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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.

 

 

  • March

    CARTHAGE, Tenn. — Ryan Frye (left), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Hydropower Branch maintenance manager, and James Graham, senior electrical engineer for the Nashville District Engineering Design Group, inspect a transformer at Cordell Hull Dam here, March 6, 2011. The Nashville District and Hydroelectric Design Center in Portland, Ore., which is the Corps’ national center of excellence for hydroelectric and large pumping plant engineering services, are working together on a district-wide assessment of the district's nine switchyards.

    Nashville District, Hydroelectric Design Center charged to assess switchyards

    In this endeavor, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is partnering with Hydroelectric Design Center experts on the first two switchyard assessments at Cordell Hull and Center Hill Lakes. The district then plans to finish the remaining assessments, but will rely on HDC to perform a technical review of findings. HDC will also provide additional quality assurance oversight, and help shape options and recommendations on possible replacement and upgrades of structures, equipment and technology.
  • PHILADELPHIA — Lt. Col. Anthony Mitchell and Tamika McDowell attend the Black Engineer of the Year conference here, Feb. 16-18.

    USACE Middle East District has two honored at Black Engineer of the Year conference

    Lt. Col. Anthony P. Mitchell and Tamika W. McDowell possess characteristics of excellence and leadership that will attract young people to the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. For their accomplishments with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, they were recognized at the annual Black Engineer of the Year STEM conference in Philadelphia.
  • John Rushing

    ERDC-GSL’s Rushing to Serve on TRB Technical Committee

    ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory’s (GSL) John Rushing, a research civil engineer, was recently invited to serve a three-year term on the TRB Committee on Pavement Preservation.
  • Using the Gridded Surface Subsurface Hydrologic Analysis (GSSHA), the map above shows representation of an Illinois flood from a 100-year storm in progress. Color represents water depth, blue being the deepest.

    ERDC-CHL U.S. Army R&D Model Development Chapter for Military Aspects of Hydrogeology Book

    ERDC’s Coastal Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) staff contributed a chapter to the English Geological Society, Special Publication 2012, v.362; Military Aspects of Hydrogeology published in January.
  • Dr. Styles

    ERDC Hosts Kinetic Energy Turbine Workshop

    ERDC's Dr. Richard Styles, chief, Navigation Branch, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL), and Research Ecologist Dr. David Smith, Environmental Laboratory (EL), hosted a workshop on kinetic energy turbines (KET), Feb. 29–March 1, at CHL.