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  • December

    St. Paul District lawyer receives national award for excellence

    ST. PAUL, Minn. – St. Paul District's chief attorney Joe Willging was recently selected as the 2012 E. Manning Seltzer Award recipient.
  • Cathy Mangum, director of center operations for NASA Langley Research Center, and Col. Paul Olsen, Norfolk District commander, sign a proclamation announcing a master support agreement between the two agencies for planning, design, engineering, project management, real estate and other engineering support services as required by the center. The agreement allows NASA Langley to reach out to the Corps of Engineers in a streamlined process; saving the center money and time. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    NASA proclaims strategic partnership with Corps for support

    NASA Langley Research Center officials reached an agreement with the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to have the Corps support the research center’s facility-engineering needs.

  • NASA proclaims strategic partnership with Corps for support

    NASA Langley Research Center officials reached an agreement with the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to have the Corps support the research center’s facility-engineering needs.
  • During an informal signing ceremony, Jacksonville District Commander Col. Alan Dodd added his name to a cooperative agreement along with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Florida field office supervisors to help manatees and insure the Corps' navigation mission moves forward.

    Cooperative agreement promises to aid both manatees and navigation

    During an informal signing ceremony, Jacksonville District Commander Col. Alan Dodd added his name to a cooperative agreement along with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Florida field office supervisors to help manatees and insure the Corps' navigation mission moves forward. The group used the authority provided in the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to develop a cooperative agreement which provides both agencies flexibility when developing real world solutions to help the manatee in the face of growing pressure.
  • Chief of Engineers Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick, right, visited the New Jersey Recovery Field Office, where he was briefed by Tim Brown, mission manager for the Housing Planning Response Team.

    Jacksonville District’s Housing Planning Response Team on the scene in New Jersey

    Within days of Hurricane Sandy’s landfall, which reaped devastating effects across the northeastern seaboard, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District team was among the many national Corps responders to arrive on the scene to provide welcomed relief and assistance.