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  • Kristine Allaman, USACE Distinguished Civilian Employee

    A gallery honoring the Distinguished Civilian Employees of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers stands outside the Executive Suite in Headquarters. Among the dozens of photos, only two were women -- Dixie McCrary placed in 1955 and Winnie Cox in 1957. But on June 14, Kristine Allaman became the newest Distinguished Civilian Employee. She is the first female engineer, and only the third woman to have her photo placed on the wall.

  • Situation Desperate: U.S. Army Engineer Disaster Relief Operations, Origins to 1950

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Office of History officially released Situation Desperate: U.S. Army Engineer Disaster Relief Operations, Origins to 1950 during a ceremony in the Executive Foyer in Headquarters.

  • Motorcycle Safety

    Two men sat down to talk, and they couldn't have been more different. One a senior NCO, the other a fedral employee. One a talker, the other more terse. One with two good legs, the other on crutches with a prosthetic.

  • What Mark Twain said about the Corps of Engineers

    For more than a century, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has had the mission to keep the Mississippi River open for navigation.

  • USACE teammates win Black Engineer of the Year Awards

    Four people with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have been honored with Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA). They received the awards during the 2012 Black Engineer of the Year Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Conference Feb. 16-18 in Philadelphia.

  • Making history: Engineers remember Operation Just Cause

    History is not just an academic subject for some people in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. They were there when it happened ... they made the history.