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  • July

    The new commander of the Albuquerque District, Lt. Col. Matthew Miller, holds the USACE flag after receiving it from South Pacific Division Commander Col. James Handura during the change of command ceremony in Albuquerque, N.M., July 18, 2024.

    USACE-Albuquerque District welcomes 39th commander

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., -- Lt. Col. Matthew T. Miller assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of
  • Park rangers, lock operators and maintenance mechanics from across the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District attended a multi-day motorboat operator training at Crooked Creek Lake in Ford City, Pennsylvania, June 13, 2024.

    Pittsburgh District makes a splash with motorboat training

    Park rangers, lock operators and maintenance mechanics from across the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District attended a multi-day motorboat operator training at Crooked Creek Lake in Ford City, Pennsylvania, in June 2024.
  • Maintenance dredging began July 22, 2024 at the Honolulu Harbor, located on the southern coast of the island of O‘ahu, by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District. Healy Tibbitts Builders, Inc. is the contractor.

    Maintenance Dredging Underway at Honolulu Harbor

    Maintenance dredging is currently underway at the Honolulu Harbor, located on the southern coast of the island of O‘ahu, by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District. This is the third maintenance dredging project that the Corps has undertaken this year in Hawai‘i.

  • 757th Airlift Squadron to conduct aerial moquito spray over Craney Island July 23

    The 757th Airlift Squadron assigned to Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, will conduct an aerial mosquito spray over Craney Island and the Churchland section of Portsmouth overnight Tuesday, 23 July 2023. In the event of weather or mechanical delays, the mission will take place on July 24 or 25.
  • Construction of the critical Tanauan Airdrome, Leyte, Philippines, 16 December 1944. Men of the 1897th Engineer Aviation Battalion lay steel mat while commanding officer Col. James E. O'Keefe (left) and Maj. Gen. Hugh J. Casey (center) watch. Casey Papers, CEHO.

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Pacific Theater: Overcoming Unprecedented Challenges

    In the most primitive, undeveloped, and remote areas of the Pacific Ocean, China, and Southeast Asia, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers played a crucial role during World War II. These regions, often covered with impenetrable jungles, teeming with tropical insects and diseases, cut by swift and wide rivers, and crossed by rugged mountains, presented formidable challenges. The engineers faced the task of creating logistical facilities at the end of tenuous supply lines stretching hundreds, if not thousands, of miles back to developed bases.