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  • October

    Port Monmouth New Jersey

    10 years after Superstorm Sandy: What’s Been Done and the Road Ahead

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, quickly sprang into action in the days following Superstorm Sandy. Recovery was at the heart of disaster response following the hundred-year storm to which many resources and expertise were contributed. Collaboration with its many partners was critical to the Corps mission and having a clear understanding of roles and responsibilities. For the past 10 years, The New York District's performance during the Sandy response and recovery operations highlights this progress.
  • USACE Vicksburg District senior project manager Katy Breaux (center) tours O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant, Sept. 26, 2022, in Jackson, Mississippi, with members of the district's Emergency Management team and USACE Baltimore District in response to the Jackson water crisis.

    USACE serves on unified team to develop water supply resiliency playbook for Jackson, MS

    During late August of this year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) was knee deep supporting the country with mission assignments that the Corps of Engineers is familiar with such as wildfires, floods, and hurricanes. One unexpected crisis ramped up USACE for an enterprise-wide, unified response to a not so familiar mission assignment – drinking water supply.
  • U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Deputy Director Dr. Beth Fleming and ERDC Commander Col. Christian Patterson pose with a diploma as they offer their congratulations to Matthew Glover, a geophysicist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District, who presented his research results virtually at the ERDC University graduation ceremony Sept. 15, 2022. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Oscar Reihsmann)

    St. Louis District’s Matthew Glover graduates from the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) University

    Following his six-month project with mentors from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, geophysicist Matthew Glover with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) St. Louis District presented his research results virtually at the ERDC University (ERDC-U) graduation ceremony Sept. 15, 2022.

  • Hydrology and hydraulics section cross-train fellow employees

    Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District Hydrology and Hydraulics Section conducted a stream walk where H&H Limnologist Zac Wolf spoke on biology, ecology and water quality and H&H Engineer Jake Allgeier discussed hydrology and geomorphology at Floyds Fork at Beckley Creek Park, in Louisville, Kentucky, Oct. 6. 
  • Joe Givhan, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers assistant district counsel for the Mobile District, poses for a photo, Oct. 25, 2022, in Mobile, Alabama. Givhan is part of the Office of Counsel which provides legal and business advice to all of the divisions in the Mobile District. (U.S. Army photo by Chuck Walker)

    Office of Counsel provides legal services for the Mobile District

    In an organization as big as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Mobile District, it stands to reason that it would require legal representation.