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First temporary ‘Blue Roof’ a success

First temporary ‘Blue Roof’ a success

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors in Lake Charles, Louisiana, installed reinforced plastic sheeting today, Sept. 5, for the first home to benefit from Operation Blue Roof since Hurricane Laura. The progr... More

First temporary 'Blue Roof' a success

First temporary 'Blue Roof' a success

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors in Lake Charles, Louisiana, installed reinforced plastic sheeting today, Sept. 5, for the first home to benefit from Operation Blue Roof since Hurricane Laura. The progr... More

First temporary ‘Blue Roof’ a success

First temporary ‘Blue Roof’ a success

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors in Lake Charles, Louisiana, installed reinforced plastic sheeting today, Sept. 5, for the first home to benefit from Operation Blue Roof since Hurricane Laura. The progr... More

First temporary ‘Blue Roof’ a success

First temporary ‘Blue Roof’ a success

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors in Lake Charles, Louisiana, installed reinforced plastic sheeting today, Sept. 5, for the first home to benefit from Operation Blue Roof since Hurricane Laura. The progr... More

First temporary ‘Blue Roof’ a success

First temporary ‘Blue Roof’ a success

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors in Lake Charles, Louisiana, installed reinforced plastic sheeting today, Sept. 5, for the first home to benefit from Operation Blue Roof since Hurricane Laura. The progr... More

First temporary ‘Blue Roof’ a success

First temporary ‘Blue Roof’ a success

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors in Lake Charles, Louisiana, installed reinforced plastic sheeting today, Sept. 5, for the first home to benefit from Operation Blue Roof since Hurricane Laura. The progr... More

First temporary ‘Blue Roof’ a success

First temporary ‘Blue Roof’ a success

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors in Lake Charles, Louisiana, installed reinforced plastic sheeting today, Sept. 5, for the first home to benefit from Operation Blue Roof since Hurricane Laura. The progr... More

First temporary ‘Blue Roof’ a success

First temporary ‘Blue Roof’ a success

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors in Lake Charles, Louisiana, installed reinforced plastic sheeting today, Sept. 5, for the first home to benefit from Operation Blue Roof since Hurricane Laura. The progr... More

First temporary ‘Blue Roof’ a success

First temporary ‘Blue Roof’ a success

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors in Lake Charles, Louisiana, installed reinforced plastic sheeting today, Sept. 5, for the first home to benefit from Operation Blue Roof since Hurricane Laura. The progr... More

First temporary ‘Blue Roof’ a success

First temporary ‘Blue Roof’ a success

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors in Lake Charles, Louisiana, installed reinforced plastic sheeting today, Sept. 5, for the first home to benefit from Operation Blue Roof since Hurricane Laura. The progr... More

First temporary ‘Blue Roof’ a success

First temporary ‘Blue Roof’ a success

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors in Lake Charles, Louisiana, installed reinforced plastic sheeting today, Sept. 5, for the first home to benefit from Operation Blue Roof since Hurricane Laura. The progr... More

First temporary ‘Blue Roof’ a success

First temporary ‘Blue Roof’ a success

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors in Lake Charles, Louisiana, installed reinforced plastic sheeting today, Sept. 5, for the first home to benefit from Operation Blue Roof since Hurricane Laura. The progr... More

First temporary ‘Blue Roof’ a success

First temporary ‘Blue Roof’ a success

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors in Lake Charles, Louisiana, installed reinforced plastic sheeting today, Sept. 5, for the first home to benefit from Operation Blue Roof since Hurricane Laura. The progr... More

Army Corps of Engineers fully engaged in Louisiana hurricane recovery efforts

Army Corps of Engineers fully engaged in Louisiana hurricane recovery ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mississippi Valley Division (MVD) plays a key role in the response and recovery efforts to communities affected by Hurricanes. Part of that assistance includes providin... More

Army Corps of Engineers fully engaged in Louisiana hurricane recovery efforts

Army Corps of Engineers fully engaged in Louisiana hurricane recovery ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mississippi Valley Division (MVD) plays a key role in the response and recovery efforts to communities affected by Hurricanes. Part of that assistance includes providin... More

Army Corps of Engineers fully engaged in Louisiana hurricane recovery efforts

Army Corps of Engineers fully engaged in Louisiana hurricane recovery ...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Contractors install temporary generators at one of the sites requested by the state of Louisiana. Emergency power installation is one of the Corps’ primary missions during emergency... More

Army Corps of Engineers fully engaged in Louisiana hurricane recovery efforts

Army Corps of Engineers fully engaged in Louisiana hurricane recovery ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mississippi Valley Division (MVD) plays a key role in the response and recovery efforts to communities affected by Hurricanes. Part of that assistance includes providin... More

Army Corps of Engineers fully engaged in Louisiana hurricane recovery efforts

Army Corps of Engineers fully engaged in Louisiana hurricane recovery ...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Contractors install temporary generators at one of the sites requested by the state of Louisiana. Emergency power installation is one of the Corps’ primary missions during emergency... More

Army Corps of Engineers fully engaged in Louisiana hurricane recovery efforts

Army Corps of Engineers fully engaged in Louisiana hurricane recovery ...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Contractors install temporary generators at one of the sites requested by the state of Louisiana. Emergency power installation is one of the Corps’ primary missions during emergency... More

Army Corps of Engineers fully engaged in Louisiana hurricane recovery efforts

Army Corps of Engineers fully engaged in Louisiana hurricane recovery ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mississippi Valley Division (MVD) plays a key role in the response and recovery efforts to communities affected by Hurricanes. Part of that assistance includes providin... More

Army Corps of Engineers fully engaged in Louisiana hurricane recovery efforts

Army Corps of Engineers fully engaged in Louisiana hurricane recovery ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mississippi Valley Division (MVD) plays a key role in the response and recovery efforts to communities affected by Hurricanes. Part of that assistance includes providin... More

Army Corps of Engineers fully engaged in Louisiana hurricane recovery efforts

Army Corps of Engineers fully engaged in Louisiana hurricane recovery ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mississippi Valley Division (MVD) plays a key role in the response and recovery efforts to communities affected by Hurricanes. Part of that assistance includes providin... More

Local government liaison Steve Sweeney trains a volunteer

Local government liaison Steve Sweeney trains a volunteer

Local government liaison Steve Sweeney trains a volunteer assisting Vernon Parish residents in Evans, La., Sept. 10, 2020, on how to apply online for a temporary blue roof through Operation Blue Roof. Our LGLs ... More

Temporary Roofing team at the emergency field office

Temporary Roofing team at the emergency field office

Temporary roofing subject matter expert Michael “Moose” Welch, discuss the day’s activities with Quality Assistance Team Lead Megan Moscarello, Omaha District (left) and Quality Assurance Specialist Alexis Dear... More

Corps establishes field office for Hurricane Laura Response

Corps establishes field office for Hurricane Laura Response

Despite challenges posed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, mission support continues for the USACE response to Hurricane Laura. We are committed to maintaining the health of our deployed personnel, while exe... More

USACE temp roofing team responds to Hurricane Laura

USACE temp roofing team responds to Hurricane Laura

Kenneth Finley, Little Rock District, is forward deployed to Lake Charles, La., as part of the Corps’ response to Hurricane Laura where he is on the disputes team supporting the Operation Blue Roof mission. The... More

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way Sept. 13, 2020, in Lake Charles, La., neighborhoods as communities impacted from the late August Category 4 hurricane. The Corps is providing technical assist... More

Hurricane Laura Federal Response and Recovery

Hurricane Laura Federal Response and Recovery

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is working in partnership with the local, state, and federal response to Hurricane Laura. One of the mission assignments USACE received from FEMA is to provide temporary... More

Southwest Louisiana homeowner and blue roof recipient

Southwest Louisiana homeowner and blue roof recipient

Southwest Louisiana homeowner and blue roof recipient Brennan Williams and his home before a blue roof installation. Williams’ home was one of 3,730 to receive a blue roof during Hurricane Laura recovery effort... More

Temporary Roofing Mission Manager Kevin Slattery, St.

Temporary Roofing Mission Manager Kevin Slattery, St.

Temporary Roofing Mission Manager Kevin Slattery, St. Louis District, talks about Operaion Blue Roof with Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, right and Memphis District Commander Col. Zach Miller Sept. 16, 2020. Lt. Gen. ... More

Drone operators from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’

Drone operators from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’

Drone operators from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineering Research and Development Center, or ERDC, in Vicksburg, Miss., deploy forward to southwest Louisiana mid-Sept. 2020 in support of Operation Blu... More

Drone operators from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’

Drone operators from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’

Drone operators from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineering Research and Development Center, or ERDC, in Vicksburg, Miss., deploy forward to southwest Louisiana mid-Sept. 2020 in support of Operation Blu... More

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way Sept. 21, 2020, in Lake Charles, La., neighborhoods as communities impacted from the late August Category 4 hurricane. The Corps is providing technical assist... More

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers members talk with homeowners

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers members talk with homeowners

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers members talk with homeowners about Operation Blue Roof. The operation is a priority mission managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Federal Emergency Management Agency i... More

Glenn Greiner, Mobile District and national debris

Glenn Greiner, Mobile District and national debris

Glenn Greiner, Mobile District and national debris management cadre member, and Ben Delatte, New Orleans District, talk with a Sam Houston Jones State Park staff member while reviewing Hurricane Laura damage at... More

Memphis District Commander Col. Zach Miller, U.S. Army

Memphis District Commander Col. Zach Miller, U.S. Army

Memphis District Commander Col. Zach Miller, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Hurricane Laura response commander, talks with Ben Delatte, New Orleans District, center, and Glenn Greiner, Mobile District and nation... More

Drone operators from the U.S. Army Engineer Research

Drone operators from the U.S. Army Engineer Research

Drone operators from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Miss., deployed forward to southwest Louisiana mid-Sept. 2020 in support of Operation Blue Roof for Hurricane Lau... More

The Corps of Engineers commemorated the one month

The Corps of Engineers commemorated the one month

The Corps of Engineers commemorated the one month anniversary of Hurricane Laura making landfall with the installation of the 5000th blue roof in Lake Charles, La., Sept. 27, 2020. Operation Blue Roof is a prio... More

Col. Zach Miller, Memphis District Corps of Engineers,

Col. Zach Miller, Memphis District Corps of Engineers,

Col. Zach Miller, Memphis District Corps of Engineers, speaks with USACE broadcaster Michael Glasch, Omaha District, in Lake Charles, La., Sept. 27, 2020, where contractors are working on the 5000th home to ben... More

Debris is unloaded at the Common Street debris management

Debris is unloaded at the Common Street debris management

Debris is unloaded at the Common Street debris management site in Lake Charles, La., Sept. 29, 2020.

Activity is underway at the Moss Bluff, La., debris

Activity is underway at the Moss Bluff, La., debris

Activity is underway at the Moss Bluff, La., debris management site, Sept. 29, 2020, following Hurricane Laura. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is supporting the region with technical assistance -- debris subj... More

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors in Lake Charles,

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors in Lake Charles,

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors in Lake Charles, La., install fiber reinforced sheeting Sept. 30, 2020. Operation Blue Roof is a priority mission managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Fed... More

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way Sept. 21, 2020, in Lake Charles, La., neighborhoods as communities impacted from the late August Category 4 hurricane continue down the road of recovery. The ... More

Temporary emergency power mission manager Ricco Chalmers,

Temporary emergency power mission manager Ricco Chalmers,

Temporary emergency power mission manager Ricco Chalmers, Memphis District, shows St. Paul District Commander Col. Karl Jansen and Deputy Commander Lt. Col. Patrick Sullivan service items his team looks at when... More

Operation Blue Roof Quality Assurance Specialist John

Operation Blue Roof Quality Assurance Specialist John

Operation Blue Roof Quality Assurance Specialist John Calhoun, Tulsa District, performs a final inspection of a temporary roof installed on a Lake Charles, La., home Oct. 1, 2020. As part of the final inspectio... More

Some views around Cameron Parish in southwest Louisiana

Some views around Cameron Parish in southwest Louisiana

Some views around Cameron Parish in southwest Louisiana as communities start to recover from the devastating winds that Hurricane #Laura brought with her when she made landfall in Cameron Parish during the earl... More

Power line reconstruction continues in Cameron Parish

Power line reconstruction continues in Cameron Parish

Utility companies reconstruct powerlines in southwest Louisiana Oct. 2, 2020, in Cameron Parish La., neighborhoods as communities impacted from Hurricane Laura. Even with reconstructed power lines, it may be we... More

Utility companies reconstruct powerlines in southwest

Utility companies reconstruct powerlines in southwest

Utility companies reconstruct powerlines in southwest Louisiana Oct. 2, 2020, in Cameron Parish La., neighborhoods as communities impacted from Hurricane Laura. Even with reconstructed power lines, it may be we... More

Jerry Stoute, debris management specialist, New Orleans

Jerry Stoute, debris management specialist, New Orleans

Jerry Stoute, debris management specialist, New Orleans District, monitors debris hauled into at a debris management site in Grant Parish, La., Oct. 3, 2020. Unlike many debris missions following a hurricane, ... More

Army Corps monitors southwest Louisiana debris removal

Army Corps monitors southwest Louisiana debris removal

Jerry Stoute, debris management specialist, New Orleans District, observes vegetative debris being loaded from the right-of-way in Grant Parish, La., Oct. 3, 2020. Unlike many debris missions following a hurric... More

The Corps of Engineers Operation Blue Roof data team

The Corps of Engineers Operation Blue Roof data team

The Corps of Engineers Operation Blue Roof data team manages the volumes of data that’s associated with the mission, starting with the right-of-entry applications, whether hard copy forms from sign up stations,... More

EFO commander visits debris management site

EFO commander visits debris management site

Emergency Field Office Commander Col. Karl Jansen gets a view from atop the monitoring tower when visiting a debris management site in Beauregard Parish, La., Oct. 4, 2020. While the Corps of Engineers was not ... More

Local government liaison Steve Sweeney trains a volunteer

Local government liaison Steve Sweeney trains a volunteer

Local government liaison Steve Sweeney trains a volunteer assisting Vernon Parish residents in Simpson, La., Sept. 10, 2020, on how to apply online for a temporary blue roof through Operation Blue Roof. Our LGL... More

Lake Charles resident Ralph Guzman works to clean up

Lake Charles resident Ralph Guzman works to clean up

Lake Charles resident Ralph Guzman works to clean up debris from his yard following Hurricane Laura Sept. 13, 2020. Guzman, who’s a retired gymnastics coach and lived in the city for 18 years, explained that wh... More

IN THE PHOTO, Southwest Louisiana homeowner and blue

IN THE PHOTO, Southwest Louisiana homeowner and blue

IN THE PHOTO, Southwest Louisiana homeowner and blue roof recipient Brennon Williams’ home before blue roof installation. Williams’ home was one of 3,730 to receive a blue roof during Hurricane Laura recovery efforts.

Temporary Roofing Mission Manager Kevin Slattery, St.

Temporary Roofing Mission Manager Kevin Slattery, St.

Temporary Roofing Mission Manager Kevin Slattery, St. Louis District, talks about Operaion Blue Roof with Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, center, and Memphis District Commander Col. Zach Miller Sept. 16, 2020. Lt. Gen... More

Drone operators from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’

Drone operators from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’

Drone operators from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineering Research and Development Center, or ERDC, in Vicksburg, Miss., deploy forward to southwest Louisiana mid-Sept. 2020 in support of Operation Blu... More

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way Sept. 21, 2020, in Lake Charles, La., neighborhoods as communities impacted from the late August Category 4 hurricane. The Corps is providing technical assist... More

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers members talk with homeowners

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers members talk with homeowners

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers members talk with homeowners about Operation Blue Roof. The operation is a priority mission managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Federal Emergency Management Agency i... More

Glenn Greiner, Mobile District and national debris

Glenn Greiner, Mobile District and national debris

Glenn Greiner, Mobile District and national debris management cadre member, and Ben Delatte, New Orleans District, review Hurricane Laura damage at Sam Houston Jones State Park in southwest Louisiana. USACE is ... More

Glenn Greiner, Mobile District and national debris

Glenn Greiner, Mobile District and national debris

Glenn Greiner, Mobile District and national debris management cadre member, and Ben Delatte, New Orleans District, review Hurricane Laura damage at Sam Houston Jones State Park in southwest Louisiana. USACE is ... More

Drone operators from the U.S. Army Engineer Research

Drone operators from the U.S. Army Engineer Research

Drone operators from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Miss., deployed forward to southwest Louisiana mid-Sept. 2020 in support of Operation Blue Roof for Hurricane Lau... More

The Corps of Engineers commemorated the one month

The Corps of Engineers commemorated the one month

The Corps of Engineers commemorated the one month anniversary of Hurricane Laura making landfall with the installation of the 5000th blue roof in Lake Charles, La., Sept. 27, 2020. Operation Blue Roof is a prio... More

The Corps of Engineers commemorated the one month

The Corps of Engineers commemorated the one month

The Corps of Engineers commemorated the one month anniversary of Hurricane Laura making landfall with the installation of the 5000th blue roof in Lake Charles, La., Sept. 27, 2020. Operation Blue Roof is a prio... More

Col. Zach Miller, Memphis District Corps of Engineers,

Col. Zach Miller, Memphis District Corps of Engineers,

Col. Zach Miller, Memphis District Corps of Engineers, Sept. 27, 2020, with the contractos at of 5000th home to benefit from Operation Blue Roof following Hurricane Laura. Not only is the 5000th roof a major mi... More

Shanon Soileau, USACE debris management specialist

Shanon Soileau, USACE debris management specialist

Shanon Soileau, USACE debris management specialist from New Orleans District, oversees a load of shredded, vegetative debris as a driver departs the Moss Bluff debris management site Sept. 29, 2020. While the C... More

Debris is unloaded at the Common Street debris management

Debris is unloaded at the Common Street debris management

Debris is unloaded at the Common Street debris management site in Lake Charles, La., Sept. 29, 2020.

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way Sept. 21, 2020, in Lake Charles, La., neighborhoods as communities impacted from the late August Category 4 hurricane continue down the road of recovery. The ... More

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors in Lake Charles,

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors in Lake Charles,

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors in Lake Charles, La., install fiber reinforced sheeting Sept. 30, 2020. Operation Blue Roof is a priority mission managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Fed... More

St. Paul District Commander Col. Karl Jansen visited

St. Paul District Commander Col. Karl Jansen visited

St. Paul District Commander Col. Karl Jansen visited the temporary power generator service base Oct. 1, 2020, and meet the team that’s responsible for ensuring generators get installed, serviced and de-installe... More

Operation Blue Roof Quality Assurance Specialist John

Operation Blue Roof Quality Assurance Specialist John

Operation Blue Roof Quality Assurance Specialist John Calhoun, Tulsa District, performs a final inspection of a temporary roof installed on a Lake Charles, La., home Oct. 1, 2020. As part of the final inspectio... More

Utility companies reconstruct powerlines in southwest

Utility companies reconstruct powerlines in southwest

Utility companies reconstruct powerlines in southwest Louisiana Oct. 2, 2020, in Cameron Parish La., neighborhoods as communities impacted from Hurricane Laura. Even with reconstructed power lines, it may be we... More

Some views around Cameron Parish in southwest Louisiana

Some views around Cameron Parish in southwest Louisiana

Some views around Cameron Parish in southwest Louisiana as communities start to recover from the devastating winds that Hurricane #Laura brought with her when she made landfall in Cameron Parish during the earl... More

The Corps of Engineers Operation Blue Roof data team

The Corps of Engineers Operation Blue Roof data team

The Corps of Engineers Operation Blue Roof data team manages the volumes of data that’s associated with the mission, starting with the right-of-entry applications, whether hard copy forms from sign up stations,... More

Jerry Stoute, debris management specialist, New Orleans

Jerry Stoute, debris management specialist, New Orleans

Jerry Stoute, debris management specialist, New Orleans District, monitors debris hauled into a debris management site in Grant Parish, La., Oct. 3, 2020. Unlike many debris missions following a hurricane, the... More

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way Sept. 13, 2020, in Lake Charles, La., neighborhoods as communities impacted from the late August Category 4 hurricane. The Corps is providing technical assist... More

Kyle Gagnier, left, FEMA, geographic information system

Kyle Gagnier, left, FEMA, geographic information system

Kyle Gagnier, left, FEMA, geographic information system unit lead, and CJ Hamilton, Corps of Engineers local government liaison, review products FEMA's GIS team created at the Joint Field Office in Baton Rouge,... More

Temporary Roofing Mission Manager Kevin Slattery, St.

Temporary Roofing Mission Manager Kevin Slattery, St.

Temporary Roofing Mission Manager Kevin Slattery, St. Louis District, talks about Operaion Blue Roof with Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, center, and Memphis District Commander Col. Zach Miller Sept. 16, 2020. Lt. Gen... More

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way Sept. 21, 2020, in Lake Charles, La., neighborhoods as communities impacted from the late August Category 4 hurricane. The Corps is providing technical assist... More

Glenn Greiner, Mobile District and national debris

Glenn Greiner, Mobile District and national debris

Glenn Greiner, Mobile District and national debris management cadre member, and Ben Delatte, New Orleans District, review Hurricane Laura damage at Sam Houston Jones State Park in southwest Louisiana. USACE is ... More

Memphis District Commander Zach Miller meets with Corps

Memphis District Commander Zach Miller meets with Corps

Memphis District Commander Zach Miller meets with Corps staff at the right-of-entry station in Cameron Parish, La. Operation Blue Roof is a priority mission managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the F... More

Memphis District Commander Col. Zach Miller, U.S. Army

Memphis District Commander Col. Zach Miller, U.S. Army

Memphis District Commander Col. Zach Miller, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Hurricane Laura response commander, talks with Ben Delatte, New Orleans District, center, and Glenn Greiner, Mobile District and nation... More

Drone operators Michael Baker, left, and Kenneth Matheson

Drone operators Michael Baker, left, and Kenneth Matheson

Drone operators Michael Baker, left, and Kenneth Matheson from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Miss., deployed forward to southwest Louisiana mid-Sept. 2020 in suppor... More

Col. Zach Miller, Memphis District Corps of Engineers,

Col. Zach Miller, Memphis District Corps of Engineers,

Col. Zach Miller, Memphis District Corps of Engineers, Sept. 27, 2020, with the contractos at of 5000th home to benefit from Operation Blue Roof following Hurricane Laura. Not only is the 5000th roof a major mi... More

Col. Zach Miller, Memphis District Corps of Engineers,

Col. Zach Miller, Memphis District Corps of Engineers,

Col. Zach Miller, Memphis District Corps of Engineers, speaks with USACE broadcaster Michael Glasch, Omaha District, in Lake Charles, La., Sept. 27, 2020, where contractors are working on the 5000th home to ben... More

IN THE PHOTO, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Blue Roof

IN THE PHOTO, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Blue Roof

IN THE PHOTO, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Blue Roof Mission Assessor observes contractors as they install temporary roofing for the 5,000th homeowner to receive a ‘blue roof’ during Hurricane Laura recovery ... More

Shanon Soileau, left, New Orleans District, and Purvis

Shanon Soileau, left, New Orleans District, and Purvis

Shanon Soileau, left, New Orleans District, and Purvis Eldridge, Baltimore District, both USACE debris management specialists, perform spot checks of debris management in the wake of Hurricane Laura Sept. 29, 2... More

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors in Lake Charles,

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors in Lake Charles,

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors in Lake Charles, La., install fiber reinforced sheeting Sept. 30, 2020. Operation Blue Roof is a priority mission managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the Fed... More

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way Sept. 21, 2020, in Lake Charles, La., neighborhoods as communities impacted from the late August Category 4 hurricane continue down the road of recovery. The ... More

Temporary emergency power mission manager Ricco Chalmers,

Temporary emergency power mission manager Ricco Chalmers,

Temporary emergency power mission manager Ricco Chalmers, center, and Jonathan Hunter, both Memphis District, talk with St. Paul District Deputy Commander Lt. Col. Patrick Sullivan about operations at the gener... More

Some views around Cameron Parish in southwest Louisiana

Some views around Cameron Parish in southwest Louisiana

Some views around Cameron Parish in southwest Louisiana as communities start to recover from the devastating winds that Hurricane #Laura brought with her when she made landfall in Cameron Parish during the earl... More

Jerry Stoute, debris management specialist, New Orleans

Jerry Stoute, debris management specialist, New Orleans

Jerry Stoute, debris management specialist, New Orleans District, observes vegetative debris being loaded from the right-of-way in Grant Parish, La., Oct. 3, 2020. Unlike many debris missions following a hurric... More

Local Government Liaison Randy Devenport recently met

Local Government Liaison Randy Devenport recently met

Local Government Liaison Randy Devenport recently met with Scott Greenmum, Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness for Beauregard Parish, to discuss Operation Blue Roof within Beauregard follow... More

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way

Hurricane Laura debris is moved to the right-of-way Sept. 13, 2020, in Lake Charles, La., neighborhoods as communities impacted from the late August Category 4 hurricane. The Corps is providing technical assist... More

Temporary Roofing Mission Manager Kevin Slattery, St.

Temporary Roofing Mission Manager Kevin Slattery, St.

Temporary Roofing Mission Manager Kevin Slattery, St. Louis District, talks about Operaion Blue Roof with Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, right and Memphis District Commander Col. Zach Miller Sept. 16, 2020. Lt. Gen.... More

Utility companies restore power in southwest Louisiana

Utility companies restore power in southwest Louisiana

Utility companies restore power in southwest Louisiana Sept. 21, 2020, in Lake Charles, La., neighborhoods as communities impacted from Hurricane Laura. The Corps is providing technical assistance to the state,... More

Memphis District Commander Zach Miller meets with Corps

Memphis District Commander Zach Miller meets with Corps

Memphis District Commander Zach Miller meets with Corps staff at the right-of-entry station in Cameron Parish, La. Operation Blue Roof is a priority mission managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the F... More

Drone operators from the U.S. Army Engineer Research

Drone operators from the U.S. Army Engineer Research

Drone operators from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Miss., deployed forward to southwest Louisiana mid-Sept. 2020 in support of Operation Blue Roof for Hurricane Lau... More

Col. Zach Miller, Memphis District Corps of Engineers,

Col. Zach Miller, Memphis District Corps of Engineers,

Col. Zach Miller, Memphis District Corps of Engineers, speaks with USACE broadcaster Michael Glasch, Omaha District, in Lake Charles, La., Sept. 27, 2020, where contractors are working on the 5000th home to ben... More

Debris covers railroad tracks near Westlake, La., Sept.

Debris covers railroad tracks near Westlake, La., Sept.

Debris covers railroad tracks near Westlake, La., Sept. 29, 2020. Hurricane Laura created widespread damage when it made landfall in Cameron Parish in southwest Louisiana, Sept. 27, 2020.

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