On Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, nobody
On Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, nobody has cars, so U.S. Army Corps of Engineers assessors drive bicycles to visit assets on the island. Fort Worth District Realty Specialist Wes Prater used this 19... More
Planning for impacts: Careful review of the natural
Planning for impacts: Careful review of the natural terrain and impacts of a proposed action may help to avoid, reduce or minimize the need for mitigation of the area.
New Fort Bliss Medical Center to be turned over for outfitting
The Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed construction of the new William Beaumont Army Medical Center on Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, and will turn over the facility for the next pha... More
The new 6,952-square-foot facility contract was awarded
The new 6,952-square-foot facility contract was awarded for $7.7 million to build a modern structure at Amistad Dam near Del Rio, Texas. It replaces the antiquated 1960s-era port to enable new inspection proces... More
This is the interior of Fort Sam Houston Base Theater
This is the interior of Fort Sam Houston Base Theater in 1935.
Fort Worth District’s Robert Adams selected as 2013 USACE Environmenta...
Project Manager Robert Adams looks over the Brown’s Creek Mitigation Project in October 2009. The area helps mitigate for lost resources at Fort Hood.
Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Kula, commander, Southwestern
Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Kula, commander, Southwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, presents Tom Burrell, chief executive officer, Our Lands and Waters Foundation with a commander’s coin for OLWF’s suppo... More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth District
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth District will extend an existing chain of wetlands, shown here in southeast Dallas, even closer to downtown. Under the $15.9 million contract, awarded Sept. 23, three... More
A bobcat is photographed at Lewisville Lake, Jan 30,
A bobcat is photographed at Lewisville Lake, Jan 30, 2012. The photograph won in the wildlife category. (Photo by Justin Berndt)
Fort Worth Deputy Commander, Lt. Col. Andrew Liffring,
Fort Worth Deputy Commander, Lt. Col. Andrew Liffring, Deputy for Small Business Programs, Carolyn Staten and Small Business Administration representative, Paul Stone review District stats during a recent Small... More
Aaron Schad, a University of North Texas graduate student,
Aaron Schad, a University of North Texas graduate student, is documenting existing plant distribution at grid points in the mitigation area of Dallas as part of the Dallas Floodway Extension Project. These surv... More
Danny Allen, center, the Fort Worth District’s Westside
Danny Allen, center, the Fort Worth District’s Westside Creeks biologist talks to members of the public during the an “Open House” event prior to a public meeting on the project in San Antonio, Texas.
David A. Jaromin, left, a geotechnical engineer with
David A. Jaromin, left, a geotechnical engineer with HNTB, discusses Dallas Floodway cut-off wall construction, July 24, with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth District employees William Sanders, center, ... More
Birders flock to Corps-built Dallas wetlands
A dozen volunteers visited this U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-built Lower Chain of Wetlands in the Dallas Floodway System, Aug. 11, for the quarterly Trinity Bird Count. The Fort Worth District began work in 200... More
Dallas' Pavaho Pump Station nearly complete
Jerry Nystrom of Jacobs briefs Col. Charles Klinge, commander, Fort Worth District, inside the control room of the new Pavaho Pump Station along the West Levee in West Dallas Aug. 16. Pavaho is connected to two... More
Greg Ajemian, senior engineer with the city of Dallas'
Greg Ajemian, senior engineer with the city of Dallas' Trinity River Corridor Project Office, talks to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Planning Associates Program class, Aug. 23, about the city’s Balanced Visi... More
During a Fort Worth District site visit Aug. 28, Brig.
During a Fort Worth District site visit Aug. 28, Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Kula, commander, Southwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was briefed on the new Pavaho Pump Station inside the federally author... More
During a Fort Worth District site visit Aug. 28, Brig.
During a Fort Worth District site visit Aug. 28, Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Kula, commander, Southwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was briefed on two city of Dallas projects inside the federally author... More
During a Fort Worth District site visit Aug. 28, Brig.
During a Fort Worth District site visit Aug. 28, Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Kula, commander, Southwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was briefed on a new pump station inside the federally authorized Dall... More
US Army Corps of Engineers at Grapevine Lake prepare for Labor Day hol...
Kenneth Myers, Natural Resource Specialist at the Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Grapevine Lake adjusts life jackets at the Murrell Park life jacket loaner station after putting up banners p... More
Sgt. 1st Class William R. Poe, assigned to the Warrior
Sgt. 1st Class William R. Poe, assigned to the Warrior Transition Battalion at the San Antonio Military Medical Center, ties his bait to a pole. Poe and three other wounded warriors participated on a weekend al... More
Cody E. Hammer, Geospatial Information Systems Specialist
Cody E. Hammer, Geospatial Information Systems Specialist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Fort Worth District, Piney Woods Regional Project, prepares to trap an alligator Sept. 15, 2012 during a wounded w... More
Bryan Kotalik, construction representative, Fort Hood
Bryan Kotalik, construction representative, Fort Hood Hospital briefs Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick, chief of Engineers and Col. Charles H. Klinge, Jr., commander, Fort Worth district on the current state of the h... More
Peggy Grubbs, Deputy District Engineer and Chief of
Peggy Grubbs, Deputy District Engineer and Chief of Programs and Project Management Division, Fort Worth District, was named the 2012 Equal Employment Opportunity Supervisor of the Year for her continued leader... More
Tracking dinosaurs - A man and a girl are digging in the dirt
A Dawson Middle School student from the Carroll Independent School District is observed by Texas Christian University Associate Professor Dr. Arthur Busbey making plaster molds of dinosaur tracks along the shor... More
Construction workers work on the foundation of the
Construction workers work on the foundation of the $504 million Carl R. Darnall Medical Center in Fort Hood, Texas. The medical center is expected to be open for patients in late summer 2015.
The new 5,500-seat Prichard Stadium costs approximately
The new 5,500-seat Prichard Stadium costs approximately $14 million. The photo depicts stadium progress one week from opening day. The blue foreground is an unstriped running track.
Fishing poles donated by one of the 27 sponsors are
Fishing poles donated by one of the 27 sponsors are staked waiting to be used as the day breaks over Grapevine Lake, Oct. 14. The poles were used during a Take a Warrior Fishing event hosted by the Fort Worth D... More
Lt. Col. Carl S. Oelschig of the USACE Fort Worth District
Lt. Col. Carl S. Oelschig of the USACE Fort Worth District addressed 73 post-9/11 veterans Saturday to honor them for a civilian life of service spurred on by The Mission Continues. “I stand before you honored ... More
Jourke Oosterkamp, general manager of Flowserve in
Jourke Oosterkamp, general manager of Flowserve in Hengelo, Netherlands, presented a plaque Tuesday to Monica R. Alonzo, the Dallas City Council member from District 6. Her district benefits from the increased ... More
Fort Worth District's mobile communications operations
Fort Worth District's mobile communications operations center at the New Jersey State Police Headquarters in Ewing, N.J. The District's Deployable Tactical Operations System team has oprated from Ohio, New Jers... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers research ecologist, Dr.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers research ecologist, Dr. Gary Dick, explains how these new Trinity River wetlands in Dallas work to a visitor during a public tour Saturday. For most of the year the wetlands are man... More
Fifth Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Bob Gaylord
Fifth Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Bob Gaylord (center) along with civilian, contracting and military representatives cut the ribbon for the first new facilities for Air Force Basic Training in 36 years o... More
Aaron Schad, a University of North Texas graduate student,
Aaron Schad, a University of North Texas graduate student, installs a cage this past winter to protect a new mitigation planting in southeastern Dallas from predators while Marinda Griffin, a UNT student intern... More
US Army Corps of Engineers awards $648 million Fort Bliss replacement ...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District awarded a $648 million contract January 29, for the construction of the Fort Bliss replacement hospital. The new 1,132,000 square-foot facility will replace... More
Enjoying the party are pen pals Christy Smith, U.S.
Enjoying the party are pen pals Christy Smith, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District Operations Division and fourth grade student Azucena Hernandez at H.V. Helbing Elementary School in Fort Worth, Texas.
Little Fossil Creek project manager, Lee Epperson,
Little Fossil Creek project manager, Lee Epperson, makes notes during current construction efforts at the project site. The project includes widening and deepening the creek channel, which will help ensure futu... More
Little Fossil Creek project manager, Lee Epperson inspects
Little Fossil Creek project manager, Lee Epperson inspects a privet bush outside the mitigation area of the Little Fossil Creek project site. Privet is an invasive species which is native to Europe, Asia, Aust... More
Managing water resources during both floods and droughts
Fort Worth District’s Water Resource Chief, Jerry Cotter operates the RiverWare program. The program helps to forecast a variety of scenarios such as historical droughts and floods to simulate a variety of hydr... More
Picture of articulated concrete revetment matting taken
Picture of articulated concrete revetment matting taken during low flow conditions in February 2013 on the Brazos River illustrating likely barrier to fish passage. Photo by Sean Edward, USFWS
Vernon Brister, 6, peers at a Red-tailed Hawk from
Vernon Brister, 6, peers at a Red-tailed Hawk from a respectable distance while attending the "Get Outdoors" Sport Show and Safety Fair at Twin Bridges Park, Waco, Texas.
Col. Charles H. Klinge, commander, Fort Worth District,
Col. Charles H. Klinge, commander, Fort Worth District, with Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm, helped brief new 33rd District U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey Tuesday on the latest Trinity River Corridor Project developments... More
Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers geographic
Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers geographic information systems engineer Dennis Akins reviews project accounts at the district headquarters in Fort Worth.
Lewisville Lake staff members, Paula Rafferty and Justin
Lewisville Lake staff members, Paula Rafferty and Justin Berndt review plans for a bunkhouse complex at Hidden Cove Park from the City of The Colony, Texas. Hidden Cove Park is a Corps facility leased to the city.
Corps’ Fort Worth District recognizes outstanding administrative profe...
Margaret Ake, administrative support assistant, Engineering Branch, Fort Worth District was selected as the 2012 Administrative Professional of the Year.
This picture of stairs taken from the fourth floor
This picture of stairs taken from the fourth floor of Building 1 are part of photo documentation of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington. It was one of the largest facilities shut under the ... More
Park rangers with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepare
Park rangers with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepare to launch a patrol boat during Water Safety Media Day at Belton Lake, Texas, May 21, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Randy Cephus/Released)
Copperas Cove native wins the Corps’ Hard Hat of the Year Award
Lance Speer, Quality Assurance representative and Fort Worth District Construction Quality Management Instructor for Fort Hood and San Antonio was selected as the District’s 2012 Hard Hat of the Year recipient ... More
Fort Worth District’s Carroll Harris recognized for 2012 innovation of...
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers "solutioneer" Carrol Harris, Fort Worth District, Standardization and Sustainability Branch of the Engineering and Construction Division, played a major role in the development of a... More
Salahat named as the Corps’ Fort Worth District Engineer of the Year
Esmat F. Salahat, the technical expert for Fort Worth District’s Structural Section is selected as the 2012 Engineer of the Year at Fort Worth, Texas, July 1, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Randy Cephus/Released)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District environmental
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District environmental assessor Amanda Cruz worked a Defense Logistics Agency site in Sasebo, Japan, in July. USACE teams are assessing environmental and facility conditions... More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Lower Chain of Wetlands
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Lower Chain of Wetlands is a half dozen miles from downtown Dallas. It attracts both resident and migratory wildfowl, such as this black-crowned night-heron spotted July 27 at... More
Air Force Col. Robert Borja, commander, 369th Recruiting
Air Force Col. Robert Borja, commander, 369th Recruiting Group, based in San Antonio, cuts the ribbon July 31, officially opening the new look Air Force Recruiting Service office in Austin, Texas.
Fort Worth District geotechnical engineer Anita Branch
Fort Worth District geotechnical engineer Anita Branch gives a presentation the status of the Lewisville Dam during an Aug. 20 public meeting in Lewisville, Texas.
Army Corps helps DLA audit-ready push
John Calhoun, Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, lines up 14 measuring wheels for the USACE facility condition assessment team visit to Wiesbaden, Germany, last summer. Army Corps personnel are ... More
Misty Chisum knows the value of good interpersonal
Misty Chisum knows the value of good interpersonal relations during site visits supporting the Defense Logistics Agency Program. The site coordinator with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth District po... More
Early construction efforts on the new Carl R. Darnall
Early construction efforts on the new Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center.
A current view of ongoing construction of what will
A current view of ongoing construction of what will become the main lobby of the hospital complex.
Col. Charles H. Klinge, Fort Worth District Commander,
Col. Charles H. Klinge, Fort Worth District Commander, speaks to the engineering students at Texas Christian University about opportunities with the Corps Sept. 24.
Customs and Border Protection official visits Corps' Fort Worth Distri...
Deborah J. Schilling Tuesday visited the Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to meet with Col. Charles H. Klinge, Commander, and District leadership that supports U.S. Customs and Border Protecti... More
Roger Lindsey, program manager at Metro Nashville Water
Roger Lindsey, program manager at Metro Nashville Water Services, participates in a planning charrette Nov. 20, 2013, at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Headquarters. The charrette lasted t... More
Keith McDonald knows his way around Army garrisons
Keith McDonald knows his way around Army garrisons in Hawaii: first in uniform, then as a Wheeler Army Airfield civilian, now supporting the garrisons as a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Honolulu District realty ... More
Darvin Messer, Regional Environmental Impact Statement
Darvin Messer, Regional Environmental Impact Statement for surface coal and lignite mining in Texas, project manager, answers questions during the public scoping meeting held Dec. 3 in Uvalde, Texas.
Fort Worth District deputy commander, Maj. William
Fort Worth District deputy commander, Maj. William N. Craig, III pauses to add a light moment during the Feb. 25 Deputy Chief Staff Call at the district headquarters.
Lt. Col. W. Neil Craig III gets shoulder board rank
Lt. Col. W. Neil Craig III gets shoulder board rank placed on his uniform jacket during a Feb. 28 promotion ceremony at the Sundance Square, located in Fort Worth, Texas.
Pete Diaz with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service pauses
Pete Diaz with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service pauses while fine tuning the electronics of one of the antennas that track the movement of paddlefish along the Big Cypress Bayou between Lake O’ the Pines and ... More
Fort Worth District inspectors walk the levee crest
Fort Worth District inspectors walk the levee crest near downtown Dallas this spring as part of Period Inspection No. 10 of the Dallas Floodway. A digital system using U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Levee Inspec... More
Corps of Engineers inspectors walk 25 miles of Dallas levees
Levee inspectors walked 25 miles -- the length of the Dallas Floodway levees -- in April 2014 for the field portion of Periodic Inspection No. 10. The Fort Worth District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers upgraded ... More
Whitney Lake Park Ranger Tennille Hammonds provides
Whitney Lake Park Ranger Tennille Hammonds provides a safety brief to Armando Montes and fellow students and parents from Whitney Middle School April 29 at Walling Bend Park on Whitney Lake during the pre-filmi... More
Area photographed near Sam Rayburn hydropower plant
Area photographed near Sam Rayburn hydropower plant where buoys were placed April 28 to prevent the oil from seeping into the lake.
Dr. Rumanda Young, left, is the third person from the
Dr. Rumanda Young, left, is the third person from the Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to win the Wheeler Medal since 1955, and only the second woman to win the national honor. The first was P... More
Recreaters enjoy Sam Rayburn Lake as it rose into the
Recreaters enjoy Sam Rayburn Lake as it rose into the flood pool last week for the first time in over four years.
Energy audit and assessments team member, Don Carsto
Energy audit and assessments team member, Don Carsto inspects an air conditioning unit at the D.A Carson Marine Corps Reserve Training Center, in Texarkana, Texas.
Rumanda K. Young, winner, 2013 Morris Civilian of the
Rumanda K. Young, winner, 2013 Morris Civilian of the Year Award, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (Photo credit: Andre Mayeaux/Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
Even heroes wear their safety gear
Even heroes wear their safety gear.
At right, Col. Charles Klinge, Fort Worth District
At right, Col. Charles Klinge, Fort Worth District commander, assists Travis County Judge, Sam Biscoe during the signing of the Onion Creek Project Partnership agreement, Aug. 28 in Austin, Texas.
Environmental science students work the wetlands
Asha Beachom, right, a senior at Hampton Uplift Preparatory charter school in Dallas, takes a water sample Thursday under the watchful eye of Dr. Dian Smith, a research scientist with the University of North Te... More
Tim MacAllister, chief, Operations Division, Fort Worth
Tim MacAllister, chief, Operations Division, Fort Worth District, gives Maj. Gen. Richard L. Stevens an overview of lake operations Tuesday at the Lake Lewisville office. Stevens, U.S. Army Deputy Chief of Engi... More
University of Hawaii researchers probing the aquifer
University of Hawaii researchers probing the aquifer on a high plateau on Mauna Loa-Mauna Kea needed a diamond wireline core drilling rig, brought to the Big Island from Minnesota, to drill deep underneath the ... More
The March 2015 Section Chief Mentoring Group’s meeting
The March 2015 Section Chief Mentoring Group’s meeting was held in the Executive Conference Room and had the Director of Programs for the Southwestern Division, Robert Slockbower, in attendance as a guest prese... More
New commander slated for the Corps’ Fort Worth District
Col. Calvin C. Hudson II is commander, Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Green Innovation Award winners demonstrated Combined Tool at Fort Hood
Africa Welch-Castle is a Fort Hood mechanical utilities engineer at the Directorate of Public Works Energy Management Branch. She shows how far the installation has come with cutting energy use – and how much f... More
Africa Welch-Castle is a Fort Hood mechanical utilities
Africa Welch-Castle is a Fort Hood mechanical utilities engineer at the Directorate of Public Works Energy Management Branch. She shows how far the installation has come with cutting energy use – and how much f... More
Lake Ray Roberts in the DFW area releasing water during
Lake Ray Roberts in the DFW area releasing water during the recent flood event in the north Texas area. Ray Roberts prevented an estimated $2.5 billion in flood damages in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area dur... More
The Fort Worth District, US Army Corps of Engineers,
The Fort Worth District, US Army Corps of Engineers, Infrastructure Support Section chief, Matthew Milliorn, assembles the camera support package to the radio controlled camera platform during a recent test of ... More
Col. Calvin Hudson, II, commander, Fort Worth District,
Col. Calvin Hudson, II, commander, Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, conducts a concrete beam strength test at the Central Texas Area Office lab during a visit to the facility.
Fort Worth District's Geotechnical Engineer, Brian Brasher receives pr...
USACE Command Sergeant Major Antonio Jones observes while Fort Worth District Commander Col. Calvin C. Hudson, II recognizes Geotechnical Engineer Brian Brasher for receiving the Modern-Day Technology Leader Aw... More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers archaeologist supports Vietnam War-era re...
John Campbell is an archaeologist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Regional Planning and Environmental Center. He is shown on the way to Danang, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, during the first of his two tr... More
Fort Worth District turns its focus on STEM during Earth Day events
Chad Eller uses a hands-on flood control reservoir model to demonstrate how the Army Corps of Engineers' flood control system works to mitigate the consequences from flooding during major rain events.
Fort Worth District inducts 61st Distinguished Civilian Employee
The 2016 Distinguished Civilian Employee Award was awarded posthumously to Gene Rice, Civil Works Project Manager with the Fort Worth District's Programs and Project Management Division. Gene Rice's daughters, ... More
Diversity in the Workplace
Fort Worth District equal employment office manager, Vidal Gray reviews the results of the BOXi and prepares the report for the Fort Worth District commander, Col. Calvin C. Hudson, II.
Heavy rains from 2015 caused damage to the right and
Heavy rains from 2015 caused damage to the right and left side of the discharge channel at Navarro Mills Dam in Corsicana, Texas.
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employee inspects the
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employee inspects the slide damage along the right discharge channel at Navarro Mills Dam in Corsicana, Texas.
Fort Worth District Regulatory Project Manager and
Fort Worth District Regulatory Project Manager and Mitigation Banking Coordinator Brent Jasper observes the Bushneck Bayou Mitigation Bank during a recent compliance inspection.
Land classifications in Whitney Lake designate environmentally sensiti...
The American Planning Association honored the Fort Worth District's new Whitney Lake Master Plan, which remapped the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lands with a new system of classifications. Dark blue, for insta... More
Dallas-Fort Worth VA National Cemetery Expansion Underway
The Dallas-Fort Worth VA National Cemetery Expansion project is underway. When the $10.6 million project is complete it will provide for five additional years of burials.
New real estate hybrid tool nets time, financial savings for document ...
Team members Robert Heselton, Senior GIS Analyst/Programmer, Jennifer Holland, GIS Analyst/Web Programmer, Peter Nowell, Real Estate Auditor, and Mike Weber, Operations Geospatial Data and Systems Specialist ex... More
Andrew Bury, resident engineer at the Corps of Engineers’
Andrew Bury, resident engineer at the Corps of Engineers’ Central Texas Area Office briefs local media on the process involved in constructing the House Creek bridge recently at Fort Hood, Texas.
Justyss Esquivel, Natural Resource Specialist for the
Justyss Esquivel, Natural Resource Specialist for the Fort Worth District enjoys a day at Whitney Lake fishing with friends.
Touching the lives of others is part of the job
Juan Gonzalez mentors Alyarda M. Anthony, an accountant in the District’s Resource Management office on RM issues at the District Headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas.