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  • March

    Kevin Shanahan, FED Business Process Manager, checks in with Sgt. Maj. David Breitbach, Security Plans and Operations, before departing to Daegu in support of Key Resolve 2012. (Photo by Patrick Bray)

    Far East District supports Key Resolve 2012

    SEOUL, Republic of Korea — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Far East District supported the
  • TENNESSEE — Steve Hobbs, structural engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District and Level I certified for rope access technician, prepares to inspect the top chords of the railroad truss at the Holston Army Ammunition Plant in Tennessee. The St. Louis District employs this unique technique to conduct inspections of bridges, dams and other structures in the Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies.

    Corps of Engineers inspection team goes to new heights

    As the infrastructure in the U.S. gets older, structural materials deteriorate due to weather, loads and damage through usage. The ability to perform critical and detailed inspections of them becomes a high priority and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District has a structural inspection team that does this in an unusual manner -- ropes

  • Afghan Border Police have a new facility at Chah Sangar

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineer District-South oversaw the construction of and turned over a new Afghan Border Police Headquarters compound in Farah province Feb. 16, 2012.
  • MARYVILLE, Tenn. — A work crew installs an aqua levee system Feb. 29, 2012 that will act as a makeshift coffer dam to collect and pump our water from Brown Creek and discharge it downstream past Greenbelt Lake. Once the lake is dry the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District will remove sediment as part of an aquatic ecosystem restoration project.

    Corps prepares water diversion at Maryville's Greenbelt Lake

    Work crews began installing aqua levee systems Feb. 29, 2012 on Pistol and Brown Creeks that will act as makeshift coffer dams. Pumps capable of moving up to 6,900 gallons per minute are in place and ready to divert water collected from these streams through pipes around Greenbelt Lake.
  • TRENTON, New Jersey — The Broad Street culvert is part of an environmental restoration project. The Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District has partnered with the city for the project.

    Project Spotlight: Lower Assunpink Creek Ecosystem Restoration

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Philadelphia District and the City of Trenton are working to restore part of the Assunpink Creek ecosystem.