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  • June

    Pavement testing in Hangar 4, shown in this aerial shot, began in the early 1940’s and continued until it was torn down in 2015.

    Goodbye Hangar 4, hello Hangar 2

    VICKSBURG, Miss. – The landscape of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
  • John Reinhart, CEO and executive director of the Virginia Port Authority and Colonel Paul Olsen, Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's commander, sign the feasibility cost-share agreement, which commits each side to sharing the cost of evaluating the benefits of two dredging projects critical to the future of Norfolk Harbor.

    Army Corps and Port of Virginia sign historic feasibility cost-sharing agreement

    Norfolk District. In drive to deeper, wider and safer harbor, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Port of Virginia sign historic feasibility cost-sharing agreement.
  • Col. Marvin L. Griffin assumes command of the Savannah District at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Savannah, Georgia June 19. Griffin arrives at the district following a Senior Service College Fellowship with the Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellowship Program. Griffin’s previous assignments include deployments to Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, Operation Iraqi Freedom and to Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo. Griffin is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and was commissioned into the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1994.

    New commander arrives on rising tide at Savannah District

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – Assuming command amid the burgeoning Savannah Harbor Expansion Project, Col. Marvin L. Griffin became the 40th commander of the Savannah District at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, June 19. It was a fitting tribute as the ceremony was held just blocks away from CSS Georgia recovery efforts currently underway near Old Fort Jackson.

  • Water Safety at Little Beaver Fishing Derby

    Once again, to support the 24th annual fishing derby at Little Beaver State Park, U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Park Rangers Carl Mullins and Travis Daugherty teamed up with West Virginia Division of Natural Resources to bring water safety to the event.

  • Cowan Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade and Expansion

    Lieutenant Colonel Lewton participates in the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Cowen Wastewater Treatment Plant and tours the newly improved and expanded facilities. The project is part of the Southern West Virginia Environmental Restoration Infrastructure and Resources Protection Development Pilot Program was authorized by Section 340 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (P.L. 102-580), as amended.