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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 🔗 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.

 

 

  • December

    USACE Updates Sea-Level Change Guidance

    Observed sea-level trends (NOAA), Coastal Vulnerability Index (USGS), USACE Projects, and Port

  • CHL uses High-Res Acoustical Camera to See Scour at Navigation Infrastructure

    ERDC Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL), at the request of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District, utilized the ERDC acoustical camera system, equipment developed under the Navigation Systems Research Program, to inspect scouring below the lock at Lock and Dam 25 on the Mississippi River near Winfield, Mo.

  • ERDC Supports TACOM on Enhanced Rapid Airfield Construction Capability

    ERDC researchers from the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory's (GSL) Airfields and Pavements Branch (APB) are joining engineers and acquisition specialists from U.S. Army Tank Automotive Command (TACOM) in specifying acquisition systems for the Enhanced Rapid Airfield Construction Capability (ERACC) program.

  • GSL technical staff provides pre-deployment training to Pacific Ocean Division

    Technical staff members with ERDC's Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) and also with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) Reachback Operations Center (UROC), recently traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii, to provide pre-deployment training to 565th and 62nd FEST-A teams with the USACE Pacific Ocean Division.

  • USACE leverages drought to perform lake maintenance

    Water levels at Tulsa District lakes were the lowest in years as the result of an extreme drought. The drought had many negative impacts on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and local communities, but USACE took advantage of the low water to perform routine necessary maintenance on facilities that are usually underwater.