[Saints fan]

The Corps was responsible for the engineering design and construction of the levees,not the financing.

[muawiyah]

Except for the helicopter drops in the immediate aftermath of the flooding, I've never seen the Corps lift so much as a hammer to put a nail in a piece of wood.

The civil affairs projects the Corps gets involved in are, for the most part, drawn up by outsiders working under contract. The work is ordinarily performed by winning bidders.

Their job is to "supervise". That's why they have experts in so many fields.

When it comes to military projects, you might actually see the Corps "do something".