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National Guard works with district to film new commercial

5/17/2013
The Army National Guard teamed up with the Los Angeles District to film their new recruiting commericials. The shoot ttook place at the Whittier Narrows Recreation Area, part of the Whittier Narrows Flood COntrol Basin in March.

Cortez Elementary second graders tour Prado Dam

5/17/2013
A group of second graders from Cortez Elementary, a math and science magnet school in Pomona, Calif., toured Prado Dam as part of a larger effort to spark the interest of students in science, technology, engineering, and math May 16.

District participates in Room for the River information exchange

5/16/2013
Prior to the start of the two-day Room for the River: Los Angeles conference, Corps Ecologist Carvel Bass conducted a tour of the Sepulveda Flood Basin May 15 for a working group of invited water experts from the U.S. and the Netherlands. The Los Angeles conference, hosted by the City of Los Angeles, its partners, and in cooperation with the Consulate General of the Netherlands (in San Francisco), was held May 16 and 17.

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Steve McCombs, an occupational safety and health specialist with the Corps of Engineers' Los Angeles District, looks on as a crew films a scene for the National Guard's new recruiting commercial. The scene was shot at Whittier Narrows Park, a flood control area managed by the district, March 8. The district handles numerous permit requests to film at other locations the district manages, including the Los Angeles River.
A civilian helicopter transporting a film crew circles above an Army Blackhawk helicopter as it executes a simulated rooftop evacuation on the set of the Army National Guard's new recruiting commercial. The National Guard worked with the Los Angeles District to secure a filming permit for the shoot, which took place at Whittier Narrows Park March 8.
A civilian helicopter transporting a film crew circles above an Army Blackhawk helicopter as it executes a simulated rooftop evacuation on the set of the Army National Guard's new recruiting commercial. The National Guard worked with the Los Angeles District to secure a filming permit for the shoot, which took place at Whittier Narrows Park March 8.
An Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter executes a simulated rooftop evacuation on the set of a new recruitment commercial filmed at Whittier Narrows Park near Los Angeles. The National Guard and the commercial's director, Zach Snyder, worked with the Los Angeles District to obtain filming permits for the shoot. (USACE photo by David A. Salazar)
More than 80 second grade students from Cortez Elementary, a math and science magnet school in Pomona, Calif., took a field trip to Prado Dam May 16. The tour included a nearly two-mile trek through the flood control basin up to the dam's 627-foot control tower. William Kramer, a dam operator with the district assigned to Prado Dam, shows students the gate controls during a portion of the field trip.
More than 80 second grade students from Cortez Elementary, a math and science magnet school in Pomona, Calif., took a field trip to Prado Dam May 16. The tour included a nearly two-mile trek through the flood control basin up to the dam's 627-foot control tower.
More than 80 second grade students from Cortez Elementary, a math and science magnet school in Pomona, Calif., took a field trip to Prado Dam May 16. The tour included a nearly two-mile trek through the flood control basin up to the dam's 627-foot control tower.
More than 80 second grade students from Cortez Elementary, a math and science magnet school in Pomona, Calif., took a field trip to Prado Dam May 16. The tour included a nearly two-mile trek through the flood control basin up to the dam's 627-foot control tower.
More than 80 second grade students from Cortez Elementary, a math and science magnet school in Pomona, Calif., took a field trip to Prado Dam May 16. The tour included a nearly two-mile trek through the flood control basin up to the dam's 627-foot control tower.
More than 80 second grade students from Cortez Elementary, a math and science magnet school in Pomona, Calif., took a field trip to Prado Dam May 16. The tour included a nearly two-mile trek through the flood control basin up to the dam's 627-foot control tower.
Corps Ecologist Carvel Bass conducts a tour of the Sepulveda Flood Basin May 15 for a working group of invited water experts from the U.S. and the Netherlands.
Corps Ecologist Carvel Bass conducts a tour of the Sepulveda Flood Basin May 15 for a working group of invited water experts from the U.S. and the Netherlands.

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