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  • FIRST DEPLOYMENT STORIES: The Volunteer Spirit

    The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) was devastated by back-to-back Category 5 storms, Super Typhoons Sinlaku and Bavi, prompting a rapid joint response from FEMA, the Red Cross, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Operating from the Recovery Field Office, USACE volunteer project engineer, Sarah L. Rhoton, managed critical personnel logistics and helped assess damaged power and school infrastructure on Tinian island. Throughout the extensive rebuilding process, the local CNMI residents deeply moved responders with their remarkable positivity, hospitality, and resilience despite enduring severe destruction and power outages.

  • USACE Announces Unprecedented Approach to Protect Juneau, Alaska from Mendenhall Glacier Floods

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), U.S. Department of Agriculture, and U.S. Department of the Interior announced Friday their intent to undertake a never-before-seen “Building Infrastructure, Not Paperwork” (BINP) approach to protect Juneau, Alaska, from future glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF). The Corps will soon solicit proposals to tackle the GLOF phenomenon in a way that seeks to expedite real, cutting-edge infrastructure prototypes on a faster timeline and at a significantly lower cost to taxpayers, deliberately avoiding burdensome processes and paperwork.

  • Simulation now a fixture to optimize USACE navigation projects

    For years, the U.S. Army Watercraft and Ship Simulator — located at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Mississippi — has served as an important resource for district engineers. Whether planning new inland waterways, designing deep-draft coastal channels, or enhancing existing structures, districts could leverage the simulator and its team.

  • ERDC-EL researchers join USACE New Orleans District-led Maurepas Swamp Project

    A team of experts from ERDC-EL are supporting the New Orleans District in their River Reintroduction into Maurepas Swamp Project, an initiative that will divert freshwater from the Mississippi River back into the swamp through a 5.5-mile controlled-flow diversion and extend the swamp’s lifespan and habitat, providing benefit to approximately 45,000 acres within the swamp. The project aims to improve the cypress-tupelo swamp’s health by adding vital nutrients and flushing stagnant, low-oxygen water.

  • Col. Marlon Ringo Assumes Command of the USACE Fort Worth District

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Fort Worth District welcomed Col. Marlon Ringo as its new commander during a change of command ceremony held July 31, 2026, as he assumed leadership from Col. Calvin Kroeger. The ceremony marked the official transfer of command following Kroeger's three years of leadership of one of USACE's largest and most diverse districts.

  • ERDC Concrete Expertise Helps Advance Montgomery Locks and Dam Modernization

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) recently supported a major step toward modernizing one of the Ohio River’s oldest navigation structures, successfully validating specialized mass and underwater concrete mixtures needed to construct a new 110-foot by 600-foot lock chamber at Montgomery Locks and Dam.

  • Thurmond Lake Bridge lane closures during inspection Aug. 3-5

    APPLING, Ga. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Savannah District Structural Section will be inspecting the Thurmond Lake bridge on Clarks Hill Road, and during that time, Georgia Department of Transportation will close lanes Aug. 3-5, weather permitting.

  • Change of Command for Savannah District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – During a formal ceremony, Col. Robert Fairel assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Savannah District, from Col. Ron Sturgeon, at 10 a.m., today, July, 31, 2026.

  • Freeport channel milestone expands vessel access, strengthens U.S. supply chains

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District and Port Freeport recognized a major milestone in the Freeport Harbor Channel Improvement Project during a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 28, 2026. The federal navigation project deepens and partially widens the harbor channel, enhances the upper turning basin and eases the lower channel bend. The improvements provide greater vessel access, operating flexibility and navigation capability at one of Texas’ leading commercial ports.

  • USACE celebrates advancement of the Indian River Lagoon South Restoration Project

    FORT PIERCE, Fla.- (July 30, 2026) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District and the South Florida Water Management District, (SFWMD) celebrated the completion of construction on the Indian River Lagoon-South (IRL-South) C-23/C-24 Stormwater Treatment Restoration Project, marking two major milestones that advance the restoration of the St. Lucie Estuary and southern Indian River Lagoon.