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  • October

    Dr. Jack Davis retired from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) on August 31, 2022, after 42 years of service.

    Davis leaves mark on ERDC after 42 years

    Worker retention is a problem facing many enterprises across the country. In fact, a recent study released by Gallup showed that millennials — those between the ages of 25 and 34 — expect to change jobs about every three years. Working for a single company for the life of a person’s career seems to be a thing of the past.

  • USACE instrumental in preservation of one of Louisville’s oldest historic homes

    A piece of Louisville’s history has been preserved thanks in part to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District’s Regulatory Division.  
  • JED awarded a whopping 341 contract actions— purchases of facility construction or repairs, supplies or equipment for the laymen, totaling $434 million during FY22, the largest year on record, and an astounding $269 million more than previously executed compared to FY21.

    JED ‘demolishes’ fiscal year record

    JED awarded a whopping 341 contract actions— purchases of facility construction or repairs, supplies or equipment for the laymen, totaling $434 million during FY22, the largest year on record, and an astounding $269 million more than previously executed compared to FY21.

  • September

    Col. Julie Balten, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander, second from left, stands with a group of officials and partners for photos after the Sept. 8 Prado Dam mural groundbreaking ceremony in Corona, California. The event included officials from Riverside, Orange and San Bernardino counties, as well as other local city mayors and leaders. From left to right: San Bernardino County Fourth District Supervisor Curt Hagman; U.S. Rep. Ken Calvert (CA-42); Riverside County Second District Supervisor (and former mayor of Corona) Karen Spiegel; Terri Smith Ferguson, a member of the Corona High School Class of 1976 and the one who came up with the idea of painting a bicentennial theme on the Prado Dam spillway; Col. Julie Balten, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander; and Jason Uhley, Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District general manager and chief engineer.

    Prado Dam bicentennial mural greenlit for restoration

    It’s been a cultural landmark to residents, commuters and visitors in Corona for nearly 50 years, and now, after successful coordination between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and its partners, the aging Prado Dam bicentennial mural is getting safely removed to make way for a new one.
  • The dredging vessel Ranger dredges on the Black Warrior-Tombigbee River south of the Coffeeville Lock in Alabama, Sept. 23, 2022. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District is performing its annual dredging of the BWT and Alabama River to ensure safe navigation along both waterways.

    Annual dredging of the BWT and Alabama River ensures reliability

    Each year the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District dredges the Black Warrior-Tombigbee River and the Alabama River to an adequate depth to ensure reliability of the federal channel to allow commerce to traverse the inland waterways.