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Seen here on Nov. 1, 2012, USACE New York District drift collection vessels work to clear tons of drift and debris from the New York-New Jersey Harbor after Hurricane Sandy, which made landfall just south of Atlantic City, N.J., on Oct. 29. The district’s Caven Point Marine Terminal suffered extensive damage during the hurricane, but despite the destruction of the main facility, district personnel continued to support missions to ensure safe navigation of the harbor. USACE domestic contingency operations support the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) before, during, and after natural disasters, as well as in the event of man-made disasters, at the request of FEMA. USACE photo by Chris Gardner, New York District public affairs

Army Corps of Engineers on the Frontline of Domestic Contingency Operations

For the U.S. military, “contingency operations” traditionally refer to overseas engagements by one or more uniformed services, typically involving some level of combat. A major exception to that is that the …

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Mike MacMillan, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Alaska District project manager (fourth from left holding the shovel), participates in a groundbreaking ceremony for the Sanxai Primary School construction project in Attapeu province in Laos in May 2011. USACE managed the $374,407 project for the U.S. Pacific Command. The school was built under the Humanitarian Assistance Program, which marked the first time the district has managed construction projects in Asia. USACE photo

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Support to Combatant Commands Providing military-to-military assistance and humanitarian response for partner nations

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Providing support to the nation’s joint combatant commands (COCOMs) is an important and critical mission of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), growing from previous combat command structures dating …

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Col. Robert M. Taradash, commander, Task Force Protector (left), Col. Robert A. Sinkler, commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Rock Island District (middle), and Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick, USACE commanding general and chief engineer, tour the detainee housing unit at the Detention Facility in Parwan (DFIP), in the Parwan province of Afghanistan, on June 6, 2012, to determine current and future infrastructure requirements. Bostick serves as the senior military officer overseeing most civil works infrastructure and military construction in the United States, but USACE also has a key role in support of overseas contingency operations, including those in Afghanistan. Photo by Faiza Evans

Army Corps of Engineers Overseas Contingency Operations The Army Corps of Engineers helps to build host-nation capacity

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is a global component of the Defense Department, providing civil works and engineering support to the nation’s nine combatant commands (COCOMs) and to …

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D-Day: The First Two Schlitz Beers in Normandy

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“My equipment was typical for the jump that night,” wrote Capt. Sam Gibbons of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division “Screaming Eagles” in his memoir I Was There. …

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Hildreth "Coop" Cooper of the Albuquerque District's Durango, Colo., Regulatory Office conducts nature studies' tours for students to teach about the role of snow science in watershed management. Cooper leads school groups through an outdoor classroom trail circuit in the San Juan National Forest. All photos courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

USACE Regulatory Program: The Best Determinations for the Nation

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Today’s U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Regulatory Program involves approximately 1,400 regulators working in 38 district offices nationwide. Their mission is to protect the nation’s aquatic resources, while allowing …

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USACE Combats Workers’ Compensation Fraud, Waste, and Abuse A persistent crime that can affect us all

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has been actively combating a costly and persistent crime since 1994. Workers’ compensation fraud and abuse of the federal workers’ compensation system by …

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Satellite image of the world's largest natural dam located in the mountains of Tajikistan. Experts warn that if the dam was to fail, it would potentially be the worst natural disaster in human history affecting millions of people. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo

USACE Trains Former Warsaw Pact Nations in Disaster Response

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On Feb. 18, 1911, an earthquake 7.4 in magnitude violently jarred Tajikistan in Central Asia, triggering a massive rockslide into the Murgab River valley. The rockslide completely obstructed the flow …

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U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson and Maj. Gen. Merdith "Bo" Temple, acting commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), are briefed June 9, 2011, on the operation of the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway by USACE's Memphis District chief of operations, Russell Davis. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo

The Great Flood: Corps of Engineers Saved Lives and Property Along the Mississippi River

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Melting runoff from mountains of snow combined with rainfall 10 times greater than average spread throughout a 200,000-square-mile area within the Mississippi River’s watershed and produced the Great Flood of …

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