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We SAFELY deliver agile, responsive, and innovative, design, construction, engineering and contingency solutions in support of U.S. Central Command, U.S. Special Operations Command and other global partners to advance national security interests.

  • June

    Contractors use the Thermal Flash Unit, which processes the remaining metal to remove any particles of white phosphorous.

    Sifting through the past: Cleanup of buried “bomblets” continues at Scioto Ordnance Plant

    Sifting through mounds of soil and safely detonating M74 bomblets, or WWII-era bombs, has been a
  • Rick Meadows, Huntington District FUDS Project Manager, and Janet Wolfe, Huntington District Environmental and Remediation Section, discuss safety at the public safety session held June 7, 2014.

    Corps acts quickly to remove mortar found along Dolly Sods trails

    Editor’s Note: The Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) program for the Great Lakes and Ohio River

  • Huntington Has HEART

    In a world full of gaps, Carol Edlin, Carolyn Jones and Jeanne Ann Mullins are a bridge, linking Huntington District employees and their loved ones to much-needed and welcomed resources. Over the course of a decade they have volunteered nearly 16,000 hours to help employees and their families better manage deployments to combat zones as well as natural disasters.
  • Island Creek Dedication

    Island Creek Dedication

    West Virginia elected officials, residents, business owners and members of local, state and federal agencies celebrated a project April 28, 2014, that will reduce damages resulting from flood events in Logan County.
  • Shutting Down the New River

    Shutting Down the New River

    The water flowing through the Bluestone Dam in Hinton, W.Va., was temporarily stopped on April 4, 2014, to allow survey teams to map the downriver side of the dam. It was a rare opportunity to see the bed of the New River below the dam. The Corps planned the event in cooperation with the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources to ensure minimal impacts to aquatic species, the lake, the river, recreation and local wildlife.