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A NEW CHAPTER: Transatlantic Division transfers mission to Southwestern Division For continued updates on our mission, please visit The Southwestern Division's official website at đź”— https://www.swd.usace.army.mil/

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Division serves as USACE’s tip of the spear in one of the most dynamic construction environments in the world, STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS, BUILDING CAPACITY, and ENHANCING SECURITY for our nation, allies, and partners. 

We SAFELY deliver agile, responsive, and innovative, design, construction, engineering and contingency solutions in support of U.S. Central Command, U.S. Special Operations Command and other global partners to advance national security interests.

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LAPSE IN DoW APPROPRIATIONS - Friday, October 3, 2025

The most recent appropriations for the Department of War expired at 11:59 p.m. EST on September 30, 2025. Military personnel will continue in a normal duty status without pay until such time as a continuing resolution or appropriations are passed by Congress and signed into law. Civilian personnel not engaged in excepted activities will be placed in a non-work, non-pay status.

 

A NEW CHAPTER: - Tuesday, August 5, 2025

On August 5, 2025, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officially realigned mission oversight of USACE operations in support of U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command from the Transatlantic Division to the Southwestern Division. This transition ensures continued, focused support to U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command across the Middle East, Central and South Asia, and the Levant. Both the Middle East District and the Transatlantic Expeditionary District remain fully operational and continue delivering engineering solutions that support regional stability and operational readiness. This is a new chapter, not a new identity. The mission – and the USACE legacy – continues.

 

 
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    Alexandria, Va. -- One of eight boxes sits in storage at the Veterans Curation Program office in Alexandria, Virginia, Dec. 3, 2014. The curation program provides recently separated military veterans with employment and archaeological training, including going through artifacts found at Fort Norfolk, while also providing the veterans with resume writing assistance and interview skills over a five month period. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    Veterans transition program documents Fort Norfolk relics

    The Army Corps of Engineers Veteran’s Curation Program, provide recently separated military veterans with employment and job training through rehabilitation and preservation of archeological collections, including items found at Fort Norfolk, while also providing the vets with interview skills training and resume writing assistance.
  • Illinois Waterway Maintenance Crew members, Craig Williams, Cory Bowen and Mark Hanson remove the pintle ball and bushing from the lower right sector gate at T.J. O'Brien Lock.

    Sector Gates Raised After 35 Years

    For the first time in 35 years, the 255,000-pound sector gates at the Thomas J. (T.J.) O’Brien Lock and Dam are being raised and repaired as part of a critical maintenance project designed to rehabilitate the 54-year-old facility. T.J. O’Brien Lock and Dam is a unit of the Illinois Waterway Navigation System and is located at the entrance to Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois.
  • Basil Meyer, construction representative at the Far East District Seoul Project office, has worked with the district since 2003 and has overseen projects at installations across the Republic of Korea.

    Spotlight: Basil Meyer

    Basil Meyer, construction representative at the Seoul Project office, has engineering in his
  • Philip Siu is a district intern from the Department of the Army internship program. This program gives interns the opportunity to understand the various roles played within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

    District intern program sets new employees on right path

    The Department of the Army internship program gives interns the opportunity to understand the
  • USACE Baltimore chief of operations, receives his retirement certificate from Col. Trey Jordan, USACE Baltimore District commander, after 28 years of federal service alongside his family Dec. 16.

    Operations Chief Robert Pace retires after 28 years of federal service

    More than 40 years ago, Robert Pace was a graduate student doing fieldwork in the waterways near