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  • Far East District In-house drilling and materials testing capabilities

    The Far East District (FED) is recognized as one of only nine in-house drilling & subsurface exploration production centers (drilling production centers) and one of only eight in-house materials testing laboratories for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) providing professional services during design and construction.

  • Corps cleans up Fort DeRussy for National Public Lands Day 2015

    More than 50 volunteers picked up trash at Fort DeRussy in Waikiki in honor of National Public Lands Day on Sept. 19. The Corps of Engineers’ Pacific Regional Visitor Center (RVC) coordinated the event which was supported by Corps employees, U.S. Army Transporters from the 545th Transportation Company, and Punahou Junior ROTC cadets.

  • Landfarming offers viable environmental cleanup solution in the Arctic

    For environmental engineers at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District, vegetable crops and livestock are not landfarming. It is a method used to clean contaminated soil associated with an obsolete fuel storage tank in the Arctic.

  • Army Corps, 29th BEB hold ribbon cutting for South Range Road Project

    Officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii, Directorate of Public Works, 29th Brigade Engineer Battalion (29th BEB) and Military Police units gathered Sept. 15 to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Schofield’s new South Range Road Project area.

  • DLA Energy Pacific at Korea celebrates completion of headquarters' renovation

    Defense Logistics Agency Energy Pacific at Korea Headquarters received a facelift after a major renovation and recently returned to normal operations at CampWalker, Daegu,Republic of Korea.

  • UFG 15 validates USACE enterprise-wide competencies

    The Combined Forces Command announced Aug. 28 that it successfully completed exercise Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG). For participants from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the end of the annual Republic of Korea (ROK) and United States computer-assisted simulation exercise marked the beginning of conducting after-action reviews (AAR) and developing lessons learned.