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  • Caribbean District marks its first year with project progress, partnerships, and positive impacts

    The Corps of Engineers Caribbean District closed out our first full year as a new district with a record of progress, positive impacts, strengthened partnerships, and enhanced regional security cooperation across Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the wider Caribbean region. Established to bring dedicated engineering capacity to the region, the district reached full operational capability in 2025, standing up teams, systems, and mission support functions while simultaneously delivering a $10 billion portfolio of projects that strengthened communities and protected critical infrastructure.

  • Senior leaders tour Painted Rock Dam

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commander, Lt. Gen. William “Butch” Graham, and Army Chief of Public Affairs Rebecca Hodson joined USACE senior leaders Nov. 17 on a tour of Painted Rock Dam, a flood risk-reduction project located on the Gila River in Maricopa County.

  • USACE battles historic flooding, manages five dams to protect communities

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water managers are conducting 24-hour operations for five dams to reduce downstream flood risk as a series of powerful, back-to-back atmospheric rivers deliver overwhelming rainfall across Western Washington.

  • Ad astra per aspera: Kansas a global leader in solving sediment challenges

    The year was 1952. The world’s first rock and roll concert was held in Cleveland, Ohio, Mr. Potato Head was the first toy advertised on TV, Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president and Elizabeth II was proclaimed Queen of England. Post-WWII America was rife with invention and innovation. New technologies and scientific advances included development of the Polio vaccine, the first commercial computer and the first airbag for cars. In the heart of America, however, communities were recovering from devastating flooding from the previous year. The Great Flood of 1951 destroyed thousands of homes, farms and businesses in the Kansas River Basin, causing over $725 million of damage. Despite the destruction it caused, the historic flood set in motion the final piece needed for the construction of one of Kansas’s most vital water resources – Tuttle Creek Dam and Reservoir.

  • Army Executes POTUS Directive on Ambler Road Project

    President Donald J. Trump has approved the appeal of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA), directing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to promptly issue authorizations necessary for the establishment of the Ambler Road Project. This project will provide road transportation access to the Ambler Mining District.  The Corps of Engineers will promptly act to reinstate all necessary permits under their jurisdiction.

  • Partnership brings water to a dry land

    The Pascua Yaqui Tribe, along with U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton, joined U.S. Army Corps of Engineers leaders Sept. 12 near Tucson to break ground on the Pascua Yaqui Wellness Center Water Distribution Project.

  • USACE’s Charbonneau Park to receive septic system overhaul, enhancing campground services and sustainability

    BURBANK, Wash. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District has awarded a $926,800 construction contract to Civil Built, LLC, to upgrade the Large Onsite Septic System (LOSS) at Charbonneau Park and Campground near Burbank, Washington.

  • Rare historic footage surfaces of 1961 Wheeler Lock collapse

    ROGERSVILLE, Ala. (Sept. 15, 2025) – A forgotten piece of motion picture history recently surfaced from a retired U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operations manager for the Tennessee River. Jim Davis, who served in the Nashville District from 1968 to 2014, discovered an old Kodachrome movie in his family’s possession containing unseen footage of the wall collapse at Wheeler Lock in 1961.

  • Setting a new standard in concrete safety

    A structural engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Caribbean District recently reshaped the way engineers design concrete buildings thanks to groundbreaking research he did for his PhD in Structural Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

  • Adam Tallman Wins 2025 USACE Cost Engineer of the Year For Civil Works

    Adam Tallman, a Galveston District certified professional engineer, has been named the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Cost Engineer of the Year 2025 for Civil Works. The Cost Engineer of the Year Civil Works Award recognizes one individual each year for their contributions to the cost engineering profession in the last three fiscal years preceding the award.