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  • July

    A photo of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Quality Assurance inspector Ryan Williams at the Langsdale Temporary Debris Storage and Reduction site in Brooks County, Georgia on Feb. 21, 2025. He is stood in front of piles of debris cleaned up by USACE contractors following Hurricane Helene.

    Serving on two fronts: Civilian deployments in combat and crisis

    Civilian employees who work for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers do not have deployment requirements as active-duty service members do. However, many of them voluntarily choose to, such as Ryan Williams, a longtime Omaha District employee.
  • Sheridan Mayor Richard Bridger (right) and Col. Robert Newbauer (left), commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District, cut the ceremonial ribbon July 10, 2025, marking the completion of the first phase of the Little Goose Creek ecosystem restoration project in Sheridan, Wyo.

    Sheridan celebrates creek revival, eyes downtown transformation

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 10, 2025, to celebrate the completion of a three-year ecosystem restoration project at Little Goose Creek near Sheridan, Wyoming, which reestablished historic oxbows, reconnected fish passage and revitalized riparian habitat once lost to mid-century flood-control efforts.
  • Sue Dalbey, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers park ranger and museum director, talks about the replica Peck’s Rex skull fossil with a father and son at the Fort Peck Interpretive Center and Museum, June 21, 2025, at Fort Peck, Montana, during its 20th anniversary celebration.

    Fort Peck Interpretive Center marks 20th anniversary with decade-high attendance

    A grand total of 452 guests – the greatest single-day turnout of the past decade – visited the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Fort Peck Interpretive Center and Museum in Fort Peck, Montana, June 21, 2025, during its 20th Anniversary celebration.

  • June

    A photo of the Branched Oak Dam periodic inspection and assessment.

    Omaha District dam safety inspection season in full swing

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Dam Safety Section performed the first of two periodic tributary dam inspections scheduled for 2025 beginning with the Branched Oak Dam located northwest of Lincoln, Nebraska June 2.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, employees participate in the Society of American Military Engineers Omaha Post Industry Day, May 29, 2025, at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska.

    SAME Omaha Post industry day welcomes hundreds of industry members

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District participated in the Society of American Military Engineers Omaha Post Industry Day at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska, May 28–30, 2025.

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