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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.

 

 

  • July

    REPUBLIC OF KOREA — Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general, listens to Far East District area engineer Greg Reiff during a flight to U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys, as he briefs him on construction progress at the facility, about 40 miles south of Seoul. Bostick was in Korea July 16-17, 2012 meeting with U.S. and Korean military officials and touring the multi-billion dollar construction project at Humphreys. The Corps of Engineers has about 37,600 military and civilian personnel providing project management and construction support in more than 100 countries.

    USACE commanding general tours Far East District's multi-billion dollar project

    The Far East District welcomed Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick, commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Chief of Engineers, on his first visit to Korea July 16-17, 2012.
  • SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Col. Mark Toy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander, Lt. Col Robert Blankenship, L.A. Recruiting Battalion commander, Bob Huber, City of Simi Valley mayor, J.D. Kennedy, office of Rep. Buck McKeon, and Capt. Jeffrey Warstler, company commander, cut the ribbon ceremonially opening the Los Angeles Recruiting Battalion's newest station here, June 20, 2012.

    Recruiters open new station in California

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District joined the U.S. Army's Los Angeles Recruiting Battalion to celebrate the grand opening of its newest recruiting station in Simi Valley, Calif.
  • SEOUL, Republic of Korea — Suh Jin-sup, chairman of the Republic of Korea-U.S. Alliance Friendship Association, points to Chinese characters on a scroll as he reads them to Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, during a "Korean naming ceremony" July 16, 2012. Bostick was given the honorific Korean name Park Bo-taek by the association during his visit to the Republic of Korea, where he met with U.S. and Korean military officials and toured the multi-billion dollar construction project at U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys, about 40 miles south of Seoul. The Corps of Engineers has about 37,600 military and civilian personnel providing project management and construction support in more than 100 countries.

    Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers receives Korean name

    Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick, Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and 53rd U.S. Army Chief of Engineers, was conferred with a Korean name July 16, 2012 during a ceremony at the Korea Ministry of National Defense.

  • USACE Galveston District Teammate earns Modern-Day Technology recognition

    Franchelle Craft, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District Civil Engineer, was selected and recognized as a Modern-Day Technology Leader, an honor bestowed upon men and women who demonstrate outstanding performance in their fields, by the Council of Engineering Deans of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Lockheed Martin Corporation and US Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine.
  • Tim Dunn, right, operations project manager for the mid-Cumberland area, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, explains why the Corps is having guided tours of the Center Hill Lake power plant during an interview with NBC News Channel 4 reporter and videographer Forrest Sanders July 21, 2012. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)

    Center Hill Lake open house, power plant tours draw young, elderly visitors

    LANCASTER, Tenn. (July 21, 2012) – The first tours of the Center Hill Lake Power Plant since Sept. 11, 2001 drew the young and the elderly here today. Visitors ranged from an 83-year-old gentleman who worked on construction of the dam to a nine-year-old boy whose late great-grandfather’s property was reduced by approximately 100 acres, but who also worked on construction of the dam.