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    Army Corps helps support the Army Family through school construction

    In 1821 the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York established the first school on a military installation to serve the children of service members. Almost two centuries later, the West Point community and Department of Defense continue to be committed to providing these children an education to take them into the 21st century, even in the current tough fiscal times.
  • Wilmington District marine biologist Chuck Wilson inspects seeding coastal aquatic marsh vegetation at a former dredged material site near Morehead City, North Carolina. The Wilmington District and other government agencies transformed the site in 1996 from a dredge disposal area to a coastal aquatic marsh that has survived hurricanes, tropical storms and erosion. The site has become habitat for oysters and other shellfish, seabirds and various species of fish. (USACE photo by Hank Heusinkveld)

    Going Green: Sustainable coastal North Carolina tidal marsh still thriving after 16 years

    In 1996 Wilmington District biologists and engineers, with help from other North Carolina resource agencies, designed and constructed a former dredged material disposal island to offset impacts from construction of the Army Reserve Center in Morehead City, and turned it into a thriving coastal tidal marsh. Sixteen years later the marsh is a sustainable ecosystem that has exceeded the Corps' goals and expectations.
  • The first of three wind turbines is installed at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico, using an Energy Saving Performance Contract awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville.

    Going Green: Wind turbine installed on Fort Buchanan

    The first of three 275-kilowatt wind turbines to be erected on Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico, started producing energy April 19. The turbines are part of a 10-project energy and water reduction effort that, in addition to installing wind power generation, includes solar photovoltaic systems, and water conservation measures.

  • Going Green: Corps builds largest induction solar wall in the country

    HARRISBURG, PA -- As the sun beats down on one of the biggest buildings in the country, solar thermal collectors go to work providing enough heat for a 1.7 million square foot warehouse.
  • John Keever (right), chief of Construction Division at the Corps’ Los Angeles District, discusses potential Corps project with attendees at a break during the Business Opportunities Forum held April 25 at the LA Hotel Downtown. Nearly 100 members of the Society of American Military Engineers attended the forum.

    District commander briefs military engineers

    LOS ANGELES – About 100 military engineers met with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers here April 25