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“Soldier in black and white uniform to conceal him while climbing trees. He stands in front of a house camouflaged to represent a fence and trees. Company F, 24th Engineers. American University, D.C. Army Engineer Corps..”

Interesting weekend. I drove up to a little place called Bismarck, Arkansas. I go up there a lot, buddy of mine is camp host at a Boy Scout camp there. We camp right on Lake Degray, it is a beautiful area just south of Hot Springs. My buddy is sort of a joker, here is my story … We get there Friday afternoon, talk to my bud, drive down to our camp spot and start making camp. Haven’t been there 10 minutes when a Hot Springs county deputy sheriff comes rolling up. I’ve seen LEOs out there maybe once before...

NEW ORLEANS (UPI) -- New Orleans levees completed in the 1980s and 1990s by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were not designed for a sinking city, a report says. The design decision was made in 1985 by Frederick Chatry, then the head of engineering for the New Orleans district, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. The corps was in the midst of a massive project building levees and flood walls that had been authorized by Congress in 1965. In 1985, the U.S. Geodetic Survey released a new map that put the baseline elevation of New Orleans as much as a...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers News Release Release No. PA-09-01 For Immediate Release: September 3, 2005 Contact: Connie Gillette: 202-761-1809 Constance.S.Gillette@hq02.usace.army.mil U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hurricane Relief Support and Levee Repair Background Information The breaches that have occurred on the levees surrounding New Orleans are located on the 17th Street Canal Levee and London Avenue Canal Levee. The 17th Street Canal Levees and London Avenue Canal Levees are completed segments of the Lake Ponchartrain and Vicinity Hurricane Protection Project. Although other portions of the Lake Ponchartrain project are pending, these two segments were complete, and no modifications or improvements...

Reconstruction Underway to Restore Iraqi Railroads By Ross AdkinsSpecial to American Forces Press Service BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 9, 2004 -- Railroads in Iraq were a multinational construction effort long before the current restoration effort began. Railroad construction in Iraq was started in the late 1800s by imperialist Germany. After the British invasion in the early 1900s, they proceeded to engineer and begin construction of a railroad patterned after their narrow-gauge system. When Iraq became independent, it enlisted construction help from Russia, Korea, Brazil and others. This diversity of construction created a mix of railroad standards on tracks running from...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 August 16, 2004Release Number: 04-08-44 NEW GENERATOR MEANS MORE LIGHTS ON FOR IRAQ BAGHDAD – For the third time in two weeks, Iraqi and U.S. engineers have brought more electricity to the people of Iraq by commissioning a power plant in Southern Iraq. The 52 Megawatt generator at the Khor Az Zubayr Power Plant, located 40 kilometers south of Basrah, fired for the first time today, bringing enough power on line to service 156,000 Iraqi homes. “This is a very...

More power added to the Iraqi National Grid August 4, 2004BAGHDAD, Iraq – The people of Iraq woke up to more power this morning as a new generator came on line bringing the country an additional 20 Megawatts of electrical generation.The addition of the generator at the Bayji Power Plant in north central Iraq is the first of many slated to come on line this month. “This marks yet another step forward for the Iraqi people and provides them with additional power,” said Lt. Col. Jeffery Ogden, Director of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Restore Iraqi Electricity Directorate....

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration adopted a new plan and guidelines today for replacing swamps and bogs that have been filled or drained to make way for highway, housing or other projects.</p> <p>Administration officials said their approach, based on input from six agencies, will not diminish the role of wetlands in providing habitat to wildlife, flood control and water quality.</p>