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  • November

    Volunteers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Far East District volunteered to help make kimchi on one brisk November day.

    Volunteers help make kimchi

    Volunteers from the Far East District joined members of the Seoul Jung-gu Saemaul Women’s Club to make kimchi for the area’s needy and elderly families Nov. 18.
  • Volunteers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Transatlantic Division and the Middle East District visited with students at Winchester’s STARBASE Academy Nov. 10.

    USACE STEM Professionals Share Love of Engineering, Architecture with Area Students

    Volunteers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Transatlantic Division and the Middle East District visited with students at Winchester’s STARBASE Academy Nov. 10.
  • Staff Sgt. Patrick Henry with his nurses at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, after spine surgery in July 2014 to remove a piece of the fragmented disk lodged between his vertebra and nerve. Henry is a Wounded Warrior assigned to the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville’s Internal Review Office.

    Wounded Warrior’s career shifts at Huntsville Center

    As an Army Reservist with the 663rd Engineering Company, Sheffield, Alabama, Staff Sgt. Patrick Henry deployed to Afghanistan in February 2014 as a heavy equipment operator and was assigned to a unit training Afghan National Army soldiers on engineering equipment operation and projects. Henry said his injury occurred during routine daily operations.
  • Water resources managers from seven Southern California counties met Nov. 12 at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Headquarters to discuss and prepare for flood risk reduction activities, water conservation and other structural and operational issues in advance of the anticipated El Nino.

    Water managers prepare for El Nino

    Directors from water resource agencies representing seven Southern California counties met with the commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District here Nov. 12 to discuss preparations for the anticipated El Nino winter and other issues of common interest.
  • New York District archaeologists Lynn Rakos (left) and Marissa Scarpa (right) refill a hole searching for artifacts on the grounds of Green Brook Middle School in Green Brook, New Jersey, October 21. The plastic ground cover catches dirt from a sifter, limits impact on the excavated area, and makes it easier to refill test holes.

    Archaeological dig becomes outdoor learning for middle schoolers in New Jersey

    Sometimes learning opportunities present themselves unexpectedly. Thanks to Lynn Rakos (PL-E), an