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  • December

    Several people in athletic clothing stand under the Arch with grass in the foreground and blue sky in the background.

    District Officer Introductory Course offers unique learning experience for junior officers

    One common misconception about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is that most people who work for the agency are in the military. In fact, of the roughly 37,000 people who work for USACE, only about 800 are active-duty military, with the vast majority being civilians. Because there are so few uniformed USACE employees across the enterprise, an annual course was developed to bring them together to learn about the organization from a military perspective. The District Officer Introductory Course is an annual course that is designed to bring junior officers from all over USACE together to learn, collaborate and network. This year’s course was hosted by the St. Louis District in St. Louis, from December 4 to 8. The Kansas City District and the Louisville District both supported the course.
  • Photo of the newly laid stone used to repair the pier as USACE Buffalo District teammates and contractors inspect the repairs.

    Historic pier critical to Vermilion, Ohio economy repaired

    Repairs to the west pier in Vermilion, Ohio are complete, revitalizing protection for beachgoers and boaters, and ensuring the economic viability of the city’s harbor.
  • Rendering of the Collective Training Campus

    Fort McCoy’s new Collective Training Campus is well underway

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District is currently managing the design and
  • Emergency Field Office GIS analyst Bill Sisneros explains to environmental scientist Jean Barnes how to use a GIS-created application for the 2023 Hawai'i Wildfire data collection.

    Breadth of GIS science capabilities aiding Hawaiʻi Wildfire response

    A combined federal, state, and local disaster such as the 2023 Hawaiʻi Wildfire mission has a lot of moving parts. There are temporary power, critical public facility, temporary housing, and debris assessment and removal missions. All of the data reporting the progress of these missions has to be tracked. For the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the way to do that is by using geographic information science systems, or GIS. USACE is using GIS data to synthesize an abundance of data to arrive at an overall picture of the status of the mission to keep everyone involved as informed as possible. “We have used the ESRI enterprise to create and produce data that can illustrate our mission both spatially and report instantly,” said Kihei, Hawaiʻi, Recovery Field Office GIS analyst Lisa Hook. “The data created populates databases I use to display on maps that are used for briefing and tracking of numbers.”
  • Nate Earnshaw - Florida CMAA Distinguished Young Engineer of the Year 2023

    Jax Harbor, HHD projects honored at annual CMAA awards ceremony

    (JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Dec. 8, 2023) Jacksonville District projects, professionals honored at Florida Chapter of Construction Management Association of America Project Achievement Awards ceremony in Orlando, Fla, Dec. 1.