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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.

Announcements

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

    ERDC supports 12th European Regional Conference of the ISTVS

    Nov. 2, 2012ContactPublic Affairs Office601-634-3188PRETORIA, South Africa--ERDC’s International

  • ERDC supports 7th International Symposium on Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

    ERDC’s International Research Office (IRO) provided support to the recent 7th International Symposium on Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS).

  • ERDC briefs U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

    ERDC Construction Engineering Research’s (CERL) Tina Hurt and Peter Heinricher briefed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) regional environmental compliance coordinators and FWS headquarters staff on the updates to federal, state and fish and wildlife regulations.
  • Dr. William Grogan

    GSL’s Grogan keynote speaker at ASCE Miss. Section meeting

    ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) Acting Director Dr. William P. Grogan was the keynote lunch speaker at the recent 2012 American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) Mississippi Section Meeting in Biloxi, Miss.
  • TRINIDAD, COLO., -- Bernadine Cisneros is one of the District’s three Facility Equipment Maintenance (FEM) technicians. She reviews work orders for John Martin and Trinidad Dams in Colorado, and she inputs the orders into the FEM system.

    Cochiti Dam Selected for Maintenance Management Review

    Jacobs Engineering, an independent contractor, was hired in 2011 to complete an assessment of the Corps’ Facility Equipment Maintenance (FEM) National Utilization Plan. According to best practices cited by Jacobs, an organization should be spending 4.8 percent of its budget on maintenance. Right now, the Corps spends about 0.2 percent. As a result of the assessment, Michael Ensch, chief of operations, Directorate of Civil Works, Headquarters, issued a national memorandum concerning the development of a maintenance management strategy. The memorandum detailed the creation of eight pilot studies, one for each of the Corps’ eight divisions, to be completed by November 2012.