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  • October

    Park Ranger handing a life jacket to a family.

    West Point Lake hosts Special Day for Special People event

    On Oct. 3, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ West Point Lake project hosted more than 1,400 participants for the 45th annual Special Day for Special People event, which offered outdoor fun and community engagement. Held at Rocky Point Park, the event was designed to provide individuals with special needs and the elderly with an opportunity to enjoy various activities, including pontoon boat rides, music, and wildlife interactions.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District senior technical lead, Marty Durkin, outlines structural and non-structural alternatives under consideration in the St. Augustine Back Bay Feasibility Study, designed to ameliorate coastal and inland flooding around the entire municipal area of the city.

    “Essayons Isle”

    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Jacksonville District helms the voyage as Skipper, navigating its Intracoastal Waterway to provide a unique, in-person perspective on locations where they, in collaboration with their stakeholder shipmates, are researching the most feasible ways to protect America’s oldest city against coastal flooding.
  • ERDC held an inaugural event at its headquarters to celebrate the official declaration of the organization’s Unit Day.

    First Unit Day celebration at ERDC

    On October 1, 2024, ERDC held an inaugural event at its headquarters to celebrate the official declaration of the organization’s Unit Day.
  • Contractors paint the Veterans Affairs logo on the surface of a water tower at the Louisville VA Medical Center in Louisville, Ky., Oct. 3, 2024.

    Water tower to provide essential support of Louisville VA Medical Center

    The new Louisville VA Medical Center is supported by multiple backup systems that will ensure the
  • An image taken from the scene of the November 2023 accident in Marin County, where Robert Chase helped pull a man and his dog from an overturned vehicle. Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth presented Chase, a senior fisheries biologist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, with the Award for Valor for his actions that night during a ceremony at the Pentagon on Sept. 5, 2024. (Photo Courtesy Robert Chase)

    Sacramento District team member receives the Secretary of the Army Award for Valor

    Robert Chase has been awarded the Secretary of the Army Award for Valor for his heroic actions to