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  • Egypt: Pacer Forge an example of long-term success

    The Pacer Forge Facility Support program, now in its 14th year, represents a longstanding partnership between the Middle East District, U.S. Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), and the Egyptian Air Force.

  • Peacekeeping Brigade Training Center Opens in Kazakhstan

    A new Language and Staff Training Center was opened during a festive ceremony April 27 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

  • Award-winning project has a clear purpose

    The U.S. Forces-Iraq Operations Facility is far from being the most aesthetically pleasing project entered in the annual competition of the American Council of Engineering Companies. It is not beautiful and does not minimize a carbon footprint like other national finalists, according to Deborah Duncan, Deputy for Programs and Project Management at the Middle East District.

  • Military Construction Project Begins at Mina Salman Port

    The Middle East District participated in a groundbreaking ceremony, hosted by the government of Bahrain and the U.S. Navy, at Mina Salman Port May 26 marking the beginning of a military construction project that will develop 70 acres on the waterfront to support U.S. and coalition ships and personnel.

  • Diplomatic Security and the Army Corps of Engineers: Forging a Partnership to Save Lives in Wartime

    The partnership between the Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers demonstrates how specialized engineer support can save lives in wartime.

  • Day with an Engineer highlights career field

    The Middle East District hosted 48 high school students and 10 counselors for a Day with an Engineer on March 23. The students, from 10 local area high schools, have expressed interest in engineering careers.

  • MED seeks improvement at 2010 AE/RE Conference

    Middle East District leaders from the field and headquarters recently gathered in Cairo during the 2010 Area Engineer/Resident Engineer Conference to discuss the state of the organization and consider options for making it even better. Roger Thomas, chief of the Construction-Operations Division, kicked off the event with opening remarks and an overview of the five-day schedule.

  • MATOC Industry Day attracts record numbers

    The Middle East District’s Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) Industry Day, held March 26 in Winchester, Va., definitely drew a crowd.

  • USACE Deployment Center activity surging

    The USACE Deployment Center, known for successfully processing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civilians to Iraq and Afghanistan, is taking on new responsibilities with new customers.

  • Charrettes: Laying the foundation for project success

    The Army Corps of Engineers conducts charrettes as a standard practice for project planning and preparation, which sends teams comprised of personnel with specialized skills from various internal divisions to a proposed project site. What makes the Middle East District unique is that its charrettes occur in many of the 20 countries within the U.S. Central Command area of operations, far from the district’s Winchester, Va., headquarters.