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  • September

    SAD hosts forum for past, present USACE leaders

    The South Atlantic Division hosted an annual Leaders Emeritus meeting Sept. 13 with current and retired U.S. Army Corps of Engineers leaders.

  • SAD member part of coalition to rebuild after Louisiana floods

    Chris Klein (L), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Atlantic Division temporary housing program manager and Jon Wilson (R), a haul and install action officer from U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center Huntsville , give an in-brief to newly arrived Quality Assurance Representatives. QARs are deploying from throughout the Army Corps of Engineers in support of the Baton Rouge severe storms and flooding. The QARs are responsible for Manufactured Home Unit site inspection reports and inspecting the MHUs before they are occupied.
  • The Charleston District became the first federal agency in South Carolina to begin a bee pollinator program. President Obama and the Corps have begun initiatives to keep pollinators going in the country.

    New BEE-ginnings at St. Stephen

    BUZZZZZ. BUZZZZ. A new sound is greeting visitors to the St. Stephen Powerhouse and Fish Lift; bees

  • August

    Col. Marvin Griffin, commander of the Savannah District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (left) and Spencer Davis, a project manager for the Savannah District, update Undersecretary of the Army Patrick Murphy (right) on the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project. The SHEP will deepen the harbor an additional 5 feet to better accommodate larger, post-Panamax container ships.

    Undersecretary of the Army visits Savannah District

    SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Undersecretary of the Army Patrick Murphy met with Savannah District leaders to tour significant projects Aug. 11, 2016. Murphy took an aerial tour of the Savannah Harbor as part of his visit to Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield in Georgia. The Savannah District is responsible for maintaining the Savannah harbor and is in the process of deepening it an additional 5 feet to better accommodate larger, post-Panamax container ships, as part of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP).
  • Members of the Savannah District's Temporary Emergency Power Team and 249th Engineer Battalion chart locations of life-saving facilities during a regional power mission exercise conducted July 20 at the Federal Emergency Management Agency Distribution Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

    Temporary emergency power team readies for hurricane season

    ATLANTA, Ga. – With fair skies all over the Southeast, inside an emergency operations center (EOC) Hurricane “Noree” pummels coastal and inland Georgia. She displaces more than 30,000 individuals and leaves the state’s most-populated, economic hub crippled in the dark.
  • The Charleston District conducted ship simulations at the Engineer Research and Development Center in Vicksburg, Miss. The simulations test the conditions of the current design for the Post 45 harbor deepening project to finalize plans for the future of the harbor.

    Ship Simulation Completed for Post 45 Project

    Approximately 730 miles away from Charleston Harbor is another Charleston Harbor. Well, it’s a replica, but an exact replica, complete with Fort Sumter, Arthur Ravenel Bridge, container ships and harbor pilots. So what is a replica of Charleston Harbor doing in Vicksburg, MS?
  • Rehabilitation efforts continue on the Herbert Hoover Dike. The Corps continues work on 32 federal water control structures, also known as culverts, scattered around Lake Okeechobee that are seen as posing the greatest threat to the dike.

    Corps remains viligant in managing Lake Okeechobee

    JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Water—in south Florida, we either have too much or too little. For most of 2016, heavy rains fueled by El Nino mean we’ve had too much.

  • Mobile District's first Certified Emergency Manager®

    Mobile District’s first and only Certified Emergency Manager® (CEM®) Ashley Leflore reported to the

  • April

    Charleston District has two of the seven female survey technicians in the Corps of Engineers.

    Charleston District Values Female Survey Techs

    What type of person would you picture if asked to envision someone who works ona boat for a

  • July

    Charleston Harbor Post-45 Funded for Pre-construction

    Charleston Harbor Post 45 Receives Funding forPre-construction Engineering and Design

  • Turner Visits South Florida

    TURNER VISITS SOUTH FLORIDAStory by John H CampbellThe commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

  • May

    On Monday, May 4, 2015, SAD Commander BG C. David Turner approved new operations manuals for the ACT river system in Georgia and Alabama. Approval was the culmination of several years of analysis and modeling of current conditions in the basin. A detailed Environmental Impact Statement was also prepared.

    Alabama-Coosa Manuals Approved

      MOBILE, Ala.-- Brigadier General David Turner, Commander South Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps

  • June

    New Climate Preparedness and Resilience Community of Practice Established

    ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers USACE has established a new Climate

  • Cougars Pounce on Folly Beach

    Students from College of Charleston’s Water Use Law class took a rare field trip to Folly Beach to

  • Eight Jacksonville District projects receive congressional authorization

    Eight U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District projects that will provide critical infrastructure to local ports and ecosystem restoration efforts in Florida received approval as part of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) of 2014, which was signed into law June 10.

  • December

    AMK9 dog handler Stevie Valencia waits for Rex, a three-year-old Dutch Shepherd, to pick up the scent of a buried training target on the Mullet Key Formerly Used Defense Site at Fort DeSoto Park near St. Petersburg, Fla.

    These Noses Know No Limits

    Quickly walking across a field dotted with red flags, Don is focused on only one goal – finding

  • October

    USACE Regulatory Program Resumes

    NOTE: The following story, posted on Tuesday, October 15, announced the closure of the Corps of

  • July

    Soldiers at Fort Jackson work hard, and to provide them the reprieve they need, the Charleston District recently renovated the Noncommissioned Officers Club and the Legion Pool at Fort Jackson.

    Relaxing After a Hard Day's Work

    Soldiers at Fort Jackson work hard, and to provide them the reprieve they need, the Charleston

  • June

    Picayune Strand is Excellent Florida Panther Habitat

    The Picayune Strand Restoration Project, the first component of the Comprehensive Everglades

  • Jacksonville Responsibility Includes Antilles

      Jacksonville District’s area of responsibility includes the Antilles and Puerto Rico, but