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  • January

    Richard Cusimano, left, and Ben Delatte pose at the Camarones collection site in Puerto Rico on Dec. 27, 2017. Cusimano and Delatte were two of three U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel supporting the debris mission here that ran toward the sound of calls for help to find a man that had fallen on his bike and was unable to stop the bleeding from a puncture wound sustained while bracing for the fall. Cusimano, with the New Orleans District, is a quality assurance inspector in at the Canovanas, Fajardo, Loiza, Rio Grande and Luquillo debris collection sites – a role he assumed from the third person, Anthony Frost, to come to the aid of the injured man. Delatte is also from the New Orleans District and is the zone manager for more than 30 debris sites in 10 municipalities. Both serve with the Louisiana National Guard’s 205th Engineer Battalion.

    USACE emergency response missions include debris removal and temporary power generation in Puerto Rico

    In the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – under the direction of the Federal Emergency Management Agency – began undertaking several large-scale missions to help residents in Puerto Rico recover from the devastating storms. Two of the missions assigned to the USACE Recovery Field Office, Puerto Rico, include debris removal and emergency temporary power.

  • Task Force Power QA of the Week

    Task Force Power's Ceiba Area Office in Puerto Rico has recognized Anthony Huffman, Lock and Dam Operator from our Operations and Readiness Division, Racine, as its Ceiba Area Office's "QA of the Week" for the period 7-13 January 2018. Anthony serves as an Emergency Power QA (Quality Assurance) Representative.
  • Julie Parno conducts research aboard the icebreaker, Nathaniel B. Palmer, while participating in the U.S. Antarctic Program Polynyas and Ice Production in the Ross Sea, a two-month science cruise.

    Exploring sea ice production in the Ross Sea

    Julie Parno with the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover, New Hampshire, participated in a two-month polar science cruise aboard the icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer in support of the U.S. Antarctic Program Polynyas, Ice Production and Seasonal Evolution in the Ross Sea. The objective of the science cruise was to observe the interaction between the air, sea and ice.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District Commander Col. James DeLapp briefs employees during the 2018 Leadership Development Program, Jan. 8. The annual in-house leadership development program provides the district with a great way to develop tomorrow’s leaders, while preparing employees to succeed at the next level.

    District kicks off annual Leadership Development Program

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, kicked off their annual Leadership Development Program at the district headquarters in Mobile, Ala., Jan. 8. The year-long course offers professional development opportunities to employees who demonstrate the potential to be tomorrow’s leaders.
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    After 51 years of service to the Far East District, Kang Kil-su hangs up hard-hat for good

    More than fifty-one years after walking into the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Far East