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    What are the Colorado River Locks?

    What are the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District Colorado River Locks?

  • Corps provides parking for VA facility in Indianapolis

    Finding a parking spot near the Veteran’s Medical Center in the heart of downtown Indianapolis,
  • The 4th Infantry Division’s 4th Brigade and Battalion Headquarters on Wilderness Road received the first U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design platinum certification for Fort Carson, Colo. in April 2012.

    Fort Carson achieves 1st platinum building certification

    A milestone in building construction was reached at Fort Carson in April when the 4th Infantry Division’s 4th Brigade and Battalion Headquarters on Wilderness Road received the first U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design platinum certification for the installation.
  • Brian Poole, an assistant resident engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, works at his office in West Sacramento, Calif., May 29, 2012. Poole will spend two weeks helping a Kenyan university in finding new ways to store more water for their growing population.

    Corps engineer takes work with him on African vacation

    Lions, zebras, giraffes and… reservoirs? Not the typical vacation itinerary, but for one engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, that's exactly what his trip to Africa will cover. For Brian Poole, the assistant resident engineer at the Corps' Sacramento District Valley Resident Office, taking work with him on vacation is actually a plus
  • Maj. Gen. Richard Thomas (right) from the Army's Western Medical Command speaks with Brig. Gen. Mike Wehr, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division commander, during groundbreaking ceremonies held May 30. The 216,000 square-foot Weed Army Community Hospital is to be the first net-zero, carbon neutral medical facility in the nation.

    Corps breaks ground for replacement hospital project

    Groundbreaking ceremonies held May 30 marked the start of construction for a replacement to Ft. Irwin’s Weed Army Community Hospital, built more than 40 years ago.