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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 ðŸ”— 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.

Announcements

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.

 

 

  • April

    Representatives from MED, the Fort Worth District and U.S. Army Central took part in the first planning conference focused on USCENTCOM in Winchester, Va.

    Master Planning Brings Order to Contingency Base Planning

    USACE’s Middle East District (MED) reached out to the Fort Worth District for master planning support. An agreement was formalized in 2016 and the first planning conference focused on CENTCOM recently took place at the Middle East District in Winchester, Virginia. In attendance were representatives from MED, the Fort Worth District and U.S. Army Central.
  • Crew aboard the Survey Vessel CATLETT help a boater come aboard from his disabled vessel in the Chesapeake Bay during a rescue operation Thursday April 5, 2018. The CATLETT’s U.S. Army Corps of Engineers crew was conducting a routine condition survey of the Tolchester Channel when she responded to a mayday call, rescuing the boater and bringing him back to the Corps of Engineers’ facility at Fort McHenry where local emergency medical services assisted him further.

    Newest Army Corps survey vessel performs maiden rescue in Chesapeake Bay

    The Survey Vessel CATLETT crew was busy conducting a condition survey of the Tolchester Channel in the Chesapeake Bay last week when a mayday call came over the radio from a boater in dire straits.
  • This year Bulltown Historic Area at Burnsville Lake participated in the annual Park Day event on Saturday April 7th.

    Lend A Hand For History Event

    Since 1996, the Civil War Trust has sponsored Park Day, an annual hands-on preservation event to help Civil War, Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 battlefields and historic sites take on maintenance projects.
  • A young boy prepares his fishing rod before casting his line at Kids Fishing Day on April 7, 2018 at Eastman Lake. Experienced anglers were on-hand to teach participants basic fishing skills such as tying hooks, proper casting techniques and patience – an important skill every angler needs.

    Rain dampens event, but families still enjoy Kids Fishing Day

    Despite the ‘pineapple express’ that brought widespread rain across much of the state, over 30 children and their families participated in the annual Kids Fishing Day event held at Eastman Lake on April 7.
  • Shamrock Science at the Museum

    Shamrock Science at the Museum

    VICKSBURG, Miss. (April 2, 2018) -- As luck would have it, children in the Vicksburg and Jackson