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  • January

    (L-R) Chief of Engineers for the Army and USACE Commanding General Lt. Gen. Van Antwerp, Lt. Col. Jason Williams, Leslie Molina, David Kam and Mr. Kim Denver, SES Director, National Contracting Organization, take a congratulatory photo with the Excellence in Contracting award.

    Contracting Closes Deal on USACE-Level Award

    The Albuquerque District’s contracting team brought home the 2010 USACE Excellence in Contracting Award in the Customer Service award category.
  • Bird Handler Scott Bol and Maxwell the bald eagle of the Espanola Wildlife Center demonstrate eagle characteristics to volunteers at the eagle watch event.

    Crowd Spies Abiquiu Eagles

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Abiquiu Lake hosted its eighth annual midwinter eagle watch on Jan. 8. There were 15 confirmed eagle sightings, the most ever.
  • Paul Cravens is recognized for his effort by his coworkers. He was deployed to Afghanistan from Nov. 29, 2009 to Oct. 23, 2010.

    Engineer Completes MBA While on Deployment

    Electrical design engineer Paul L. Cravens, who joined the District in October after spending ten months in the Afghanistan Engineering District, drew upon personal experiences to complete his master’s of business administration degree while deployed.
  • The Bar-Cad multilevel groundwater monitoring system allows water samples to be taken from different depths.

    Corps Works at Former World War II Air Field

    In the early 1940s, the U.S. Department of Defense acquired approximately 1,000 acres near Fort Sumner, N.M., for an Army Air Field to train aircraft pilots during World War II.

  • December

    Corps study underway to stop invasive species migration

    In early November, an Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Louisville District project team conducted an