6 Jun 2016

Root Cause Analysis training presented

Root Cause Analysis training was presented to several different audiences of the Far East District one week in May 2016; an overview of what Root Cause Analysis is and how it can be used with one or more of several tools to solve problems most effectively.

3 Jun 2016

Emerging Leader selected

Ka Young Shim, an architect in Engineering Division’s Design Branch, was recently selected as the Far East District’s “Emerging Leader.” The emerging leader program is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers initiative geared to develop employees’ leadership skills and future development.

11 May 2016

Team earns crucial certifications

All eligible employees of the Resource Management Office and the Internal Review Office have earned DoD Financial Management certifications, a mandatory requirement which began in July 2014 for eligible employees in the 500 series (Financial Management) as a condition of employment due by 2016.

27 Apr 2016

Trio retires at large friendship event

More than 300 people attended a hosted dinner honoring three retiring officers, Col. Philip A. Keller, Col. Michael D. Nyenhuis and Lt. Col. Mitchell A. DeMarais, on Friday, April 22, 2016. The event commemorated the three officers' over 95 years of combined service, and was presided over by Maj. Gen. James T. Walton, director of USFK Transformation and Restationing.

18 Feb 2016

Ribbon-cutting opens railhead

The railhead at Camp Humphreys was officially opened in a ribbon-cutting ceremony, and a tracked engineer recovery vehicle was the first vehicle to roll off the train and onto the railhead on Feb. 17, 2016.

20 Jan 2016

Nearly completed chapel cheers chaplain, community

The first of four new chapels is nearly completed on Camp Humphreys, and is slated to be put into use by mid-2016.

25 Nov 2015

Commander receives Korean name

The Republic of Korea-U.S. Alliance Friendship Association presented a Korean name to Col. Stephen H. Bales, commander and district engineer of the Far East District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, at a ceremony at the Korea Ministry of National Defense on Nov. 19.

19 Nov 2015

Volunteers help make kimchi

Volunteers from the Far East District joined members of the Seoul Jung-gu Saemaul Women’s Club to make kimchi for the area’s needy and elderly families Nov. 18.

5 Feb 2015

Huntsville Center Furnishings Program replacing Army administration furniture in Republic of Korea

At 82 U.S. Army facilities on installations across the South Korean peninsula, contractors are busy replacing more than 8,000 administrative desks, chairs and filing cabinets in one of the largest furniture projects ever taken on by the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville Military Integration Division's Furnishings Program.

25 Nov 2013

Far East District engineers share their experiences with JROTC cadets

A team of military and civilian engineers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Far East District set upon Seoul American High School Nov. 21 and 22 to tell Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets all about what life is like as an engineer.