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  • January

    Stratmoor Hills Elementary School students have a new bridge to walk across on their way to and from school. The B Street pedestrian bridge, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project part and parcel of the Fort Carson railyard expansion, opened for student business January 20, 2012

    New B Street pedestrian bridge provides safer passage for students

    The B Street pedestrian bridge at Fort Carson, Colo., a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project part and parcel of the Fort Carson railyard expansion, opened for students of Stratmoor Hills Elementary School Jan. 20, 2012. The $12.5 million expansion project began in October 2010.
  • Coastal Engineer Donald Cresitello and Resident Engineer Paul Jalowski, both with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, chat as sand is pumped into place on Monmouth Beach, N.J.

    Army Corps doesn't play shell games with turtle protection

    Every time the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers begins a beach replenishment project, it takes measures to protect sea trtles that comply with environmental policies established by the National Marine Fisheries Service, or NMFS.
  • ames J. Lambert 2010 Employee of the Year

    IWR Awards Excellence at Annual Awards Ceremony

    ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA – January 26, 2012.  USACE IWR recently commended individuals and teams for
  • A wounded warrior uses a rock-climbing wall as part of his physical therapy at the Military Advanced Training Center at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Soldiers in Warrior in Transition units at Forts Stewart, Benning, Gordon and Bragg now have the option to learn valuable construction and engineering skills as part of Operation Warfighter.

    Corps of Engineers offers internships for Warriors in Transition

    he internships are offered as part of Operation Warfighter, a temporary assignment internship program developed by the Department of Defense for service members that are recovering at military treatment facilities throughout the U.S. The program provides wounded, ill or injured service members with meaningful activity outside of the hospital environment and offers a supportive means of transition back to the military or civilian workforce.

  • Vicksburg Staffer Achieves Professional Certification

    Teresa Johnson, a security specialist with U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Miss., has completed the requirements for her Security Fundamentals Professional Certification from the Defense Security Service.