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  • May

    Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Milhorn, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deputy commanding general for Military and International Operations, center left, listens as Brig. Gen. Paul Owen, the Corps' South Pacific Division commander, center right, talks about the Corps' FEMA mission in support of LA-area hospitals during an April 28 tour of Adventist Health White Memorial Hospital in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles.

    Corps general tours military, DOD, VA projects during weeklong visit to California

    LOS ANGELES – One of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ top generals for military and international operations made his first visit to Southern California during a weeklong tour of some of the agency’s Los Angeles District projects. Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Milhorn, the Corps’ deputy commanding general for Military and International Operations, toured several project sites across the desert and the coastline – from the National Training Center at Fort Irwin to Vandenburg Air Force Base – during his visit to California.

  • September

    From left to right, Maj. Gen. Thomas Tempel Jr., commanding general, Regional Health Command-Central; Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, commanding general, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Gen. Robert Abrams, commanding general, U.S. Army Forces Command; and Brig. Gen. Jeff Broadwater, commanding general, National Training Center and Fort Irwin, cut the ribbon during a Sept. 21 ceremony signifying the opening of the new Weed Army Community Hospital at Fort Irwin, California

    Corps of Engineers, top brass cut ribbon on DOD's 1st LEED-Platinum hospital

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District helped cut the ribbon Sept. 21 on the Department of Defense's first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-Platinum hospital.

  • May

    Health Facility Planning Officer Lt. Col. John Smith (right), with the U.S. Army Health Facility Planning Agency shows U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Deputy Commanding General for Military and International Operations Maj. Gen. Mark Yenter(left) a triage room located within the hospital's emergency department as they toured the new Fort Irwin Weed Army Community Hospital project at Fort Irwin, California, during a visit here May 15. Yenter toured several Los Angeles District projects at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, during a visit here May 15.

    Corps deputy visits Fort Irwin projects

    FORT IRWN, Calif-U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Deputy Commanding General for Military and International Operations Maj. Gen. Mark Yenter toured several Los Angeles District projects at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, during a visit here May 15.

  • December

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Commander Col. Kirk Gibbs (r) and USACE South Pacific Division's Programs Director and the senior executive project manager for the Fort Irwin Weed Army Hospital replacement construction project Cheree Peterson, discussed future construction scheduling during the project’s Senior Executive Review Group quarterly briefing at Fort Irwin Dec. 1. Peterson also met representatives from the U.S. Army Garrison Fort Irwin, U.S. Army Medical Command, U.S. Army Health Facility Planning Agency, RLF Engineering and Turner Construction Company.

    Senior leaders visit Fort Irwin hospital project

    Cheree Peterson, Programs Directordirector of programs, U.S. Army Corps Engineers South Pacific Division, and the senior executive project manager for the Fort Irwin Weed Army Hospital replacement construction project, hosted the project’s Senior Executive Review Group quarterly briefing onhere Dec. 1

  • September

    The new Fort Irwin Weed Army Community Hospital at Fort Irwin, California , 7.6 acre photovoltaic (PV) array and a solar thermal array, will generate 2.4 megawatts of power and the solar thermal array will provide a majority of the hot water the hospital requires. The new hospital project consists of a 216,000 square foot hospital facility which will provide Soldier and family patient care, emergency medicine, and a wide variety of clinical support. The facility stands to become the first LEED Platinum, net-zero, carbon-neutral hospital that will generate all of its energy needs from solar power and renewable energy systems

    USACE senior leaders visit Fort Irwin Hospital project

    Joe Calcara, director of programs, USACE South Pacific Division, and the senior executive project manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fort Irwin Weed Army Hospital replacement construction project, hosted the project’s Senior Executive Review Group quarterly briefing at Fort Irwin Sept. 22.