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  • March

    A man crouches on the ground and inspects a manhole cover.

    Team of eight supports large European exercise

     WIESBADEN, GERMANY – When the U.S. Army Europe deployed in August 2017 for Resolute Castle, a large
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees Bill Spring, (left) Jake Ellison, (middle) and Kara Hickey, Geographic Information Systems Analyst and mission liaisons for the Task Force Temporary Emergency Power Team discuss issues as they fine-tune an app that was created by the team on March 2, 2018 in San Juan Puerto Rico. The app tracks approving official signatures and checklist of commissioned and decommissioned micro grids.

    Corps SMEs improve method for tracking micro-grids in Puerto Rico

    A team of temporary emergency power and GIS experts deployed with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in support of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico developed a technological method for the safe and effective installation and de-installation of temporary power micro-grids used throughout Puerto Rico.
  • Jonathon A. Brame, Ph.D., is a research environmental engineer with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's Environmental Laboratory. Brame also serves as the ERDC liaison officer to the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology.

    Brame tapped for liaison post

    VICKSBURG, Miss. (Dec. 6, 2017)--Dr. Jonathon Brame with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and

  • Summer internships can help kick off career in federal service

    With the calendar only recently flipping to March, and the sound of rain drops dancing atop our rooftops and frosty temperatures still a part of everyday life, the prospect of sun-filled summer days can feel a ways off. Not so for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, which has its eyes set to June and the prospect of fresh-faced interns joining the team for a few months.
  • Helicopter Recovery

    Army Corps’ drift collection vessel assists with helicopter recovery

    On March 12, 2018, crews from the Army Corps' drift collection DRIFTMASTER participated in an operation to recover a downed helicopter that crashed into the East River on Sunday, March 11, 2018. The operation was conducted in support of the Army Corps' agency partners: New York City Police Department Harbor Unit, New York City Fire Department Marine Bureau, and the U.S. Coast Guard Sector, N.Y.