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  • September

    Volunteers offered the used of their boats to gather trash at Dewey Lake.

    National Public Lands Day at Dewey

    Volunteers celebrated National Public Lands Day on Sept. 27, 2014, by taking part in a cleanup at Dewey Lake in Van Lear, Ky. More than a ton of litter filled 64 garbage bags as 21 volunteers gathered trash and debris from the lake’s shoreline and surface.
  • Maj. Gen. Richard L. Stevens, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deputy commanding general, transfers the colors to Brig. Gen. Richard G. Kaiser, USACE Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commander, during an assumption of command ceremony Sept. 26, 2014 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

    Kaiser assumes command of Great Lakes and Ohio River Division

    CINCINNATI (Sept. 26, 2014) – Brig. Gen. Richard G. Kaiser assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Great Lakes and Ohio River Division during a ceremony here today.
  • Deep Creek Bridge in Chesapeake, Va., spans the venerable Dismal Swamp Canal.

    Corps schedules maintenance at Deep Creek Bridge, Sept. 28 to Oct. 9

    The Deep Creek Bridge will undergo scheduled maintenance repairs to the span’s concrete approach between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m., beginning Sept. 28, through the morning of Oct. 9, weather permitting.
  • Carla McNeal, left, leads Huntsville Center employees in a stress relief walk Sept. 24.

    Center workers step out to reduce stress, raise awareness

    “What we need to remember — what everyone needs to remember — is that it only takes one person to
  • New Division Commander

    New Division Commander

    Brig. Gen. Richard G. Kaiser assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division during a ceremony in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Sept. 26, 2014. The USACE Deputy Chief of Engineers Maj. Gen. Richard L. Stevens presided over the ceremony while the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division’s Program Director David Dale oversaw the exchange of colors.