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  • February

    Peak looks to help people returning from high stress deployments

    “Pick up a pencil with your opposite hand,” said Jim Peak, chief of construction. “Now, write your name with it. How does it feel?”

  • Above and beyond: District staff continue voluntary deployments overseas

    “The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ response to Sept. 11, 2001, began on day one. Only a few hours after the terrorists struck, engineers from Corps of Engineers’ headquarters in Washington, D.C., went to the Pentagon to assess the damage, and personnel from North Atlantic Division and New York District made their way to the World Trade Center to assist rescue efforts and begin planning the ensuing support operations,” said Bernard Tate, Corps’ headquarters, in a recent article about deployments.

  • Dredge Thompson patterns tell a story of the district’s history

    A district team visited the Lock and Dam 5A warehouse in Fountain City, Wis., Nov. 15, 2013, to inventory a large pile of wooden patterns used for the Dredge William A. Thompson, which served the district from 1937 to 2006.
  • Tammy Johnson, Big Sandy Lake Recreation Area site supervisor, adjust the gates at the dam, near McGregor, Minn., Jan. 23. Despite temperatures dropping below negative 20 degrees, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District park rangers continue working to ensure the reservoir levels are maintained as the district continues preparations for a spring runoff.

    Dam tenders work thru frigid temps

    For many people, the winter months in the Upper Midwest mean indoors projects. That’s not the case for some district employees.

  • PR14-004 Coy Miller Retirement

    Huntington, W.Va. – After 35 years of dedicated service, Coy Miller, Huntington District’s Deputy