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  • May

    Amber Ginorio, a geologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, examines samples of soil near a defunct U.S. Air Force Titan missile silo in Lincoln, Calif., on Aug. 14, 2019.

    Trust, commitment and partnerships underpin FUDS foundation

    More than 10,000 former Department of Defense properties within the U.S and its territories have been identified as potentially posing some degree of risk to humans or the environment. The sites range in size from as small as a football field to an area as large as New York City. Fortunately, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District and its partner agencies are committed to discovering and removing hazardous remnants of past military activities before anyone else.
  • Technicians use electromagnetic metal detectors to determine if an item below ground is a military munition. Huntsville Center’s Ordnance and Explosives Military Munitions Design Center manages and executes many of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Military Munitions Response Program projects for Formerly Used Defense Site and Base Realignment and Closure sites.

    Huntsville Center plays key role in South Carolina remediation project

    Work to clean up former Camp Croft, a Formerly Used Defense Site, began following the April 1 contract between U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, and a joint venture of Weston Solutions, Inc., of Peachtree Corners, Georgia, and Zapata Inc., of Charlotte, North Carolina.

  • March

    Brian Roden, left, a project manager and civil engineer with the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, works with Ryan Strange, research physical scientist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Aviation and Remote Systems Program and Huntsville Center’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Site Development Branch, to calibrate a sensor on the senseFly eBee X fixed-wing unmanned aircraft system before takeoff at the Rocket City Radio Controllers complex in southeast Huntsville, Alabama, during an unmanned aircraft systems capabilities review Feb. 27, 2020.

    How unmanned aircraft systems could be range project force-multipliers

    A group of Huntsville Center professionals gathered Feb. 27 at the Rocket City Radio Controllers complex in southeast Huntsville to evaluate the capabilities of three different unmanned aircraft systems to find ways to make range projects more efficient and less costly.

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RT @LADistrictUSACE: 445th Test Squadron Commander Maj .Gen. Evan C. Dertien, Los Angeles District Deputy District Engineer Justin Gay and…
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RT @StPaulUSACE: On May 19, 1907: The powerboat “Itura” locks through Meeker Island Lock and Dam (then known as Lock and Dam 2), becoming t…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers #HawaiiWildfires Recovery Field Office provides an update on the @FEMA-assigned debris removal missions in Lahaina. @CountyofMaui @Hawaii_EMA @epa @maui_ema @USArmy @StPaulUSACE #USACE https://t.co/MY57tE7OIu
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RT @ArmyGeospatial: Congratulations to @ArmyGeospatial's Natalie Martinez-Vega, on being named this week's #USACE's Hero of the Week. As Le…
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Louisville District also participated in the groundbreaking for a new child development center which will be located on base. Participants from the base, elected leaders, as well children from the current off-base center, were on hand for the ceremony. 3/3 https://t.co/k0lhGqcSVf
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Louisville District also participated in the groundbreaking for a new child development center which will be located on base. Participants from the base, elected leaders, as well children from the current off-base center, were on hand for the ceremony. 3/3 https://t.co/k0lhGqcSVf
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The project, which broke ground Nov. 5, 2020, was completed faster than schedule, under budget and without a single lost-time incident. “As a result of their hard work, we stand here together at the completion of this $143 million, 255,000 square-foot-facility,” said Mann. 2/3 https://t.co/HSslNORRAK
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The project, which broke ground Nov. 5, 2020, was completed faster than schedule, under budget and without a single lost-time incident. “As a result of their hard work, we stand here together at the completion of this $143 million, 255,000 square-foot-facility,” said Mann. 2/3 https://t.co/HSslNORRAK
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Last week @LouisvilleUSACE celebrated two ceremonies at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base representing the completion of one project and the start of another. District Commander Col. L. Reyn Mann participated in the ribbon cutting for the Intelligence Production Complex III. 1/3 https://t.co/uepGztQCRB
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Last week @LouisvilleUSACE celebrated two ceremonies at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base representing the completion of one project and the start of another. District Commander Col. L. Reyn Mann participated in the ribbon cutting for the Intelligence Production Complex III. 1/3 https://t.co/uepGztQCRB
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Those included constructing cofferdams on the Davis and Sabin locks, installing a grout curtain, drilling rock anchors, placing stability struts across the locks, excavating some of the earth material behind the lock walls and installing instrumentation. @USACELRD 2/2 https://t.co/biwMjqHsJ0
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Those included constructing cofferdams on the Davis and Sabin locks, installing a grout curtain, drilling rock anchors, placing stability struts across the locks, excavating some of the earth material behind the lock walls and installing instrumentation. @USACELRD 2/2 https://t.co/biwMjqHsJ0
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The @detroitdistrict #NewLockattheSoo project reached a significant milestone with the start of construction site dewatering! It took many months and steps to get to this milestone. Before dewatering of the Davis and Sabin locks could begin, pre-steps had to be completed. 1/2 https://t.co/M7zAih1Wbz
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The @detroitdistrict #NewLockattheSoo project reached a significant milestone with the start of construction site dewatering! It took many months and steps to get to this milestone. Before dewatering of the Davis and Sabin locks could begin, pre-steps had to be completed. 1/2 https://t.co/M7zAih1Wbz
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RT @USArmy: We are one team! Today, the #USArmy joins the @DeptofDefense and our sister services – the @USNavy, @usairforce, @USMC, @Space…
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RT @USArmy: We are one team! Today, the #USArmy joins the @DeptofDefense and our sister services – the @USNavy, @usairforce, @USMC, @Space…
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“I’m proud that we were able to mobilize quickly and sustain a level of support for our colleagues from Baltimore District. It’s a great example of organizations working together to solve complex problems.” Learn more: https://t.co/maZrJolb7J 3/3
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“I’m proud that we were able to mobilize quickly and sustain a level of support for our colleagues from Baltimore District. It’s a great example of organizations working together to solve complex problems.” Learn more: https://t.co/maZrJolb7J 3/3
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.@USACEBaltimore has led the USACE response with support from teams/individuals from across the organization. “I know our team members have served alongside many others throughout this important operation,” said Lt. Col. Jeffrey Beeman, USACE Philadelphia District commander. 2/3 https://t.co/F1kZqAhbpP
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In the aftermath of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in March, #USACE mobilized and began working with a unified team of federal, state, and local agencies with the goals of assessing the damage and, ultimately, restoring maritime navigation. #FSKBridge 1/3 https://t.co/BUbEFiIZ6D
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