4 Jun 2019

Corps of Engineers uses latest technology to tackle WWI cleanup in DC

Crews searching for buried explosives at a Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) in northwest Washington D.C.’s Spring Valley neighborhood are using the latest in advanced technology to reduce unnecessary impacts to private property and to improve efficiency.

10 Dec 2012

FUDS cleanup moves to next phase

SPRING VALLEY, D.C. -- As the excavator scraped the side of the stately colonial brickhouse at 4825 Glenbrook Road N.W., people gathered to watch the long-awaited demolition in Spring Valley.

15 Mar 2012

A Truce to Remember: WWI Experience Recounted at Lake Kaweah Visit

Just three days before Christmas, U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Bo Temple sent an email to his 37,000 civilians and soldiers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In the message, he reminded them of a story from World War I, when British and German soldiers laid their weapons down and came to a truce.