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    Taking to the wind for climate change

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers North Atlantic Division is collaborating with the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. USACE is providing BOEM and its wind energy developer contractors scientific and technical support, and regulatory oversight prior to its construction of offshore wind farms in the waters off the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast coasts.
  • On Thursday, July 28th, LRD Risk Analysis Coordinator working in the Planning and Policy Division, Matt Shanks, was awarded the USACE National Flood Risk Management Program 2022 Silver Jackets Coordinator of the Year.

    Matt Shanks awarded 2022 Silver Jackets Coordinator of the Year

    On Thursday, July 28th, LRD Risk Analysis Coordinator working in the Planning and Policy Division, Matt Shanks, was awarded the USACE National Flood Risk Management Program 2022 Silver Jackets Coordinator of the Year.
  • ROTC cadets with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District Director of Programs Tom Waters, Commander Col. Philip Secrist (fourth from left) and Program Manager Forward Capt. Jonathan Patano. The cadets were assigned to TAM as part of an ROTC summer engineering internship program and visited both the headquarters in Winchester, Va. and the District’s Qatar Program Office.

    Cadets Expand View of Army Engineer Career

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) recently hosted four ROTC cadets during a summer program designed to expose them to the Army Engineer career field. The program allows cadets to shadow engineering officers and learn about potential career options available to them when they graduate and become officers.
  • Steel beams line a pier going out into Little Sodus Bay with a yellow and black forklift to the right of the beams.

    USACE and the Village of Fair Haven’s open communication soars as Little Sodus Bay projects occur

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District and the Village of Fair Haven, New York have built a strong partnership that is for the overall good of Little Sodus Bay, the local Fair Haven community, and the Great Lakes region.
  • Transatlantic Middle East District's legal office summer hire Mikayla Ockerman.

    TAM supports local student reaching for legal career

    In constant support for building the bench, TAM's Office of Counsel hired James Madison University senior Mikayla Ockerman for a summer internship in Winchester.