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  • January

    The Seahorse, a utility vessel positioned near the north jetty of Marina del Rey Harbor in Los Angeles County, dredges material Jan. 9 from the harbor's entrance channel.

    Maintenance dredging of Marina del Rey harbor underway

    Maintenance dredging of the Marina del Rey Harbor entrance channel is underway and is scheduled to be complete in May.
  • A historical photo of the construction of Lock and Dam 53 in Grand Chain, Illinois, from August 1926.

    Louisville District announces official closure of Lock and Dam 53

    After being in service for nearly 90 years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues work on the critical public facility as part of the Hawaii Wildfires Recovery mission. Contractors will place 337 modular units to form ten large and 20 small classrooms. Besides the classrooms, the campus will include three restrooms, one administration building, one learning center, and one combination dining and food service center. As of Jan. 8, 2024, 300 units are on site and ready for placement. The modular school is a temporary replacement for the King Kamehameha III Elementary School, which served the students of Lahaina since 1913.

    USACE continues the Hawaii Wildfires Recovery Mission

    More than five months after the August 8 wildfires in Hawaii ravaged large portions of Maui including Lahaina, the former capital of the Hawaiian Empire, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues working on a Federal Emergency Management Agency mission to remove debris from affected areas.
  • Dr. Keith Wilson has been named the 2024 recipient of the Acoustical Society of America’s (ASA) Helmholtz-Rayleigh Interdisciplinary Silver Medal in Computational Acoustics, Physical Acoustics and Engineering Acoustics.

    ERDC scientist to receive award for contributions to atmospheric and computational acoustics

    U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) scientist Dr. Keith Wilson has been named the 2024 recipient of the Acoustical Society of America’s (ASA) Helmholtz-Rayleigh Interdisciplinary Silver Medal in Computational Acoustics, Physical Acoustics and Engineering Acoustics.
  • Samuel Staffan, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District transportation/fleet manager, receives his retirement certificate from Lt. Col. Gary Cutler, Mobile District Deputy Commander, during a ceremony in Mobile, Alabama, Jan. 4, 2024. Staffan retired after 47 years of federal service, which included 22 years as a U.S. Navy Seabee. (U.S. Army photo by Chuck Walker)

    Retired Seabee and Mobile District employee retires

    Growing up as an Air Force dependent and living in various locations throughout his life, including Okinawa, Japan, Sam Staffan was used to moving around. Staffan, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District transportation/fleet manager, joined the U.S. Navy in 1983, retired in 2005, became a government employee with the Navy and joined the Mobile District in 2018.