Home / Media / News

Pacific Ocean Division News

Results:
Author: Kim Chong-yun
Clear

  • December

    Stephen Brown, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Far East District Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) manager, discusses topics with District employees during EEO training. Brown won the 2022 Secretary of Army EEO Professional of the Year award for his significant contributions to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers EEO and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility program and initiatives within the region. (U.S. Army photo by Far East District)

    Secretary of Army selects Far East District civilian as EEO Professional of the Year

    Stephen Brown, Far East District (FED) Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Manager was selected as the 2022 Secretary of the Army EEO Professional of the Year for his significant contributions to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) EEO and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility program and initiatives within the region. The award is presented to a civilian equal opportunity official who manages, directs, oversees, and implements a model EEO program with distinction.
  • Stephen Brown, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Far East District Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) manager, discusses topics with District employees during EEO training. Brown won the 2022 Secretary of Army EEO Professional of the Year award for his significant contributions to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers EEO and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility program and initiatives within the region. (U.S. Army photo by Far East District)

    Secretary of Army selects Far East District civilian as EEO Professional of the Year

    Stephen Brown, Far East District (FED) Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Manager was selected as the 2022 Secretary of the Army EEO Professional of the Year for his significant contributions to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) EEO and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility program and initiatives within the region. The award is presented to a civilian equal opportunity official who manages, directs, oversees, and implements a model EEO program with distinction.

  • October

    Sean Sackett (Left, standing), chief of the Contracting Division, briefs a presentation during Industry Day, which was held at the Riverbend Golf Course Ballroom, U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys, Oct. 6. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Far East District hosted Industry Day to help familiarize attendees with the projected business opportunities and to foster partnerships with industry and understand about its capabilities. The District will take feedback from the event to shape a $400 million Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC), which will be open Korea-wide. (U.S. Army photo by Yo Kyong-il)

    Far East District hosts Industry Day to showcase emerging opportunities

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Far East District (FED) hosted an Industry Day to showcase emerging opportunities, Korea-wide, to work with the District at the Riverbend Golf Course Ballroom located on U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys, Oct. 6.

  • September

    Lauren Wougk (right), a Department of Army intern, poses with a colleague, Ricky Aquino (left), Far East District construction control representative, at the project site for Type II Aircraft Parking Apron and Taxiway located at U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys. Wougk recently completed her intern rotation at the Far East District. (U.S. Army photo by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Far East District)

    FED Intern Spotlight: Lauren Wougk

    Lauren Wougk began her career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) as a student employee with the Transatlantic Middle East District (TAM) in the summer of 2019. Wougk was later hired as a Department of Army (DA) intern in October 2021, when she acquired her master’s degree in civil engineering at Rutgers University.
  • Kim Kyong-ho, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Far East District Geotechnical Branch chemist, analyzes an asbestos sample collected from an U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan-Casey building through a microscope. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, asbestos was used in many types of home building products and insulation materials until the 1970s. (U.S. Army photo by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Far East District)

    Far East District’s experts regulate asbestos to protect environment and USFK personnel

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Far East District (FED) Environmental Section has two accredited environmental laboratories: a chemistry laboratory and an asbestos laboratory. The chemistry laboratory was validated by the USACE Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Mandatory Center of Expertise in September 2004. The asbestos laboratory obtained the Industrial Hygiene Laboratory Accreditation from the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) on July 1, 2005, and has been audited every two years, maintaining accreditation.