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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District engineers and construction control representatives give Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Dorko (second from left), USACE deputy commanding general of Military and International Operations, and Tim Hess (right), director of USACE’s International and Interagency Support Team, a tour of the U.S. Army Europe Mission Control Center construction project on the Wiesbaden Army Airfield, in Germany, Oct. 31, 2011. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Carol E. Davis

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Interagency and International Services Carrying out the nation's work abroad

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While the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is best known to most Americans for its domestic waterworks and disaster relief efforts, it has always had a primary mission to …

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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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Nancy Wake was the most decorated servicewoman in World War II, and her exploits as an SOE operative were only half of the story. Australian War Memorial photo

SOE’s Dangerous White Mouse: Nancy Wake

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“Nancy Wake is the most feminine woman I’ve ever known, at least until the fighting starts. Then, she is like five men.”

—Capt. Henri Tardivat, French Resistance fighter

Capt. Nancy …

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Defense Security Cooperation Agency – Defense Solutions for America’s Global Partners – Premiere Edition

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We are excited to announce the release of the premiere edition of Defense Security Cooperation Agency: Defense Solutions for America’s Global Partners. This annual publication provides a top-down view of …

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Greek Andartes

Operation Harling British Special Operations Executive Team Blows Bridges In Greece

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“Get the sheep away from the bridge, the British are going to blow it up tonight!”

—Elderly villager warning sheepherders at the base of the Gorgopotamus viaduct

Supplies for Axis …

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Lt. Gen. Erwin Rommel In North Africa

Operation Flipper: The Commando Raid on Rommel’s Headquarters

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“It was a brilliant operation and with great audacity.”

—Lt. Gen. Erwin Rommel, Afrika Korps commander

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was never one to shy away from thinking big. …

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The Royal Navy’s New Type 26 Frigate 'Global Combat Ship' will have a common hull to be adapted and optimized for ASW, air defense or multi-mission roles

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The Royal Navy’s new class of frigate, the Type 26, will be capable and flexible. With a common hull that can be adapted for ASW, air defense or multi-mission roles, …

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Iron Dome: Game-changer Around Gaza

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Since the beginning of what the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) is calling Operation Pillar of Defense on Nov. 14, 2012, more than “500 rockets fired from the Gaza Strip have …

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Omaha Beach

Brain Buckets, Tin Hats, and Steel Pots: Helmets Have Improved Over Nearly a Century of Use

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It’s hard not to get a sickening feeling, staring at photographs of all the gallant young soldiers, resplendent in their uniforms, marching so proudly off to fight what would become …

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Dutch Leopard 2A6

‘Unintended Consequences’ on the Horizon? Now without its Leopards, the Royal Netherlands Army searches for 35 mm long rod penetrators to enable its IFVs to take on main battle tanks, Part 1 of 2

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People use terminology involving “the law of unintended consequences” to describe how the alteration of one aspect of a complex system can have unforeseen or unplanned effects in overall system …

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