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  • October

    AmeriCorps Volunteer Team

    AmeriCorps Volunteer Team

    The Sutton Lake staff successfully acquired eight days of assistance from an AmeriCorps Volunteer Team to focus on trail building. AmeriCorps, a federal agency for community service and volunteerism missions are to unite individuals and organizations, strengthen communities, and positively impact lives.
  • Water Safety Event

    Water Safety Event

    On Tuesday, October 12th, the Rangers of Summersville Lake instructed a class on water safety for over 240 5th grade students from around the local area, showing support for the Nicholas County 5th Grade Fun Run.
  • Workers put in a structural steel frame for a company-sized barracks at Fort Jackson, South Carolina as part of the Basic Training Complex Four, Phase Two project. Formally known as a Basic Combat Trainee Complex, it has all the required facilities to house and fully train the Army’s new recruits, while also being close to field training areas and ranges. The project has a current cost of about $42 million and is expected to be finished at the end of 2022.

    USACE Charleston District looks to improve basic training environment at Fort Jackson

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District started work in June on the Basic Training Complex Four, Phase Two. When complete, it will make training for new Soldiers at Fort Jackson more efficient.
  • The fully deployed Rapid Armor Protection for Instant Deployment, or RAPID, system provides additional protection to service members. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo)

    ERDC’s Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory tests two new rapidly deployable protection systems

    Last month, researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory unveiled two new systems that will provide additional protection to American servicemen and women in the field.
  • Aerial

    Scheduled spray for Portsmouth mosquitos on Thursday

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, scheduled aerial mosquito treatment Thursday between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m., over Craney Island federal proprerty.