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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

    Trent Simpler stands in front of one of the Corps’ emergency operations response vehicles kept ready for deployment.

    Employee Picked as Emergency Local Government Liaison

    The Corps of Engineers has selected 36 people for the 2012 and 2013 Emergency Local Government Liaison cadre, and the District’s Trent Simpler, environmental project manager, is among the selectees.
  • As one of the District’s construction control inspectors, Eric Procter spends his time reviewing reports, checking submittals, observing contractor activities, monitoring safety compliance, researching codes and consulting with the project engineer. He has been working on a new Army Aviation Support Facility for the New Mexico National Guard.

    Army Aviation Runs Full Circle for Employee

    From the beginnings of Army aviation in the early 20th Century, Eric Procter’s family was involved. His grandfather served in France as an army aircraft mechanic in World War I, and his service inspired his grandson.
  • ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory Deputy Director Dr. Lance Hansen (left) looks on as a Kearsarge, N.H., Regional School District's Assistant Superintendent Mark MacLean signs the Educational Partnership Agreement that provides many benefits to both the students and laboratory.

    ERDC enters into educational partnership with N.H. school

    ERDC's Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) recently entered into an Educational Partnership Agreement (EPA) with New Hampshire's Kearsarge Regional School District.
  • The scaled model testing at ERDC's Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory was conducted to investigate the behavior of the Joint Universal Causeway Interface Module in a simulated ocean environment.

    CHL leads scaled model testing on the JUCIM

    ERDC Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory's (CHL) Research Civil Engineer Stanley Boc led a scaled physical model study to investigate the behavior of the Joint Universal Causeway Interface Module (JUCIM) in a simulated ocean environment.

  • May

    Spotlight on USACE Galveston District’s Mark Garza

    Spending time outdoors and learning about nature has always been a hobby for Mark Garza, a biologist in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District’s Environmental Section.