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  • May

    On site at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District Florence bedrock removal project on the Missouri River, May 18, 2022.

    Florence bedrock removal project on Missouri River in full swing

    Work is well underway as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, in partnership with our contractors and sub-contractors, are excavating bed rock from the Florence Bend reach portion of the Missouri River near Omaha.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District members inspect the installation of flood gate panels along the highway leading to Hamburg Iowa, 24 Apr., 2022.

    District tests emergency flood management equipment in Hamburg

    Recently, local contractors, in coordination with the Omaha District and the Iowa Department of Transportation, performed a trial erection of flood gate panels across Highway 33 leading into Hamburg, Iowa.

  • March

    Army Career Center, Madison, Wisconsin

    Real estate division provides a doorway to serve the nation

    When men and women are interested in joining the Armed Forces, generally the first step in the process is visiting a local military career center or recruitment office. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ joint Recruiting Facilities Program, through its Real Estate Division, facilitates this process and provides effective and safe facilities through global lease agreements servicing the United States Army, Navy, Airforce, Marine Corps, Air Force Reserve, Army National Guard, and Air National Guard.

  • January

    Repairs on Levee L-550 in Atchison County, MO

    Restoring a Missouri River Basin Levee

    After catastrophic flooding breached a federally managed levee system in northwestern Missouri, an approach that utilized mechanical sand removal and leveraged local subcontractors expedited project completion and increased the final resiliency of the surrounding community.

  • December

    Old outdoor range where security policemen on the installation would train in snow and up to negative 40 degree temperatures. Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, December 15, 2021.

    USACE Omaha District completes new firing range at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District completed a new Indoor firing range at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota this month. This $24.5 million project included demolition of the existing outdoor firing range, and new construction of a state-of-the-art combat arms training and maintenance facility with over three dozen indoor firing lanes. This new facility helps Minot’s airmen and women train in safer conditions and meet requirements to secure the Nation.

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