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    Members from the Marine Corps Logistic Base team in Albany, Georgia cut the ribbon on a new ground fuels station. Ms. Kelly Eadie-Leverette, director, logistics support division (center) and Col. Matthew McKinney, base commander, July 10. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo)

    USACE, U.S. Marine Corps finish new fuel station in Georgia

    ALBANY, Ga. -- Marines, civilians and distinguished guests from the U.S. Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany, Georgia gathered to celebrate the official opening of a new ground fuel station during a ribbon-cutting ceremony, July 10.
  • Corey Boyer, construction representative, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District, oversees the placement of 2,800 sandbags along two levees in Atchison County and Holt County, Missouri, June 26, 2024. The sandbags were requested by local community levee sponsors to reinforce and temporarily raise levee heights in some of the lower laying areas as a precautionary measure against flood waters in June 2024 from the Missouri River. Nine USACE levee surveillance teams went onsite to levee locations and engaged with levee sponsors, state, tribal and emergency management officials to continue to monitor river conditions. (U.S. Army photo by Lisa Crawford)

    Leading the charge against the June 2024 Missouri River floods

    When the Missouri River and its tributaries rose above flood stage in late June, the damaging flood waters required an aggressive response and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District led the charge of that response.
  • Joseph Maxwell (right), operations project manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, informs members of the public about upcoming plans for a gate maintenance project at Bear Creek Dam in Littleton, Colorado, on June 25, 2024.

    Bear Creek Dam gate maintenance project plans released

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District is planning to replace emergency and service gates at the Bear Creek Dam’s reservoir intake structure in Littleton, Colorado, in December 2024. While still functional, recent inspections have shown corrosion is not permitting the gates, steel liners and other metal components to seal properly, allowing water to leak while closed. Therefore, maintenance actions need to be taken to ensure the structure remains functional in the future.

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