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  • June

    Army Maj. Emily Norton (center) addresses a crowd of Army supporters, future soldiers, and members of the community, during the grand opening of the Army Career Center in Mission Viejo, Calif., June 14.

    District facilitates expansion of key Orange County recruiting center

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers participated in the grand opening of the U.S. Army’s newest career center in Mission Viejo, Calif., during a ceremony in conjunction with the U.S. Army’s 238th birthday, June 14.

  • An American POW’s story

    A Prisoner of War or Enemy Prisoner of War is a person, whether combatant or non-combatant, who is held in custody by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase is dated 1660.
  • Co-inventors, from left to right, Dr. Kevin Abraham, Dr. Robert Ebeling, and Dr. Bob Welch of ERDC. Not shown are Ms. Karen Buehler and Ms. Claudia Quigley of Natick.

    Research breakthrough garners patent

    NATICK, Mass.—Joint research by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Miss., and the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center (Natick) has developed a family of new cloth-type structural components named “Hydrostatically Enabled Structural Elements,” or HESEs.
  • Stock image of water spilling at Lookout Point Dam.

    Willamette River Basin 2013 refill season

    This Corps Message addresses the Willamette River Basin's 2013 refill season.
  • Machipongo Station, Hog Island, Virginia Coast Reserve LTER, shows the diverse environmental features of the reserve.

    Hyperspectral/light detection and ranging mission and field campaign

    ATLANTIC COAST, Va.—Researchers with ERDC’s Topographic Engineering Center (TEC) and Environmental