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    Growing the Next Generation of Scientists

    According to a recent report by a coalition of groups under the umbrella called “Tapping America’s Potential,” the United States is not meeting the goals of major business groups to ramp-up the number of college graduates with degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics or “STEM.”
  • Chaplain (Capt.) Kerstin Hedlund salutes the flag during a groundbreaking ceremony March 6, 2013, at the U.S. Army Garrison Camp Parks Reserve training center in Dublin, Calif. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District's real estate office is overseeing a 180-acre transfer of land in exchange for an estimated $66 million in modern facilities for Camp Parks over the next several years—the largest Army Reserve real property exchange agreement in Department of Defense history.

    Ground breaks for largest-ever Army Reserve land exchange

    Representatives from the Sacramento District attended a groundbreaking ceremony March 6, 2013, at the U.S. Army Garrison Camp Parks Reserve Training center in Dublin, Calif., to kick off the first construction phase of the largest Army Reserve Property Exchange Agreement in Department of Defense history.
  • The Corps recently completed a new facility for the Fort Knox High School Girls Softball Team complete with new locker rooms, restrooms and concession stands. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Jeff Cannady)

    Play Ball: Corps constructs softball facility for Fort Knox High School

    Spring is in the air and baseball season is starting up across the Bluegrass. The U.S. Army Corps of
  • College of the Atlantic students monitored the seal population at Mount Desert Rock, while the scientists were measuring sea spray. This grey seal pup was born in early January.

    Scientists measure sea spray at Mount Desert Rock

    CONCORD, Mass. -- Scientists from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory and NorthWest Research Associates recently braved the wind and cold of the Gulf of Maine to collect data for an Office of Naval Research project on sea spray. The project, "Sea Spray Icing in the Emerging Open Waters of the Arctic Ocean," is an effort to better characterize sea spray formation in high winds and cold temperatures.
  • HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., -- Participants in the Ground Breaking Ceremony, left to right: Ms. Lisamarie Mariglia, Director, Child Development Center; Maj. Gary Bonham, deputy commander, Albuquerque District; Lt. Col. Donald Ohlemacher, commander, 49th Civil Engineer Squadron; Lt. Col. Caryn Kirkpatrick, commander, 49th Support Squadron; Col. Kevin Bennett, commander, 49th Mission Support Group; and Chief Master Sgt. Rowe representing the 49th support squadron wing.

    Ground Breaking Ceremony for Child Development Center at Holloman Air Force Base

    Maj. Gary Bonham, Deputy Commander, Albuquerque District, participated in the ground-breaking ceremony for a new Child Development Center at Holloman Air Force Base March 5, 2013.