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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.

 

 

  • July

    USACE engineers meet with Afghan technicians at the Kajaki Dam power house. (USACE photo – Mark Ray)

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will improve electrical distribution in Helmand Province

    Two U.S. Army Corps of Engineers districts combined their resources to award a critically important project for providing reliable electric power from the Kajaki Dam power house on the Helmand River through the Helmand province in southwestern Afghanistan.
  • DUCK, North Carolina — Mark Preisser, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center coastal and hydraulics lab engineering tech, saved three people from drowning in the Atlantic Ocean.

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Engineering Technician saves three lives in Duck, NC

    "The moment I realized those young men were in trouble, my adrenaline kicked in. There was not a question in my mind, or time to think much about what I was about to do," Preisser said. "The look of those boys in panic and their desperate yelling for help stirred me to do what I did."
  • National Science Foundation-sponsored New York University researchers penetrate ERDC’s Ice Engineering flume with green laser light as they attempt to develop a better understanding of the interaction between turbulence and the laminar ice boundary layer at the Hanover laboratory.

    New York University Seeks out Scallops at CRREL

    ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory’s (CRREL) flume in the Ice Engineering Facility was center stage for two weeks in May, as the National Science Foundation sponsored New York University’s (NYU) research into the phenomena of ice scallops.
  • New Hampshire Army National Guard engineers erect a 34-meter meteorological tower on the Guard’s Regional Training Institute at Center Strafford, N.H. Nick Laskovski (red helmet), Wind Energy Project Analyst, EAPC Wind Energy, LLC., Norwich, Vt., and ERDC’s Dr. Charles Ryerson, principal investigator, Terrestrial and Cryospheric Sciences, (USACE helmet) provided guidance and technical expertise.

    ERDC and NH ARNG Erect Tower to Study Net Zero Possibilities

    ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) and the New Hampshire Army National Guard (NH ARNG) are conducting a meteorological study for the possible development of a net-zero (energy) training facility in Center Strafford, N.H.

  • ERDC’s Contributions Recognized by SAME Sustainability Citation

    ERDC recently received the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) 2011 Education & Outreach Sustainability Award Honorable Mention citation for education and outreach in federally mandated fossil fuel reductions and renewable energy integration through its team efforts with Bioengineering Group, University of Virginia and Arizona State University.