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  • October

    A foam test is conducted at Joint Base Andrews, Md.

    Facilities Repair and Renewal team 'fireproof' hangars at Joint Base Andrews

    A project to install a High Expansive Foam System and fire alarm system into all the maintenance
  • WINCHESTER, Va. - Dr. Melissa Jennings, Winchester Phyiscal Therapy and Sports Medicine, Inc., and employee Joey Behr demonstrate correct posture during the Helath Promotions Committee's brown bag luncheon Oct. 29.

    Employees learn about staying healthy and pain free at the office

    Dr. Melissa Jennings from Winchester Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, Inc. spoke to employees during a brown bag lunch program Oct. 29 at the District headquarters in Winchester, Va.
  • COCHITI LAKE, N.M., -- Park Ranger Adrian Glass holds the leash of the dog picked up by the kayaker, Oct. 28.

    Cochiti Rangers to the Rescue

    The Corps park rangers at Cochiti Lake had an unusual encounter of the canine kind Oct. 28, when they rescued two dogs, an elderly yellow lab and a younger mixed breed that looked similar to a Border Collie.
  • The Wheeler Navigational Lock is dry this week as work crews begin to inspect and repair underwater components Oct. 28, 2014. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District employees dewatered the 51-year-old, 110-by-600-foot lock and closely inspected the 67-foot miter gates, culvert valves and all other areas of the lower lock chamber that are normally underwater.

    Maintenance makeover drains Wheeler Lock

    ROGERSVILLE, Ala. (Oct. 28, 2014) –The main Wheeler Navigational Lock is dry this week so work crews can inspect and repair underwater components.
  • Water flows into a wash which is part of the Arroyo Chico Drainage Area/Arroyo Chico Multi-Use Project built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District during a Sept. 8 rain event in Tucson. Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry sent the L.A. District leadership a letter of appreciation thanking the District for the project because it kept the rain from flooding the downtown Tucson area.

    Pima County thanks LA District for their work in Tucson

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District received a letter of appreciation from Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry following a Sept. 8 rain event in Tucson. Tropical Storm Norbert brought significant rainfall to Tucson and the Phoenix metropolitan area. The letter thanked the District for its work on the Tucson Drainage Area/Arroyo Chico Multi-use Project.