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  • September

    Crane operators complete the placement of a concrete beam which is part of the 350-foot bridge that will span House Creek in Fort Hood, Texas.

    Fort Hood's House Creek Bridge project reaches major milestone

    A major milestone was reached with the installation of 15 beams which make up the bulk of the bridge over Fort Hood’s House Creek on Sep. 8.
  • Flooding in December 2010 resulted in the closure of roads in the Prado Dam basin.

    Silver Jackets comprise many agencies, one solution

    Los Angeles District Commander Col. Kirk Gibbs joined water resource agencies, led by the California Department of Water Resources, at a Sept. 9 signing ceremony here during the Floodplain Management Association’s annual conference to formally establish California as the 40th state to form a Silver Jackets program.
  • Nashville District commended a group of 13 graduates of the 2016 Leadership Development Program class today at the Buca di Beppo restaurant in Franklin, Tenn. Class graduates are: Left to right, Long Truong, Courtney Eason, Christa Alford, Sarah Peace, Philip Harrell, Charlie Thomason. Second Row: Cody Corlew, Mike Lee, Josh Bomar, Stacy Angel, Jeff Neely, and Kyle Cross. Not pictured is Dylon Anderson.

    Nashville District commends graduates of the 2016 Leadership Development Program

    FRANKLIN, Tenn. (Sept. 14, 2016) – Lt. Col Stephen F. Murphy, Nashville District commander, commended a group of 13 graduates of the 2016 Leadership Development Program class today at the Buca di Beppo restaurant in Franklin, Tenn.

  • SHEP's water impoundment nearly 30% complete

    Now almost 30 percent complete, the raw-water storage impoundment dike walls are currently four feet above ground level. With a circumference of two-thirds of a mile, they will be 29 feet high, encircle 17 acres and hold 97 million gallons of water when complete.
  • Capt. Park led the bridge design workshop using computer generated simulation. Middle school students were challenged to build a working bridge using the most cost effective means available.

    Corps participates in STEM workshop

    Maj. Scotty Autin, deputy commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District along with Capt. Eugene Park, assistant chief of civil works branch, participated in the West Point Leadership, Ethics, and Diversity STEM (LEADS) workshop for LA Metro Area educators and students on Sept. 9.