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  • July

    Members of Fort Benning’s Project Delivery Team coalesce after the first piece of structural steel was placed at the site April 9, 2012.

    Fort Benning project team shines with delivery of industry-leading hospital

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – Fort Benning’s newly unveiled Martin Army Community Hospital brims with exceptionalism, earning the hospital’s area team the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 2015 Project Delivery Team of the Year for Excellence Award.
  • COVINGTON, Va. -- Gathright Dam's intake tower casts a shadow over Lake Moomaw. The earthen and rolled rock-fill dam, pictured in the upper right-hand corner of the photo, impounds the flow of the Jackson River and creates Lake Moomaw, serving both flood control and recreational purposes. (U.S. Army photo/Kerry Solan)

    Gathright Dam officials cancel pulse release

    Officials at the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have canceled Wednesday's pulse release at Gathright Dam. The Norfolk District, in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, determined that recent rainfall eliminated the need for the second planned pulse release of the year.
  • Volunteers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Middle East District’s information management team worked with rising 5th grade students at STARBASE Academy Winchester July 16 to explore some aspects of IM careers.

    MED Volunteers Spark Students’ STEM Interest

    Volunteers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Middle East District’s information management team worked with rising 5th grade students at STARBASE Academy Winchester July 16 to explore some aspects of IM careers.
  • J. Percy Priest Lake Park Ranger Adam Johnson hands out water safety goodies and provides information at Nashville Shores Lakeside Resort July 10, 2015. The Corps is setting up a booth every Friday from noon to 2 p.m. to pass out water safety goodies and to talk with families about wearing life jackets when recreating at the park and lake.

    Corps partners with Nashville Shores to promote water safety

    HERMITAGE, Tenn. (July 17, 2015) – Park Rangers at J. Percy Priest Lake are spending several hours at Nashville Shores Lakeside Resort every Friday this summer to promote that water safety and fun truly go together.

  • Ice Harbor spillway weir celebrates 10 years of safely passing salmon

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, marked a decade of safe fish passage over