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  • October

    Students Michael Winkler and Tommy Kirklin signal to each other that they are OK as they practice buddy breathing – an emergency out-of-air procedure when scuba diving.

    Dive class teaches fundamentals

    CHL hosted its inaugural National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) Basic Open Water

  • Spotlight on USACE Galveston District’s Robert Thompson

    GALVESTON, Texas (Oct. 1, 2015) – Survey Party Chief Robert Thompson splits his work day between the shore and sea, planning, conducting and coordinating land and hydrographic surveys to determine the condition of major navigation channels and placement areas the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District maintains.
  • Gordon Simmons (right), chief of engineering, USACE Savannah District, currently deployed to Afghanistan, receives the Bronze Order of the de Fleury Medal from Col. Pete Helmlinger, commander, USACE Transatlantic- Afghanistan District, Monday at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

    Top brass engineer leads from the front

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – As if deploying to Afghanistan does not pose enough of a challenge, making a dramatic mission change in the middle only adds to personal and professional demands. However, Gordon Simmons, Savannah District’s Chief of Engineering, would not let that slow him from pushing forward to help the people of that war-torn nation.
  • VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Ahead of Hurricane Joaquin, waves break on the shore of the Virginia Beach Hurricane Protection project Oct. 1, 2015. The Norfolk District, in partnership with the City of Virginia Beach, completed a beach renourishment project in 2013 that widened the buffer between storm surge and the city’s homes, businesses, and tourist attractions. Before Hurricane Joaquin, Norfolk District project teams will assess the Virginia Beach Hurricane Protection project, and will do a post-storm assessment to document any impacts to the system. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

    Norfolk District prepares response teams, project sites for Hurricane Joaquin

    Ahead of Hurricane Joaquin, the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking the following measures to protect the health and safety of Virginians, and prevent flooding and damage at its military and civil work project sites throughout the commonwealth.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District Great Lakes Tributary Modeling (GLTM) Program Team, under Section 516(e) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, conducted a training for citizen scientists in St. Lawrence County regarding stream and watershed assessment procedures, July 16, 2015.

    A good year for Buffalo District’s web-based sediment tools training

    As part of the Great Lakes Tributary Modeling (GLTM) 516e Program, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers