Omaha Outlook 2018 Year in Review Magazine

July 2018 POL-MCX Newsletter

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.

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.

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)

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.