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  • Excellence in Action: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Galveston District (SWG), honored the life and memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a ceremony at district headquarters on King’s birthday, Jan. 15, 2025. Dr. Paul A. Cox, SWG Engineering Technician, gave the invocation.
  • Construction Management Technology Modernization Office: The future of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

    For the last 250 years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been tasked with delivering vital engineering solutions to secure the nation, energize the economy and reduce disaster risk. While the mission has evolved over time, USACE has always been America’s engineers, serving the country by providing solutions for the nation’s toughest challenges. Like USACE’s mission, the nation’s toughest challenges have also evolved over time, but perhaps never more quickly than the rate at which they evolve today. To keep up with constantly evolving challenges, USACE must also keep up with industry partners and stakeholders technologically. This is no small feat since the federal government is often disparaged as being slow, outdated, difficult to work with or posing unnecessary barriers to its industry partners.
  • Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Presented the Army Engineer Regiment’s highest award

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bestowed one of its highest awards to the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works in a ceremony held at its headquarters today.
  • Black belts and boundary lines: Real estate specialist lives a double life of discipline and defense

    Jeffrey Horneman works for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District as the deputy chief of the real estate office. Horneman has volunteered to provide free Taekwondo classes to youth through a martial arts nonprofit for the last 20 years. He has taught students as young as three years old. His classes have produced 12 black belts.
  • Service and faith: The foundation of a 32-year federal career

    North Atlantic Division Knowledge Management Program Manager Brian Temple retires this month after a 32-year career in federal service.
  • Breaking barriers and building legacies: Cayce Grall’s role in the Chickamauga Lock Replacement

    The article highlights Cayce Grall’s journey from growing up near the Chickamauga Lock in Chattanooga to leading its replacement project as project manager-forward for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District. The new lock, replacing the aging 1939 structure, will modernize navigation and support the regional economy. As the first female quality assurance engineer on the project, Grall inspires others, especially young women, to pursue engineering careers. For Grall, this project is a personal legacy, combining her professional achievements with her deep ties to her hometown.
  • USACE leaders, hiring managers recruit talent at Total Army Career Fair

    The message to potential candidates from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ leaders and hiring managers was clear during a recent career fair: “We are hiring!” Over a two-day period, Nov. 1-2, USACE’s South Pacific Division was among several federal agencies that converged on SoFi Stadium for the Total Army Career Fair with one mission in mind: to recruit talent and fill critical vacant positions across all four of its districts.
  • Reinventing the Ladder: How a local engineer is making waves throughout the Division

    Born and raised only 30 miles away from the Walla Walla District headquarters, a young Dayton native never knew much about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It wasn’t until after college that Ryan Laughery, hydraulics engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, would come to realize the world of opportunities awaiting him one town over.
  • Public invited to attend open house for Former Nebraska Ordnance Plant

    Officials will host an open house for the Former Nebraska Ordnance Plant on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, from 4:30 p.m.–7:00 p.m. at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Country Club in Yutan, Nebraska.
  • USACE recognizes workforce in National Awards Ceremony

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recognized the accomplishments of many of its outstanding Civilians and Soldiers during a Nov. 13 awards ceremony held at USACE Headquarters in Washington D.C.