Scott Johnson, quality assurance representative, watches as the state-of-the-art, 200-meter hydraulic banked running track raises as construction continues at the indoor track and field area of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Cadet Field House, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Aug. 25, 2025.
USACE Military Programs Directorate

Providing global engineering, construction, real estate, installation support, and environmental services for the Army, Air Force, Navy, Department of War (DoW) Agencies, Joint commands, other U.S. federal agencies, and foreign governments as assigned.

USAF Academy's Cadet Field House Construction
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. 25 Aug 2025
USACE Military Programs Directorate

Military Missions

USACE Military Programs Directorate

The Directorate provides premier engineering, construction, real estate, stability operations, and environmental management products and services for the Army, Air Force, other assigned U.S. Government agencies and foreign governments. Our workforce is spread across the country and in 110 foreign countries, providing reimbursable engineering expertise throughout the world. The programs we execute in one-year can total over $20 billion and employs 11,100 professionals. We are the world’s premiere public engineering organization, responding to our nation’s needs in peace and war for 250 years. We will continue this tradition within the Corps as One Team, BUILDING STRONG, proudly serving the Armed Forces and the Nation’s engineering challenges.

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Call Us: 202-761-0838

 

Military Construction

Provides programmatic policy and management of the worldwide military construction programs assigned to USACE as a designated DoD construction agent with responsibility for delivery of facilities and infrastructure supporting the Army, Air Force, and Defense Agencies. Responsibilities include strategic planning, mission area policy, leadership of the Program and Project Management Community of Practice, and resource and policy integration for all Military Programs mission lines.

Centers of Standardization

 USACE Command Sgt. Major Douglas Galick visits the Louisville VA Medical Center construction site, Aug. 12, 2025 in Louisville Kentucky.

 

Contingency Support

Maj. Brittany Hine, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers battle captain with Task Force Debris, walk along a debris-strewn path during a site assessment at Lake Lure, North Carolina, Oct. 26, 2024.

Supports war fighting and disaster relief operations by responding to local, national and global disasters with agile, responsive technical engineering, contingency planning and contract construction support capabilities.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Contingency Response Unit, 416th Theater Engineer Command

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We will respond within 48 hours except during federal holidays.		 Call Us:
202-761-0383

Interagency & International Services

Provides technical assistance to non-Department of Defense (DoD) federal agencies, state and local governments, tribal nations, private U.S. firms, international organizations, and foreign governments. Most IIS work is funded on a reimbursable basis. USACE provides engineering and construction services, environmental restoration and management services, research and development assistance, management of water and land related natural resources, relief and recovery work, and other  management and technical services.

Contact us: hq-iis@usace.army.mil

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District’s Rich McConnel (left), Chief, Interagency & International Services/Rapid Response Technical Center of Expertise, and Anthony Kearney (right), Rapid Response TCX Construction Manager, discuss the Puerto Rico power mission on site in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

 


 

Field Force Engineering

Members of the 62nd Engineer Detachment, Forward Engineer Support Team—Advanced (FEST-A), on the left, and members of the 34th Engineer Detachment, FEST-A, on the right, pose together as they transition missions on Clay Kaserne in Wiesbaden, Germany March 1, 2022.

Provides engineering services to the military, Department of Defense and federal agencies in support of military and catastrophic disaster relief operations relevant to national security.  History shows that engineering requirements in these missions are often overwhelming in the early stages of operations and again during the post-hostility/post-declaration phase. As a result, USACE specialists are called upon to fill the capability gaps.

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Environmental

Supports the warfighter and military installations worldwide through restoring degraded ecosystems, constructing sustainable facilities and cleaning up contaminated sites from past military activities. 

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Alaska District conducted cleanup work at Chernofski Harbor in Unalaska. The Formerly Used Defense Site Program team spent the spring removing contaminated soil and conducting archeological investigations of the site which is approximately 50 miles southwest of the City of Unalaska.

 

 

Real Estate

Kathy Cherrito (right) Real Estate Specialist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District, going over contract details during a site visit in the buildout phase of a new United States Navy Recruiting Office on Monday, April 7.

Acquires, manages and disposes of real estate for the Department of the Army. The program also executes DoD Executive Agent responsibilities. executes specialized programs, provides real estate services on an as-needed basis to our government partners, and performs unique contingency capabilities.

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Real Estate Inbox
We will respond within 48 hours except during federal holidays.		 Call Us:
202-761-0579

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Current Federal Government Properties Listings

 DoD National Relocation Program  Warriors in Transition
  Homeowners Assistance Program     

 

Installation Support

Provides solutions in support of America's Installations by expanding the technical expertise of our members and effectively applying our capabilities, contract capacities, and other tools required to operate and maintain and sustain, restore and modernize America's military infrastructure and real property assets.

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Expand List item 38129Collapse List item 38129  Federal Agencies

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may assist federal agencies both domestically and overseas.

Expand List item 38130Collapse List item 38130  Foreign Governments and International Organizations

SECTION 607 OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961 (22 USC 2357):  Section 607 authorizes the President of the United States to furnish services and commodities on an advance-of-funds or reimbursable basis to friendly countries, international organizations, the American Red Cross, and voluntary nonprofit-relief agencies registered with and approved by the U.S. Agency for International Development, when the President determines it is in furtherance of the goals of the Act.

SECTION 632a and 632b  OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961(22 USC 2392):  Section 632a authorizes the President of the United States to allocate or transfer funds to any U.S. Government agency, including advances by any country or international organization for the procurement of commodities, defense articles, military education/training or services.  Section 632b provides the authority for any U.S. Government official carrying out functions under this Act may utilize said services from any other U.S. Government agency as the President shall direct, or with the consent of the head of such agency.

SECTION 234, WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1999 (33 U.S.C. 2323a):  Section 234 authorizes the Secretary of the Army to engage in activities in support of other federal agencies or international organizations to address problems of national significance to the United States.  The Secretary may use USACE technical and managerial expertise to address domestic and international problems related to water resources, infrastructure development, and environmental protection.  Section 234 also authorizes some appropriated funding to use in providing support

ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT (22 USC 2769 - Foreign military construction sales):  This Act authorizes the president of the United States to sell design and construction services to any eligible foreign country or international organization if such country or international organization agrees to pay in United States dollars not less than the full cost to the United States Government of furnishing such services.

Expand List item 38131Collapse List item 38131  State, Local and Tribal Governments

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may provide specialized or technical services to a State or local government under section 6505 of title 31, United States Code, in accordance with Section 211 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (PL 106-541) as amended by Section 109 of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 2002 (PL 107-66).

Work requested by Tribal Governments is authorized under  the provisions of  10 USC 3036(d)(2).

Expand List item 38132Collapse List item 38132  U.S. Private Firms

The Corps provides engineering and technical support to U.S. firms competing for contracts for overseas projects: Technical Assistance Program.

The Corps may work for, or in cooperation with, the U.S. private sector in the development and application of new technology.  Please see link below for more information: Research and Development Programs.

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