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  • January

    A woman in a military uniform stands with wooden tables on her left and right and a grey file cabinet in the background.

    Safety first: Northwestern Division’s occupational health nurse hopes to prioritize health and safety across the division

    Active construction sites can be dangerous places. Full of heavy mechanical equipment and other hazards, the risk posed to the workers at these sites is often high. But there are other, less obvious workplace dangers that even those who spend their days behind a desk can face, like stress, high blood pressure and lack of support or fulfillment. Those charged with preventing and mitigating these workplace dangers play an important role in the success of an organization but are often in the background, working behind the scenes. Occupational health professionals and other safety specialists are the frontline for workplace safety. Yet their services can remain elusive to the very employees they serve.
  • A group that includes contractors, law enforcement personnel and members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District gather Dec. 4 to embark on a three-week project to clear encampments and debris in and around the San Gabriel River near Azusa, California.

    LA District joins law enforcement partners to clear San Gabriel River encampment debris

    To improve the health of the San Gabriel River and reduce risk to the public, including those illegally camping within the riverbed, the Los Angeles District cleared trash and floatable debris throughout most of December from a stretch of riverbed near Azusa, California.
  • Pictured is an aerial view of portions of the Los Angeles River. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District has several roles in operating, maintaining and regulating the LA River, as well as managing federal lands. Under the Los Angeles County Drainage Area project, the Corps operates and maintains several dams and portions of the river's channels and tributaries. The river flows through seven different congressional districts, 10 city council districts, 20 neighborhood councils and 12 community-planned areas.

    District experts host virtual public flood awareness workshop

    The Los Angeles District used a virtual community outreach forum Dec. 14 for public stakeholders to participate in the 2023 Los Angeles River Flood Awareness Workshop.
  • A group of people being interviewed on a patio.

    District Provides CENTCOM Commercial Real Estate Support Across the Middle East

    With over 70 years of history in the Middle East, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) is not only able to offer their mission partners the engineering and construction expertise USACE is known for, but also a host of other niche services developed along the way. Many of these services were developed out of necessity by TAM to better accomplish its construction mission. As TAM developed that expertise in-house, it was obvious that they were able to offer that expertise to other partners in the region and create entirely new lines of operation.  
  • Left to Right: Pete Devlin, Dept. of Energy; Nick Josefik, USACE ERDC CERL; Ronald Langhelm, DHS S&T; Dr. Dimitri Kusnezov, Under Secretary of DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T); Zachary Kittrie, FEMA; Prateek Vaish, Accelera by Cummins; Chris Steinhilber, Support Contractor - DHS S&T; Kathryn Grazionale, Support Contractor - DHS S&T.

    ERDC’s Josefik honored for advancing emergency response

    Nicholas Josefik, an industrial engineer at the U.S. Army Engineer Research Development Center (ERDC), was recently recognized at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Under Secretary’s Awards Ceremony for leading a team in the development of a one-of-a-kind emergency response vehicle.