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    Physical Anthropologist, Cathy Van Arsdale from the Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections in the St. Louis District, documents the condition of the arm bone and upper jawbone of the Wankel T.rex. She notes the condition of each element, which will be rechecked upon the collection's arrival in Washington D.C. at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History

    Delicate dance with a dinosaur

    There are dozens of elements within the collection including pieces that are at least 5 feet long and take up the length of an entire crate and pieces that are smaller than 5 centimeters, wrapped in foil and paper and stored in sealed plastic bags. Following a checklist that identifies the crate, the box, the body part, and the bone piece; the team photographs and inspects the condition of each fossilized bone.

  • School construction among key themes at US-German Partnering Conference

    Lessons learned during the planning and design phases of several school projects around the state of Rhineland-Palatinate will pave the way to greater efficiencies in what remains an active recapitalization program by the Department of Defense Education Activity in Europe, U.S. and German officials said recently at their annual Partnering Conference.

  • School construction among key themes at US-German Partnering Conference

    Lessons learned during the planning and design phases of several school projects around the state of Rhineland-Palatinate will pave the way to greater efficiencies in what remains an active recapitalization program by the Department of Defense Education Activity in Europe, U.S. and German officials said recently at their annual Partnering Conference.
  • Veterans Vadi Dodge and Doug Blain rehabilitate historic maps in the Veterans Curation Program lab in St. Louis as part of their work supporting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ mission to preserve and manage the Army’s vast archaeological collection. The VCP has three labs in which veterans receive technical training in preserving and archiving archaeological collections under the direct supervision of professionals in the field of archaeology.

    Dinosaur loans and crowd-sourcing archaeology: How Army archaeology supports historic preservation and modern education

    In an unassuming office in St. Louis, Dr. Michael “Sonny” Trimble and his team are working to get a 66-million-year-old, seven ton tyrannosaurus safely packed and moved cross country. This effort is just one part of a greater undertaking to preserve and share America’s cultural and natural history.
  • FORT STEWART, Ga. – Mechanical Engineer Matt Kilmer (left) and Civil Engineer Craig Walters with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, Fort Stewart Resident Office, talk to students at Diamond Elementary School about engineering careers with the Corps during a school-wide "STEMposium" April 4, 2014. The event focused on getting children interested in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) career fields.

    More than MILCON: Corps promotes STEM at Fort Stewart schools

    Many people associate the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with building facilities on post; but what they may not know is that the Corps' involvement with a project doesn't stop when the building is complete.