• November

    As new barracks, facilities near completion, 4th CAB troops prepare to “Do Great Things”

    The Newly Reorganized 4th Combat Avaiation Brigade of Fort Carson, Colorados's 4th Infantry Division are getting settled into their new home. They troops currently reside several miles from their workplace.
  • Passion for giving and hard work—Head aches to make the world a better place

    Assistant District Counsel for the Omaha District, Melissa Head, has a sincere passion for service both in her every day capacity at the Corps or while involved in many aspects of her community, one of which is City Council Woman for Council Bluffs, Iowa.
  • October

    Where to go in a Zombie Apocalypse? What about a Nuclear Attack?

    Zombies. They’re at your door. Sure, this time it’s just trick or treaters. BUT... What would you do if it were really zombies? Where would you go? What supplies would you need? Where would you use the bathroom? How would you get food or water and where would you sleep? Instead of zombies, think 1960s and the threat? A potential nuclear disaster. Just in time for Halloween, peek into life in a fallout shelter as presented in a display at the Lewis and Clark Visitor Center at Gavins Point Dam during the 2014 recreation season.
  • Twenty-five years after the earthquake recovery effort

    The 1989 Earthquake, 25 years ago on this date, October 17, in California brought teams of experts from all across the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers footprints, to assist with assessing damage, to quilling nerves, to just being there as a listener, as many lives and homes were devastated on this day.
  • USACE Payroll Program Manager concludes her career with the end of fiscal year fourteen

    Council Bluffs native, Annette Epperson, completes a 37-year career with the United States Army Corps of Engineers at the Omaha District. Throughout her career she communicated with almost all USACE districts,serving as the Payroll Program Manager and lead Customer Service Representative. She received more than 71 challenge coins and the Bronze de Fleury medal.

News from around USACE

From farm roots to flood risk management at Pine Flat Lake
5/2/2025
From citrus groves to floodgates, Jake Severns' journey has come full circle. Raised on a citrus farm in California’s Central Valley, he learned the value of water early in life. Today, he helps...
USACE Chicago District Hosts Successful Industry Open House
5/1/2025
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Chicago District welcomed more than 130 industry professionals, contractors, and vendors to its annual Industry Open House, held at the district headquarters...
‘We represent the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’: Office of Counsel an essential element to engineering excellence
5/1/2025
Attorneys, paralegals and other legal support staff are probably not the first jobs that come to mind when thinking of a large engineering organization. At the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of...
Jacksonville District’s Brigida Sanchez Selected for ERDC University
4/30/2025
Brigida Sanchez, a multimedia specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District, has been selected for the 2025 session of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development...