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  • August

    SANTA ROSA, N.M., -- A New Mexico State Parks ranger checks the fit of a life jacket on a Santa Rosa Elementary student. It's important to not only wear a life jacket, but to wear a properly fitting life jacket!

    The Albuquerque District Shares Water Safety Tips for Labor Day Holiday

    It’s almost time to say goodbye to summer. If you’ll be spending the weekend on or around the water this Labor Day, the Albuquerque District, USACE urges you to remember these safety tips.

  • USACE Galveston District Spotlight on Tom Brauer

    GALVESTON, Texas (Aug. 29, 2014) – A quick look at the diverse engineering projects headed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was all it took to convince a young engineering graduate wanting to make his mark in the profession that this is where he needed to be. However, the career path for Department of the Army (DA) Civil Engineer Intern Tom Brauer, who entered the Corps 18 months ago through the DA Intern Program, wasn’t always this clear.
  • NORFOLK, Va. -- Bill Cofer (left), president of the Virginia Pilots Association, and Betty Grey Waring, Norfolk District operations branch chief, brief Sen. Tim Kaine about the status of the Hampton Roads federal navigation channel here Aug. 28, 2014. The senator also toured the district’s Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area and received a briefing on the status of its eastward expansion and how Craney benefits the local economy. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    Partnership put Craney, port issues on display for senator

    Often referred to as the jewel of Hampton Roads, the Norfolk District put Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area on display through a partnership of port, state and corps officials for Sen. Tim Kaine Thursday.
  • Colin McDonald puts in at Central Ave in Albuquerque, Aug. 18, 2014. This may be the last water until they reach Presidio, Texas.

    Trekking Down the River: The Rio Grande Expedition

    In mid-June, an expeditionary team from Austin, Texas, set out to tell the story, “The Disappearing Rio Grande Expedition, 1900 Miles From Source to Sea.”
  • A recently renovated service control point at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, ensures fuel is delivered to the Air Force 2nd Bomb Wing’s stable of B-52 Stratofortresses (seen in background), a long-range heavy bomber serving as a vital component to the Air Force Global Strike Command. Huntsville Center’s Installation and Support and Programs Management DLA-Fuels program manages a maintenance and repair service program sustaining worldwide fueling capability to the Department of Defense and other agencies.

    Huntsville Center sustains DOD fueling capability worldwide

    The Installation Support and Programs Management Defense Logistics Agency-Fuels program provides maintenance, inspection, repair and emergency response actions at 212 DLA sites on military installations world-wide.