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J. Strom Thurmond Dam and Lake Project

J. Strom Thurmond Dam and Lake Project

This is a view below the dam at the J. Strom Thurmond Dam and Lake Project, managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District.

If you fall into the water while hunting, you can turn

If you fall into the water while hunting, you can turn

If you fall into the water while hunting, you can turn hip boots or waders into an improvised floatation device by keeping the knees bent in a seated position. This will trap air inside the waders to keep a per... More

Corps breaks ground on hospital expansion project at Fort Stewart

Corps breaks ground on hospital expansion project at Fort Stewart

Representatives from Fort Stewart, Winn Army Community Hospital, Army Medical Command, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District participated in a groundbreaking ceremony to signify the start of co... More

Army civilian engineer earns prestigious Connolly Award

Army civilian engineer earns prestigious Connolly Award

Maj. Gen. Todd Semonite, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Atlantic Division, presents Beth Williams with the prestigious Connolly Award at the Savannah E-Week Technical Training Conference, F... More

Jason Lavecchia (left) a civil engineer with the U.S.

Jason Lavecchia (left) a civil engineer with the U.S.

Jason Lavecchia (left) a civil engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, explains flood damage prevention techniques with an interactive flood plain model. Members of the U.S. Army Corps... More

Jason Lavecchia, a hydraulic engineer with the U.S.

Jason Lavecchia, a hydraulic engineer with the U.S.

Jason Lavecchia, a hydraulic engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, shows a class of Jenkins High School students how to use a water quality probe to measure dissolved oxygen and sali... More

Eweek Technical Conference at Armstrong Atlantic University

Eweek Technical Conference at Armstrong Atlantic University

U.S. Army Col. Jeff Hall, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, presents Carol Abercrombie with the 2013 James Connolly Award at the Savannah E-Week Technical Training Conferenc in Sa... More

Peter Oddi, deputy district engineer for programs and

Peter Oddi, deputy district engineer for programs and

Peter Oddi, deputy district engineer for programs and project management, passes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District flag to outgoing commander U.S. Army Col. Jeffrey M. Hall during a change of c... More

Boy scouts look on as Bill Rutlin, a regulatory specialist

Boy scouts look on as Bill Rutlin, a regulatory specialist

Boy scouts look on as Bill Rutlin, a regulatory specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, explains wetland functions using an interactive model at the 2013 Summerfest, hosted by the Co... More

Billy Birdwell, right, the senior public affairs specialist

Billy Birdwell, right, the senior public affairs specialist

Billy Birdwell, right, the senior public affairs specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District talks with students about the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project at Gould Elementary School in ... More

Regulatory Spc. Brian Moore uses an interactive floodplain

Regulatory Spc. Brian Moore uses an interactive floodplain

Regulatory Spc. Brian Moore uses an interactive floodplain model to demonstrate how wetlands absorb storm water and filter drinking water to a class of third grade students at Marshpoint Elementary School, Nov.... More

No Shave November - A collage of pictures of a man with a no slave november sign

No Shave November - A collage of pictures of a man with a no slave nov...

No-Shave November caught on at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District. Pictured top row from left: Canton Gardenhire, Drew Smith, Jim Bufford. Middle row from left: Shaun Blocker, Craig Jahnrette, G... More

Workers build sidewalks at the new Murray Elementary

Workers build sidewalks at the new Murray Elementary

Workers build sidewalks at the new Murray Elementary School using environmentally sustainable pervious material. The sidewalks will allows water to pass directly through them, thus reducing runoff from the site... More

Craig Walters, a civil engineer with the U.S. Army

Craig Walters, a civil engineer with the U.S. Army

Craig Walters, a civil engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, Fort Stewart Resident Office, talks to students at Diamond Elementary School about engineering careers with the Corps dur... More

Wear It To Win It logo - A life vest with the words wear it to win it

Wear It To Win It logo - A life vest with the words wear it to win it

This summer the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District is promoting life jacket use with the Wear It to Win It campaign on Facebook and Twitter.

Hundreds gathered for the ribbon-cutting ceremony held

Hundreds gathered for the ribbon-cutting ceremony held

Hundreds gathered for the ribbon-cutting ceremony held Nov. 7 in the atrium of the newly-constructed Martin Army Community Hospital at Fort Benning, Ga. The ceremony culminated the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’... More

If you fall into the water while hunting, you can turn

If you fall into the water while hunting, you can turn

If you fall into the water while hunting, you can turn hip boots or waders into an improvised floatation device by keeping the knees bent in a seated position. This will trap air inside the waders to keep a per... More

Lt. Col. David London speaks with Jenkins High School

Lt. Col. David London speaks with Jenkins High School

Lt. Col. David London speaks with Jenkins High School students about career opportunities in the field of engineering. Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District visited Jenkins High School a... More

Beth Williams, a hydraulic engineer with the U.S. Army

Beth Williams, a hydraulic engineer with the U.S. Army

Beth Williams, a hydraulic engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, discusses the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project with a class of Jenkins High School students during a harbor tour, Ju... More

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Donald E. Jackson, commander of

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Donald E. Jackson, commander of

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Donald E. Jackson, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Atlantic Division, passes the corps flag to Col. Thomas J. Tickner, incoming commander of the Savannah District, durin... More

Boy Scouts look on as Bill Rutlin, a regulatory specialist

Boy Scouts look on as Bill Rutlin, a regulatory specialist

Boy Scouts look on as Bill Rutlin, a regulatory specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, explains wetland functions using an interactive model at the 2013 Summerfest, hosted by the Co... More

Billy Birdwell, center, the senior public affairs specialist

Billy Birdwell, center, the senior public affairs specialist

Billy Birdwell, center, the senior public affairs specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District talks with students about the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project at Gould Elementary School in... More

Regulatory Spc. Donald Hendrix shows students a variety

Regulatory Spc. Donald Hendrix shows students a variety

Regulatory Spc. Donald Hendrix shows students a variety of animal items — snake skins, furs, deer antlers, and sharks teeth — to demonstrate the various animals and habitat within Georgia, Nov. 5, 2013 at Marsh... More

Dennis Campbell, Corps quality assurance representative,

Dennis Campbell, Corps quality assurance representative,

Dennis Campbell, Corps quality assurance representative, and Tracy Robillard, public affairs specialist, discuss how brightly colored pipes show children how hot and cold water circulates through the new Murray... More

Civil Engineer Craig Walters (left) and Mechanical

Civil Engineer Craig Walters (left) and Mechanical

Civil Engineer Craig Walters (left) and Mechanical Engineer Matt Kilmer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, Fort Stewart Resident Office, talk to students at Diamond Elementary School about... More

This is the logo for Savannah Harbor Expansion Project

This is the logo for Savannah Harbor Expansion Project

This is the logo for Savannah Harbor Expansion Project pre-construction monitoring.

A view of the new Martin Army Community Hospital at

A view of the new Martin Army Community Hospital at

A view of the new Martin Army Community Hospital at Fort Benning, Ga., Nov. 7. The 745,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility doubles the size of its predecessor and improves the area’s medical capacity to ... More

The UXO Safety Clubhouse is currently available on

The UXO Safety Clubhouse is currently available on

The UXO Safety Clubhouse is currently available on the Savannah District website, www.sas.usace.army.mil. The site uses games and animation to warn children of the dangers of UXO and how to respond should they ... More

Yes, that's an armadillo! Park Ranger David Quebedeaux

Yes, that's an armadillo! Park Ranger David Quebedeaux

Yes, that's an armadillo! Park Ranger David Quebedeaux of the J. Strom Thurmond Dam and Lake project explains wildlife management practices to Jenkins High School students. Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Eng... More

Martha Coley, an accountant in the Resource Management

Martha Coley, an accountant in the Resource Management

Martha Coley, an accountant in the Resource Management Division, staffs a booth during Family Awareness Week held at district headquarters June 2012. Coley regularly volunteers with the district's Family Readin... More

Jason Lavecchia, a hydraulic engineer with the U.S.

Jason Lavecchia, a hydraulic engineer with the U.S.

Jason Lavecchia, a hydraulic engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, shows a class of Jenkins High School students how to read measurements taken by a water quality probe in the Savann... More

Tracy Robillard, right, a public affairs specialist

Tracy Robillard, right, a public affairs specialist

Tracy Robillard, right, a public affairs specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District talks with students about the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project at Gould Elementary School in Savannah... More

Children examine shark teeth and other animal items

Children examine shark teeth and other animal items

Children examine shark teeth and other animal items to learn about habitat in Georgia's ecosystem, during a visit by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District at Marshpoint Elementary School, Nov. 5, 2... More

Brightly painted pipes show children how hot and cold

Brightly painted pipes show children how hot and cold

Brightly painted pipes show children how hot and cold water circulate in and out of the building at the new Murray Elementary School. The design functions as a teaching aid for children to learn about environme... More

Matt Kilmer, a mechanical engineer with the U.S. Army

Matt Kilmer, a mechanical engineer with the U.S. Army

Matt Kilmer, a mechanical engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, Fort Stewart Resident Office, demonstrates the importance of safety on a job site during a school-wide "STEMposium" at... More

The 745,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility

The 745,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility

The 745,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility doubles the size of its predecessor and improves the area’s medical capacity to provide inpatient, outpatient and ancillary services for more than 75,000 benef... More

A view of the Georgia Ports Authority Garden City Terminal

A view of the Georgia Ports Authority Garden City Terminal

A view of the Georgia Ports Authority Garden City Terminal is seen in Savannah, Ga., July 25, 2012.

Children examine shark teeth and other animal items

Children examine shark teeth and other animal items

Children examine shark teeth and other animal items to learn about habitat in Georgia's ecosystem, during a visit by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District at Marshpoint Elementary School, Nov. 5, 2... More

Workers apply ceiling tiles inside a dual-space cafeteria

Workers apply ceiling tiles inside a dual-space cafeteria

Workers apply ceiling tiles inside a dual-space cafeteria and auditorium (called a "cafetorium") at the new Murray Elementary School. The room includes a built in stage.

Students at Diamond Elementary School learn about

Students at Diamond Elementary School learn about

Students at Diamond Elementary School learn about engineering careers with the Corps during a school-wide "STEMposium" April 4, 2014. The event focused on getting children interested in science, technology, eng... More

Inside the 745,000 square-foot state-of-the-art facility

Inside the 745,000 square-foot state-of-the-art facility

Inside the 745,000 square-foot state-of-the-art facility which will provide inpatient, outpatient and ancillary services for more than 75,000 beneficiaries. The hospital will open its doors to patients Nov. 17 ... More

Bryan Robinson, a hydraulic engineer with the U.S.

Bryan Robinson, a hydraulic engineer with the U.S.

Bryan Robinson, a hydraulic engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, shows a class of Jenkins High School students how to use a water quality probe to measure dissolved oxygen and salin... More

Regulatory Spc. Brian Moore uses an interactive floodplain

Regulatory Spc. Brian Moore uses an interactive floodplain

Regulatory Spc. Brian Moore uses an interactive floodplain model to demonstrate how wetlands absorb storm water and filter drinking water to a class of third grade students at Marshpoint Elementary School, Nov.... More

Mechanical Engineer Matt Kilmer (left) and Civil Engineer

Mechanical Engineer Matt Kilmer (left) and Civil Engineer

Mechanical Engineer Matt Kilmer (left) and Civil Engineer Craig Walters with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, Fort Stewart Resident Office, talk to students at Diamond Elementary School about... More

Workers prepare the ground for paving and landscaping

Workers prepare the ground for paving and landscaping

Workers prepare the ground for paving and landscaping surrounding a playground at the new Murray Elementary School. The school includes multiple playgrounds designed for children grades K-6.

Inside the 745,000 square-foot state-of-the-art facility

Inside the 745,000 square-foot state-of-the-art facility

Inside the 745,000 square-foot state-of-the-art facility which will provide inpatient, outpatient and ancillary services for more than 75,000 beneficiaries. The hospital will open its doors to patients Nov. 17 ... More

A Jenkins High School student lowers a water quality

A Jenkins High School student lowers a water quality

A Jenkins High School student lowers a water quality probe into the Savannah Harbor during a boat tour hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, July 25, 2012.

The new Murray Elementary School includes 456 solar

The new Murray Elementary School includes 456 solar

The new Murray Elementary School includes 456 solar photovoltaic panels and 10 solar water heating panels on the roof. These panels will augment the facility's total electrical usage, and heat about 40 percent ... More

Col. Scott Avery, Fort Benning Medical Department Activity

Col. Scott Avery, Fort Benning Medical Department Activity

Col. Scott Avery, Fort Benning Medical Department Activity commander, and family members of the late Maj. Gen. Joseph I. Martin celebrate the opening of the new and improved Martin Army Community Hospital at Fo... More

The new Murray Elementary School includes 456 solar

The new Murray Elementary School includes 456 solar

The new Murray Elementary School includes 456 solar photovoltaic panels and 10 solar water heating panels on the roof. These panels will augment the facility's total electrical usage, and heat about 40 percent ... More