Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, 54th Chief of Engineers and

Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, 54th Chief of Engineers and Commanding General, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (center left), and Col. Rafael “Pete” Pazos, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Border District commander (center), watch as contractors align panels at the Yuma 1 project site near Yuma, Arizona, Dec. 19, 2019. The USACE South Pacific Border District is providing contracting services, including design and construction oversight, of Department of Defense-funded Southwest border barrier projects in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas at the direction of the Administration and at the request of Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection (some personnel and corporate identifiable markings have been masked for privacy, no one in this image crossed the international border).