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District facilitates expansion of key Orange County recruiting center

6/17/2013
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers participated in the grand opening of the U.S. Army’s newest career center in Mission Viejo, Calif., during a ceremony in conjunction with the U.S. Army’s 238th birthday, June 14.

Plant regimen re-establishes natural vegetation

5/29/2013
Fromer and two crews, one to spray invasive plants and another to water newly planted native vegetation, are in the river basin as part of an ongoing effort to restore the environment for native plants and animals while maintaining flood risk reduction measures for the homes, business and infrastructure that line the river.

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.

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Army Maj. Emily Norton (center) addresses a crowd of Army supporters, future soldiers, and members of the community, during the grand opening of the Army Career Center in Mission Viejo, Calif., June 14.
Army Maj. Emily Norton, commander of the Army's Newport Beach Recruiting Company, addresses guests during the grand opening of the Army's newest recruiting center in Mission Viejo, Calif., June 14.
Lt. Col. John A. Oliver Jr., commander of the U.S. Army's Southern California Recruiting Battalion, and David Leckness, a city councilman from Mission Viejo, Calif., cut a birthday cake commemorating the Army's 238th birthday during the openin
Alex Fromer, a biologist for RECON Environmental, Inc., checks a map on May 17 showing the locations of least Bell's vireo nests along the San Luis Rey River. Crews watering newly-planted native vegetation and spraying exotic plants in the area use the maps to avoid impacts on nesting vireos.
A worker waters recently-planted native vegetation along the western run of the San Luis Rey River in northern San Diego County May 17. The vegetation helps restore a "natural pallet" along the popular recreational area and provides additional nesting and feeding areas for native and protected species like the least Bell's vireo.
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.

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