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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 🔗 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. (Oct. 13, 2022) -- Stanford Gibson (center), Cameron Ackerman (second from right) and Alex Sanchez (far right), senior hydraulic engineers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer - Institute for Water Resources, Hydrologic Engineering Center delivered training in Roorkee, India from Sept. 26-29 on their modeling and simulation software, known as HEC-RAS (River Analysis System).

    USACE predictive software improving flood fights at home and abroad

    ALEXANDRIA, Va. – (Oct. 3, 2022) Flooding is a universal challenge, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is sharing their tools and methodologies in the fight against floods with international partners.
  • Digital twin technology at Tyndall Airforce Base

    ERDC uses digital twin technology to recreate damaged Air Force base

    VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has partnered with Tyndall Air Force Base to complete a multibillion-dollar reconstruction project, and with the help of the Research and Development Environment (RDE) network and digital twin technology, Tyndall is on its way to being the country’s most advanced military installation to date — an Installation of the Future.
  • Storm damage at Vilano Beach, Florida

    USACE leaders survey northeast Florida coastal conditions after Hurricane Ian

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers leaders undertook a boots-on-the-sand tour of northeast Florida's Atlantic coast Oct. 9 for a firsthand view of Hurricane Ian impacts on Flagler and St. Johns Counties and the City of St. Augustine.
  • Dehyrl Middleton, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District Planning and Response Team member, assesses debris in a lake in Montana Oct. 5, 2022. FEMA requested the Corps to perform debris assessments throughout Montana because of flooding in the state in June. (Courtesy photo)

    Mobile PRT performs debris removal assessments in Montana

    When the heavy rains and melting snow that hit Montana in June were happening, who would have thought that the impact of those floods could affect Mobile, Alabama.
  • Mobile District snorkel team lead TJ Rickey snorkeling in Choccolocco Creek in Alabama on September 19, 2022, searching for three threatened and endangered freshwater snail species known to occur within the creek. (U.S. Army photo by Jeremy Murray)

    Mobile District Scientific Snorkel Team

    For most people snorkeling is swimming along the surface of the water and enjoying the underwater, for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District it’s a new program to complete the USACE mission.