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  • October

    WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Corps visits FEMA. L to R: Rebecca Klein, on developmental assignment from Army National Guard to USACE’s Tribal program; Paul Cloutier, NWD Tribal Liaison; Georgeie Reynolds, Senior Tribal Liaison, HQUSACE; Richard Flores, Senior Tribal Liaison, FEMA; Ron Kneebone, Tribal Liaison, SPA.

    FEMA and USACE Prepare to Jointly Assist Tribal Nations During Disasters

    On September 25, USACE tribal liaison members visited FEMA's National Response Coordination Center in Washington, D.C. Georgeie Reynolds, senior tribal liaison, USACE HQ, Paul Cloutier, NWD Tribal Liaison, Rebecca Klein, Army National Guard assigned to the USACE Tribal program, and Ron Kneebone, Albuquerque district tribal liaison, met with FEMA personnel in order to lay out a path forward for better collaboration efforts between the two agencies in order to better assist tribal nations during emergencies.
  • A relatively minor oil spill occurred at the St. Stephen powerhouse, but thanks to fast action on the part of the powerhouse team, oil-absorbent booms were deployed immediately and an environmental contractor had cleaned up the spill within 60 hours.

    Testing a Team

    A crisis can really test a team, and when there was an oil spill at the St. Stephen Powerhouse, the

  • Great Bridge Locks closed due to tidal waters

    The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers closed the Great Bridge Lock in Chesapeake, Va., due to higher than normal tidal waters infiltrating the lock’s gears.

  • Corps of Engineers Galveston District awards $1.1 million small business contract

    GALVESTON, Texas-- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount $1,172,000 to Inland Construction & Engineering Inc., -- a certified small disadvantaged business and HUBZone contractor -- to install impressed current cathodic protection systems at the Colorado River Locks in Matagorda, Texas.
  • (From left) Lt. Col. John Van Steenburgh, Office of Security Cooperation Chief for Ghana, Togo and Benin; Linda Smittle, Peace Corps Ghana volunteer and Marcelo Maier, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District special projects engineer pause to point out the location of the Nkwanta Nutritional Rehabilitation Center project on a map of Ghana during a meeting at the embassy in Accra.

    US, Ghana combat malnutrition with new center

    ACCRA, Ghana -- The U.S. and Ghana are teaming up to ease hunger in the West Africa nation. The project, a joint effort by U.S. Africa Command, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. Embassy and the Ghanaian Ministry of Health, is designed to improve the health and prosperity of children in the Volta region.