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  • February

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles and security line a portion of Route Bear as USACE personnel inspect construction in December 2011.

    USACE completes major section of Route Bear highway

    The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineering District-South recently completed construction of a major eight mile section of a two lane roadway between Kandahar City and Tarin Kwot. The $11.4 million project is expected to increase commerce and significantly reduce travel time between the two cities.
  • Workers continue vertical construction at the 9th Commando Kandak project near Herat, Afghanistan. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineering District-South is building a base that will provide Afghan commandos with housing, dining, office and other facilities.

    USACE continued contracting and construction momentum

    The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineering District-South continued to meet its contracting and construction goals set for fiscal year 2012 during January. The South District exceeded first quarter goals and is on track to meet the second quarter goals as well.
  • NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp (far right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville district commander, speaks at the last Nashville District Lock Operator Graduation at J. Percy Priest Lake Jan. 31, 2012.

    Nashville District holds its last lock operator training graduation

    The commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District recognized the end of an era as he presented nine students from its lock operator class with graduation certificates at J. Percy Priest Lake, Jan. 31, 2012.
  • This gate marked the entrance to the Williams Field Army Air Station in 1942. Since then, the AAF has closed and the site has been returned to the former owners. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District is currently conducting a Treatability Study/technology Demonstration at several of the sites as part of the Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study of the formerly used defense sites.

    USACE talks FUDS with Southern Arizona residents

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District began clearing work Jan. 30 following a public involvement meeting the District hosted Jan. 26 to discuss the state of several of the former Williams Field Bomb Target Ranges.
  • DALE HOLLOW LAKE — Susie Dixon of Livingston, Tenn., looks for the American Bald Eagle during an Eagle Watch Tour Jan. 28, 2012.

    Eagles soar high overhead Dale Hollow Lake bird watchers

    Dale Hollow Lake park rangers assigned to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville district provided several free eagle watch tours to the public to showcase the eagles that make the lake their home every winter.