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  • March ARB breaks ground on new airfield traffic control tower and base operations facility

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District joined community leaders Dec. 8 to break ground for the new March Air Reserve Base's nearly 16,000 sq. foot airfield traffic control tower and base operations facility.

  • Corps responds to Superstorm Sandy

    Hurricane Sandy was the biggest storm yet of an active tropical storm season. It formed south of Jamaica on Oct. 22, smashed through Cuba Oct. 24-25 and began affecting beaches in Florida by Oct. 26. As it moved further north, concern heighted as it merged with another storm, prior to making landfall near Atlantic City, N.J. Oct. 29. Jacksonville District engineers were on alert from the beginning. The district activated its emergency operations center (EOC) Oct. 24 and closely monitored the storm as it moved through the Bahamas. Once reports started circulating about the full range of impacts in New York and New Jersey, several Jacksonville District team members were tapped for duties in a variety of locations.

  • USACE Galveston District awards $2.9 million contract to dredge Bayport Ship Channel

    GALVESTON, Texas (Dec. 7, 2012) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, awarded a contract to Orion Marine Construction Inc. in the amount of $2,988,900 for maintenance dredging of the Bayport Ship Channel in Chambers and Harris counties, Texas.

  • Bernalillo Levee Soil Examined for Future Flood Damage Reduction Study

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is partnering with Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Authority (ESCAFCA) to examine the existing conditions of the spoil bank levees within the Town of Bernalillo, N.M.

  • Cheatham project manager promoted to captain

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 7, 2012) — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, district commander, promoted Army 1st Lt. Corey T. Wolff to the rank of captain today.

  • Division’s First OCA Held at Cochiti Dam

    The first Operation Condition Assessment (OCA) in the South Pacific Division (SPD) took place the week of Oct. 8 at the Corps’ Cochiti Dam project, located about 50 miles north of Albuquerque.

  • District’s Small Business Program to be Applauded at Conference

    Albuquerque District’s Small Business program for 2012 will receive three distinct accolades at the Society of American Military Engineers Annual Small Business Conference the week of Dec. 10 in Grapevine, Texas.

  • Army Corps begins field work on East Elliott munitions investigation project

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District began field work Nov. 28 on the Former Camp Elliott, East Elliott military munitions response project in San Diego, to investigate for military munitions and munitions chemical constituents.

  • Committing to Recycling Can be Sustainable

    Did you know that America Recycles Day was November 15? It is great that there is a day designated to focus on recycling, but recycling needs to be part of our lives every day, as well as taking steps to live more sustainably.

  • Commitment Renewed with Honorary Leader

    District Commander Lt. Col. Antoinette Gant and Honorary Commander Christine Glidden joined 20 other sets of community leaders and commanders who were coupled as part of the annual Honorary Commanders Assumption of Command Ceremony Nov. 1 at Kirtland Air Force Base’s Mountain View Club in Albuquerque, N.M.