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A NEW CHAPTER: Transatlantic Division transfers mission to Southwestern Division For continued updates on our mission, please visit The Southwestern Division's official website at đź”— https://www.swd.usace.army.mil/

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Division serves as USACE’s tip of the spear in one of the most dynamic construction environments in the world, STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS, BUILDING CAPACITY, and ENHANCING SECURITY for our nation, allies, and partners. 

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.

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LAPSE IN DoW APPROPRIATIONS - Friday, October 3, 2025

The most recent appropriations for the Department of War expired at 11:59 p.m. EST on September 30, 2025. Military personnel will continue in a normal duty status without pay until such time as a continuing resolution or appropriations are passed by Congress and signed into law. Civilian personnel not engaged in excepted activities will be placed in a non-work, non-pay status.

 

A NEW CHAPTER: - Tuesday, August 5, 2025

On August 5, 2025, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officially realigned mission oversight of USACE operations in support of U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command from the Transatlantic Division to the Southwestern Division. This transition ensures continued, focused support to U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command across the Middle East, Central and South Asia, and the Levant. Both the Middle East District and the Transatlantic Expeditionary District remain fully operational and continue delivering engineering solutions that support regional stability and operational readiness. This is a new chapter, not a new identity. The mission – and the USACE legacy – continues.

 

 

  • July

    Thomas George's family christens the vessel bearing his name which will carry on the legacy of its namesake as it benefits the Mississippi River and those who depend on it.

    Newest Corps vessel honors river innovator

    Mentor, river man, devoted family man… innovator. These are all words that are used to describe the late Thomas George, master of the St. Louis District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Dredge Potter. During his time with Corps, George worked diligently to bring to life an innovation that will improve versatility and provide ecological benefits from routine maintenance dredging on the Mississippi River. The Corps’ District team recognized his efforts when the M/V Thomas N. George, a specialized barge that completes his vision, was christened in a ceremony July 15 on the Mississippi River at the Corps’ St. Louis Service Base.
  • Black-necked stilts gather near the water's edge at the newly-constructed bird island, located at the Savannah Harbor Dredged Material Containment Area 12A, May 30, 2014.

    New Savannah bird island home to hundreds of nests this season

    To some people, a dredge disposal area might not seem very exciting—but to thousands of shorebirds it’s a safe haven, providing beneficial habitat and protected nesting sites.
  • Col. Robert Ruch, Huntsville Center commander, center, and Janet Phillips, HQ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Deputy Chief of Security Assistance, provided a capabilities brief to foreign military officers associated with the Army Program Executive Office-Aviation July 10.

    USACE briefs world-wide capabilities to allies

    USACE/Huntsville Center capabilities information briefing was set up to provide international officers a greater understanding of the Corps of Engineers in general and Huntsville Center’s specific missions.
  • Dillon Lake Maintenance workers train by using a crane to move a stack of aluminum stop logs into position.

    Practice Makes Perfect at Dillon Dam

    By 1960 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers moved the original railroad that ran along the Licking River to a higher elevation, due to the construction of Dillon Dam - the lake and river elevations would eventually flood the track if not for the move.
  • An example of pumps found in a mechanical room in a hospital. The OMEE program maintains the facility and performs preventative maintenance and repairs to these type pumps as well as other mechanical systems.

    Huntsville Center provides tool for meeting DOD medical facility maintenance needs

    Scenario: The chiller goes down in building B3425, a military medical facility. This causes great