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  • June

    FORT CARSON, Colo. — The brigade and battalion headquarters building, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, features an on-site solar array, which supplies approximately 62 percent of the building's electrical power needs.

    Fort Carson achieves first platinum certification

    Since 2008, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has built and certified 31 facilities at the LEED gold level and achieved 22 silver certifications.
  • CORONA, Calif. — Michael Siu, the senior civil engineer at Prado Dam in Corona, Calif., welcomes math, science and technology students from Roosevelt High School to the dam June 4 to learn its purpose and benefits and why the dam was constructed at that location.

    Prado Dam hosts potential future engineers

    The number and types of engineers America's education system is preparing for the nation's future is often an active and energetic discussion among the Department of Defense, educators and the scientific community.

  • USACE Galveston District celebrates Corps' 237th birthday

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District celebrated the Corps' 237th birthday with an awards ceremony, June 7, to recognize an Employee, Engineer and Supervisor of the Year, as well as to honor staff for their contributions to the community, state and nation.
  • VICKSBURG, Miss. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District's construction of the Lower Mississippi River Museum and Riverfront Interpretive Center is nearing completion. The museum will consist of a two-story, 20,000-square foot building attached to the Motor Vessel Mississippi. The building will include a reception area, orientation theater, interactive displays and exhibits and a classroom/activity room.

    Museum and Riverfront Interpretive Center Nearing Completion

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District's construction of the Lower Mississippi River Museum and Riverfront Interpretive Center is nearing completion.
  • Michael Siu, the senior civil engineer at Prado Dam in Corona, Calif., welcomes math, science and technology students from Roosevelt High School, to the dam June 4 to learn its purpose and benefits and why the dam was constructed at that location. Read more: http://www.dvidshub.net/image/595934/stem-up-visits-prado-dam#ixzz1xE8ZTjNT

    Prado Dam hosts potential future engineers

    The number and types of engineers America’s education system is preparing for the nation’s future is often an active and energetic discussion among the Department of Defense, educators and the scientific community. It was also an active discussion June 4 when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District hosted nearly 30 students from Los Angeles Roosevelt High School for a day at Prado Dam, giving them a close-up look at the dam and how it operates, and at part of the process involved in implementing a project.