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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 🔗 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.

 

 

  • November

    Justin Pummell welcomes participants and introduces speakers during the third annual Pacific Resilience Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange 2012 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

    IWR Geographer Provides Support to Disaster Preparedness

    ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA - November 21, 2012.  USACE IWR Geographer Justin Pummell is assigned to U.S.
  • The new wind turbine at Council Grove Lake in Kansas is capable of producing enough energy to power 24 100-watt light bulbs or 6-8 computers.

    Tulsa District uses wind turbine to produce power at project office

    Tulsa District projects are starting to go green and the Kansas area is leading the way. For the first time, a wind turbine is being used to produce power at Council Grove Lake, Kan.
  • Molly Richardson, right, intern at Huntsville Center, helps sixth-graders at Ed White Middle School in Huntsville, Ala. during a Geographic Information System activity Nov. 14 at the school. More than 150 sixth-graders participated in the GIS Day workshop led by the Corps of Engineers Huntsville Center employees. The school was among six schools in Alabama that observed GIS Day.

    Middle school students learn geographic technology

    Students from the Ed White Middle School saw up close what it is like to be part of a GIS team Nov.14 during GIS Day at the school led by employees from the Corps of Engineers Huntsville Center.
  • (L to R) Wounded Warrior Army Master Sgt. Regina Leatherman harvested this 8-point buck during Millwood lakes first Wounded Warrior hunt. Engineering Tech Michael Stoke and Forester Roy Burk assisted hunters throughout the hunt. Rangers from the Little Rock District, Millwood Lake Project Office coordinated the event with local sponsors who provided jackets, knives and food for the hunters.

    The healing power of hunting

    Soldiers wounded in the line of duty often suffer from injuries, which have complex medical,

  • Corps identifies selected Isabella Lake Dam modernization plan

    It was also in March of 1953 that the new Isabella Lake main and auxiliary dams were completed after five years of construction, and began serving Kern County and the surrounding cities with flood risk management, irrigation and hydroelectric use. Nearly 60 years later, they continue to serve those purposes, having helped prevent flooding in downstream communities at least 18 times. But today, Isabella Lake’s dams need an upgrade. A Corps-wide survey of its dams in 2005 put Isabella Lake Dam near the top of its list of highest at-risk dams. The Corps identified significant hydrologic, seismic and seepage issues.