News: Around our Diverse Asia-Pacific Region

  • USACE, Government of Bangladesh develop post-disaster plan

    ...the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), in support of the U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) worked with officials from the Bangladesh Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief and the Department of Disaster Management to develop a debris management plan for Dhaka City.
  • New Employee Spotlight: Meet Richard Byrd

    It’s entirely possible that you’ve not yet met new Far East District employee Richard T. Byrd, but he started as the Chief of the Army/Navy/Marine Corps and Funds Management Branch in the Programs and Project Management Division in November 2015.
  • Far East District partnership teaches hands-on engineering tools

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Far East District continued its partnership with Department of Defense Dependent Schools (DoDDS) Korea promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) with its third annual earthquake tower challenge competition Dec. 16 at Seoul American Middle School.
  • USACE Deputy Commanding General for Military and International Operations visits Japan

    With more than half of the 1,633 acres that is Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan under construction right now, many community members feel like the entire installation is one huge construction site.
  • 1st government-to-government partnership helps build critical infrastructure in Bangladesh

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District is helping to ‘pave the way’ in Bangladesh by assisting with the construction of roads, market places and irrigation projects.
  • Commander receives Korean name

    The Republic of Korea-U.S. Alliance Friendship Association presented a Korean name to Col. Stephen H. Bales, commander and district engineer of the Far East District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, at a ceremony at the Korea Ministry of National Defense on Nov. 19.