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Corps closes two more breaches on Missouri River Levee System L-594

1/27/2020

Two outlet breaches on the Missouri River Levee System L-594 were closed on Saturday. These are the third and fourth breaches to be closed on the L-594 system, providing an initial level of flood risk...

Winter Release Levels Decreased at Pipestem Dam

1/22/2020

A river rise occurred late last week in the City of Jamestown due to ice formation south of town. In order to provide relief, releases were reduced by 50 cfs from Pipestem Dam, for a total release of...

Corps completes initial breach closure on the Platte River Right Bank Repair Project

1/22/2020

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District has completed the initial breach repair along the right bank of the Platte River, just upstream of the confluence of the Platte River with the Missouri...

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Bald Eagle Days 2018

Join us at the Lewis & Clark Visitor Center for Bald Eagle Days Jan. 26-28, 2018. Program times are 4 and 6 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

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Omaha Outlook 2018

Omaha Outlook 2018 Year in Review Magazine

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A group of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers inspect the permanent earth retention system (PERSWALL) surrounding the U.S. Strategic Command command-and-control facility on Offutt Air Base, Omaha, Neb., March 28. To mitigate the potential for flooding, District engineers constructed a PERSWALL around the building essentially constructing it in a bathtub.

USSTRATCOM new home

After nearly six years of construction and many challenges, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, is more than 98% complete with the U.S. Strategic Command command-and-control facilities at Offutt Air Base, Omaha, Nebraska.

VA Medical Center nears completion

The new 1.2 million-square-foot Aurora, Colo., Veterans Affairs Medical Center replaces an older, dated VA hospital built in Denver in the 1950s and offers Colorado’s veterans state-of-the-art facilities.

4th CAB gets new assault hangar

The Assault hangar is the newest upgrade to the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade and Butts Airfield. When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District completes the hangar, an Apache unit will move in and begin training for future operations. (Photo by Capt. Ryan Hignight, USACE Public Affairs Officer)

USA Today USACE Edition

In this issue: Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, the Army’s chief of engineers and commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, took office in May 2016, accepting responsibility for much of America’s aging infrastructure in the midst of government cuts.