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  • November

    This student's card was included in a pile of 1,400 handmade holiday cards received by the Los Angeles District meant for deployed troops and civilians. The card drive was initiated by the Veterans Advocacy Group of America and sponsored by Skanska.

    Local students wish deployed USACE employees ‘Happy Thanksgiving’ with handmade cards

    More than 1,400 cards were delivered to the Los Angeles District headquarters by the goodwill program’s sponsoring agency, the Veterans Advocacy Group of America, on Nov. 1. The cards will be forwarded to employees and others serving in temporary assignments in Afghanistan.
  • The U.S. Port and Inland Waterways Modernization Study Team receives the Team of the Year award from IWR Director Robert Pietrowsky (center). Team leader Keith Hofseth accepts the award for the team. Left to Right: Henri Langlois, Richard Cole, Jae Chung, Keith Hofseth, Robert Pietrowsky, Kelly Barnes, Hal Cardwell.

    IWR Celebrates Excellence with Awards

    ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.  The Institute for Water Resources (IWR) recently honored team members for
  • From his backyard workshop at his Savannah residence, David Lekson carves the shape of a duck's head from a piece of tupelo wood, Oct. 13, 2013. Photo by Tracy Robillard.

    Regulatory Chief master of his own duck dynasty

    Savannah District employee David Lekson doesn't have to watch the popular television show "Duck Dynasty" to experience the wonder of ducks—just give him a piece of wood and some power tools.
  • MSG Lonny Rogers (USARPAC) looks on as SRC-PB members offload an earthquake victim from an ambulance at the 2013 Indonesia Pacific Resilience Disaster Response Exercise & Exchange.

    Pacific Resilience Featured in Asia Pacific Defense Forum

    ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.  U.S. Army Lt. Colonel G. Scott Dewitt and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

  • Paying it Forward: USACE Engineers Serve as Mentors, Guest Lecturers

    HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Promoting STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education is more than a passing trend for Derek Maxey and Don Whitmore, two registered professional engineers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District. Both quietly volunteer as guest lecturers at local universities, bringing their real-world experience and stories from the field to undergraduate students. Maxey, a mechanical engineer and Whitmore, a civil engineer, are committed to inspiring and mentoring tomorrow's engineers, they said.