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  • April

    Col. Philip A. Keller, Col. Michael D. Nyenhuis and Lt. Col. Mitchell A. DeMarais were honored at a hosted dinner on Friday, April 22, 2016, which was presided over by Maj. Gen. James T. Walton, director of USFK Transformation and Restationing. Col. Nyenhuis holds his framed token of appreciation, standing between Maj. Gen. Walton (right) and Far East District commander Col. Stephen Bales (left).

    Trio retires at well-attended friendship event

    More than 300 people attended a hosted dinner honoring three retiring officers, Col. Philip A. Keller, Col. Michael D. Nyenhuis and Lt. Col. Mitchell A. DeMarais, on Friday, April 22, 2016. The event commemorated the three officers' over 95 years of combined service, and was presided over by Maj. Gen. James T. Walton, director of USFK Transformation and Restationing.
  • Col. Mick Nyenhuis (shown here, left) and his colleague Col. Phil Keller demonstrated principles of aerodynamics using a blow dryer, golf balls and ping pong balls.

    Humphreys Central Elementary students learn engineering principles through STEM

    Humphreys Central Elementary School students learned a bitabout how things work when volunteers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers FarEast District visited the school on April 19 as part of Science, Technology,Engineering and Math week.CampHumphreys STEM coordinator Jennifer Moore, a project manager with the FED, saidthis is the third year in a
  • A Japanese contractor explains how the ground is being prepared to support the planned structures on Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan to Command Sgt. Major Yolanda Tate.

    Corps Pacific Ocean Division top enlisted Soldier reflects on visit to Japan

    Command Sgt. Major Yolanda Tate, the top enlisted Soldier in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Pacific Ocean Division stepped foot on Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan for the first time and, said she liked what she saw.
  • Kuniaki Nakamoto, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Japan District Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Resident Office engineer, center, explains the layout of the kitchens in the new rooms of the Kintai Inn to Commander Jeffrey Pfeil, Facilities commander and Lawrence Seeba, Iwakuni Resident Office resident engineer.

    Corps Construction projects designed for community improvement undergo final inspections

    Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Japan District’s Iwakuni Resident Office has readied several more new buildings for handover to Marine Corps Air Station directorates.
  • Far East District employees pose for a picture outside the new district headquarters building April 12 at Camp Humphreys. The group were part of an orientation tour designed to give current employees a better understanding of what to expect when the district moves its headquarters to Camp Humphreys next year.

    Tour gives employees a glimpse of the future

    Far East District employees took the first of threeorientation tours of Camp Humphreys on April 12. The series of tours offers alook at the new district headquarters building, as well as Camp Humphreys andthe surrounding Pyeongtaek area. “We want to provide the best possible transition for allemployees who will be moving here next year,” said
  • A fuel tank installation at Osan Air Base in the Republic of Korea posed challenges which yielded several important lessons learned, such as how to prevent tank liner separation as shown here.

    Tank install teaches important lessons

    A recently completed project at Osan Air Base taught several important lessons about fuel tank installation and emphasize the value attention to detail.

  • March

    Corps’ Iwakuni Japan Resident Office prepping for busy March

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Japan District’s Iwakuni Resident Office is hustling to prepare 10 projects to be turned over to the U.S. government this month. A challenge that will take intricate planning for an office that normally hands over about two jobs a month.
  • Established in 2009 under the Army Contracting Command, the military contingency contracting team provides assistance to the Alaska District’s Asia Office. The district constructs schools, medical clinics and cyclone shelters on behalf of U.S. Pacific Command, which is responsible for providing humanitarian aid to 36 countries across Southeast Asia.

    Alaska District Spotlight: military contingency contracting team

    Four Soldiers assigned to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District are helping improve people’s lives by administering contracts for design and construction projects in distant lands.

  • February

    Rear. Adm. Bill Byrne, commander U.S. Naval Forces Korea, Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, commander, U.S. Forces Korea, Vice Adm. Ki-sik Lee, commander Republic of Korea Fleet, Maj. Gen. James Walton, director of transformation and re-stationing for U.S. Forces Korea, Hon. Mark Lippert, U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Korea, Jung Gyung-jin, mayor of Busan for administrative affairs, and Lee Jong-cheol, Nam-gu district mayor, cut the ribbon of CNFK's new head quarters building during a ribbon-cutting ceremony. This ceremony marks the opening of CNFK’s new headquarters building in Busan since their relocation from Seoul as part of the greater Yongsan Relocation Plan.

    New Era of US, ROK Navy Alliance Begins in Busan

    Commander,U.S. Naval Forces Korea (CNFK) conducted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Feb. 19,officially opening its  headquarters inBusan and ushering in a new era of U.S. and Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN)  alliance.  Theceremony, attended by dignitaries and senior U.S. and ROK military leaders,marked the completion of CNFK’s relocation to Busan making it
  • “We are at the forefront of incredible change, represented in a few minutes when we’ll offload one of the heaviest pieces of equipment in the U.S. Army inventory. Before today, we were reliant on the airspace and the road networks to be able to move in an

    Ribbon-cutting opens railhead at Camp Humphreys

    The railhead at Camp Humphreys was officially opened in a ribbon-cutting ceremony, and a tracked engineer recovery vehicle was the first vehicle to roll off the train and onto the railhead on Feb. 17, 2016.