15 May 2025

U.S. Engineering Team Assesses Colón, Panama’s Infrastructure Challenges, Strengthening Bilateral Partnership

A team from the U.S. Army’s 553rd Forward Engineer Support Team-Advance (FEST-A) drove around important parts of the city of Colón, Panama, surveying the stormwater and wastewater systems on May 13, 2025. The survey was designed to find ways to bolster the ongoing partnership between the United States and Panama while addressing one of Panama’s largest city’s long-standing infrastructure issues.

15 Aug 2014

As Panama Canal Turns 100, District Employee Recalls Awesome Childhood in the Zone.

To most people, the Panama Canal is a great engineering achievement that makes commerce and travel cheaper, easier, and faster. But to District employee Patricia Lewis, it was the setting for “an awesome childhood.”