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    U.S. Army Corps of EngineersCommand Sgt. Maj. Antonio S. Jones talks with 1LT William Mengon about the Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway during a visit on Aug. 17, 2016. Jones visited Sacramento District projects at Folsom as well as Englebright and Black Butte Lakes during his two-day visit.

    Command Sergeant Major tours Sacramento District

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Command Sergeant Major Antoio S. Jones visited the Sacramento District for the first time August 16-17. Jones’ itinerary included visits to two district-operated reservoirs, Black Butte Lake and Englebright Lake as well as the Folsom Dam Auxiliary Spillway project. j

  • Summer internships benefit students, sections

    Summer internships help orient students to government work, but it also provides an opportunity for students to demonstrate their own skills and talents. Learning how to adapt a school education to the on-the-job environment provides benefits for everyone involved.
  • Judge Shea Nickell, Kentucky Court of Appeals, presents a framed historical portrait of Vice President Alben Barkley, the namesake of Barkley Dam, to Mike Looney, Lake Barkley Resource manager, to be hung in the lake’s visitor’s center where it can be seen by future generations in memory of the vice president. The judge made the presentation during the 50th anniversary commemoration ceremony Aug. 20, 2016 at the Badgett Playhouse Theater in Grand Rivers, Ky.

    Barkley Dam brought hope to region 50 years ago

    GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (Aug. 20, 2016) – Barkley Dam, a symbol of progress in western Kentucky, turned 50 today with fanfare, remembrances and special tributes during a commemoration ceremony at the Badgett Playhouse Theater and reception at the community center.
  • Dissolved Oxygen Injection System progress.

    Major SHEP mitigation feature progresses

    SAVANNAH, Ga. -- A panoramic view into the cofferdam at the down river dissolved oxygen injection system construction site, Aug. 17, 2016. Workers are pouring concrete for the foundation this week.
  • Confederate president Jefferson Davis, longtime resident of Warren County, referred to Vicksburg as the “nail head that held the South’s two halves together.”

    The Engineers at Vicksburg, Part 02: Gibraltar of the Confederacy

    IntroductionEngineers in Union blue and Confederate gray played a prominent role in the Vicksburg