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  • December

    NORAD is ready to track Santa’s flight

    PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The North American Aerospace Defense Command is ready to track Santa’s yuletide journey! The NORAD Tracks Santa website, www.noradsanta.org, launched today featuring a mobile version, a holiday countdown, new games and daily activities, and more. The website is available in eight languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Chinese.

  • Spotlight on USACE Galveston District's Diane Kovacevich

    GALVESTON, Texas (Dec. 1, 2014) – For the last five months, Diane Kovacevich has filled the role of a management analysis officer, processing personnel actions for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District Resource Management Office, maintaining integrated manning documents and submitting reports – all new tasks that she readily accepted in her 40th year of service to help fill a gap in her office, proving that it’s never too late to learn something new regardless which stage people are at in their careers.
  • Visit to the Port of Rotterdam traffic management center – (left to right) Port Captain, Port of Rotterdam, Will Logan (Deputy Director, ICIWaRM), Ronald Paul (COO, Port of Rotterdam), Ms Jo-Ellen Darcy (ASA-CW), John Lonnquest (Chief, USACE O/History), James Dalton (Chief, USACE Engineering and Construction), Hans Pietersen (RWS contact to USACE), Bob Pietrowsky (Director, IWR), Joe Manous (IWR), Mark Sudol (Director, USACE Navigation and Civil Works Decision Support Ctr), Ruud Staverman (RWS).

    Rijkswaterstaat Collaboration

    A USACE delegation led by Ms. Jo-Ellen Darcy met in The Hague on 11 Nov to discuss progress in
  • The Cheonan battlesheip at Pyeongtaek Naval Base. The ship sunk March 26, 2010 killing 46 South Korean seamen.

    Employees immerse themselves in Korean culture

    I had the honor to be part of a group of Far East District civilian employees and spouses on a 3 day

  • Projects awarded in 2014 support the Corps’ Great Lakes mission

    Great Lakes navigation greatly supports the core of North America’s industrial and manufacturing