here. The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies and the Department of Defense Education Activity-Europe are building, renovating and expanding facilities to promote student engagement and success with the support of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District.

18 Jan 2017

Project engineer supports U.S. military, diplomatic missions in Estonia

Chris Bailey grew up in Alabama and saw snow so infrequently he thought it was a Christmas miracle. As a boy, his hometown was dusted by flurries less than a handful of times. Now serving with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District in Estonia, snow is a daily norm for Bailey — at least in winter months when average temperatures hover around freezing in the Baltic country. As a one-man project office, Bailey is the engineer responsible for managing more than 20 European Reassurance Initiative infrastructure and construction projects for U.S. Army and Air Force partners.

26 Sep 2016

European Reassurance Initiative projects on track in Estonia, throughout Europe

Twenty-two European Reassurance Initiative infrastructure and construction projects managed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District at Tapa are nearly complete, and will support an influx of U.S. and NATO forces as heel-to-toe rotations begin in early 2017. The projects are a subset of a $500 million ERI Program the district oversees for U.S. Army and Air Force military construction, and facilities, sustainment, restoration and modernization in Bulgaria, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania, with future work planned in Hungary, Luxembourg, Norway and Slovakia. Europe District has approximately 260 projects in design or construction to make improvements to airfields, military quarters, operations centers, training ranges and support facilities throughout Europe.

20 Jul 2016

USACE begins next phase of SHAPE International School project

After a decade of planning and design, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District awarded a $30 million bid-build contract to Galere SA - Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG in March to construct three new school buildings at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe near Mons, Belgium.

12 Apr 2016

USACE special projects engineers take on diverse mission in Africa, Europe

WIESBADEN, Germany — The shared calendar for the Special Projects Section under U.S. Army Corps of

28 Jan 2016

USACE assists Benelux with consolidation, transformation

European Infrastructure Consolidation, a process announced by the Department of Defense last January to save the U.S. government approximately $500 million annually, is transforming and consolidating installations throughout Europe, including U.S. Army Garrison Benelux, by 2022.

6 Nov 2015

Active-shooter exercise keeps Europe District prepared

WIESBADEN, Germany -- Throughout the Amelia Earhart Center, the instructions blared over the

6 Nov 2015

Longtime ESO chief leaves legacy of service

WIESBADEN, Germany — The door is always open. Newand tenured-employee foot traffic wears heavily on

23 Jun 2015

USACE LEEDs military ‘green’ building across Europe

Europe District. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver certification sustainable facilities in Germany and Turkey.

4 Jun 2015

Students share STEM ambitions with USACE

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District personnel hosted the STEM Essay Contest winners from Wiesbaden and Sembach middle schools Thursday at the Amelia Earhart Center in Wiesbaden, Germany. The first-place winners from the sixth, seventh and eighth grades participated in a day of hands-on activities, presentations, a mock ribbon-cutting ceremony and construction-site scavenger hunt.