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A NEW CHAPTER: Transatlantic Division transfers mission to Southwestern Division For continued updates on our mission, please visit The Southwestern Division's official website at 🔗 https://www.swd.usace.army.mil/

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Division serves as USACE’s tip of the spear in one of the most dynamic construction environments in the world, STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS, BUILDING CAPACITY, and ENHANCING SECURITY for our nation, allies, and partners.

We SAFELY deliver agile, responsive, and innovative, design, construction, engineering and contingency solutions in support of U.S. Central Command, U.S. Special Operations Command and other global partners to advance national security interests.

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LAPSE IN DoW APPROPRIATIONS - Friday, October 3, 2025

The most recent appropriations for the Department of War expired at 11:59 p.m. EST on September 30, 2025. Military personnel will continue in a normal duty status without pay until such time as a continuing resolution or appropriations are passed by Congress and signed into law. Civilian personnel not engaged in excepted activities will be placed in a non-work, non-pay status.

A NEW CHAPTER: - Tuesday, August 5, 2025

On August 5, 2025, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officially realigned mission oversight of USACE operations in support of U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command from the Transatlantic Division to the Southwestern Division. This transition ensures continued, focused support to U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command across the Middle East, Central and South Asia, and the Levant. Both the Middle East District and the Transatlantic Expeditionary District remain fully operational and continue delivering engineering solutions that support regional stability and operational readiness. This is a new chapter, not a new identity. The mission – and the USACE legacy – continues.

Major General Kimberly Colloton

Commander and Division Engineer

Transatlantic Division

Published July 27, 2020

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Major General Kimberly M. Colloton assumed duties as commanding general and division engineer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Transatlantic Division on July 24, 2020. After most recently serving as Commanding General for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division.

Colloton holds a Bachelor of Architecture and Building Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from Stanford University; and a Master of Science in National Resource Strategy from the Eisenhower School, National Defense University. In 2008, Colloton completed a fellowship at the RAND Corporation’s Arroyo Center in Santa Monica, California.

Colloton’s other command assignments include Commander of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan District, Commander for both the Albuquerque and Los Angeles Districts, Deputy Commander for the 555th Engineer Brigade, Commander for a Company within the 27th Combat Engineer Battalion, XVIII Airborne Corps.

Colloton’s key staff assignments include Mission Assurance and Protection Division Chief in the J-33, Directorate for Nuclear, Homeland and Current Operations, on the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C., Engineer Staff Director for I Corps (Rear) at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Battalion Operations Officer and Executive Officer in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Project Manager with Los Angeles District, and Team Leader for the South Pacific Division’s Forward Engineer Support Team, Iraq.

Colloton’s operational deployments include two deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom; and one deployment in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel