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  • November

    Col. Aaron Reisinger, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chicago District, speaks to community members during a public meeting about the Westminster/East Garden Grove Flood Risk Management Study, as Col. Aaron Barta, the Corps' Los Angeles District commander, looks on Nov. 7 in Westminster, California.

    Corps partners with Orange County on study to reduce flood risk, receive public input

    Close to a half million people within the Westminster watershed could be affected by flood risk. That is the number one reason the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chicago and Los Angeles districts, in partnership with Orange County Public Works, are collaborating on the Westminster/East Garden Grove Flood Risk Management Study – a proposed project they hope will reduce that risk.
  • Representatives with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District meet with potential business partners during the District’s annual Business Opportunities Open House Nov. 13 at the District’s Headquarters building in downtown Los Angeles. More than 125 business representatives attended the event, seeking opportunities to do work for the Corps.

    Corps hosts open house for potential business partners, contractors

    About 125 business representatives from across the state and beyond attended the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s Business Opportunities Open House Nov. 13 in downtown LA. The semi-annual event allows companies to introduce their capabilities to more than two dozen Corps’ staffers and to learn about potential work along the Corps' business lines.

  • October

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District employees pose for a picture after receiving Year-End Hero awards during the LA District’s End-of-the-Year celebration Oct. 3 at the District’s headquarters office in downtown Los Angeles. The annual event acknowledges employee achievements leading up to the Sept. 30 end-of-the-fiscal-year deadline.

    Corps’ Los Angeles District celebrates end of fiscal year with more than $556M in contract awards

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District awarded about 750 contracts worth more than $556 million in fiscal year 2018. Employees were honored for those achievements during an End-of-the-Year celebration Oct. 3 at the District’s headquarters office in downtown Los Angeles. The District’s area offices in California and Arizona joined the event via video teleconference.

  • September

    A volunteer hauls in trash from the Santa Ana River Marsh Sept. 15 at Newport Beach, California. The event was part of California Coastal Cleanup Day.

    Corps hosts cleanup event at Santa Ana River Marsh

    With a navy pink- and- blue-flowered baseball cap pulled over her forehead, purple boots and a plastic grabbing tool in hand, 4-year-old Amelia Jones set off down the marsh’s dirt road. Her parents, Erin and Chris, both biologists, and her uncle, Andrew Hardison, were not far behind. As Amelia scoured the ground for trash, Erin, who works for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, pointed to a plastic water bottle hidden in the brush. Amelia seemed pleased with her find, as she picked up the bottle with her grabber and dropped it into her lime-green bucket.
  • Robert Klein, project manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, center, discusses the Corps’ San Diego Veterans Affairs project with Col. Aaron Barta, LA District commander, right, while Shaun Frost, area engineer with the Construction Division, Southern California Area Office, LA District, left, looks on during an Aug. 29 site visit to the hospital in San Diego, California.

    LA District commander tours San Diego, Riverside project sites

    As the new commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, Col. Aaron Barta understands the importance of visiting project sites firsthand. “Seeing project sites myself and talking to our team members makes it much easier for me to clearly advocate for the Los Angeles District,” he said.

  • August

    Gary Lee Moore, Los Angeles city engineer, second from left, talks to students and instructors with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Planning Associates Program about plans for ecosystem restoration along the Los Angeles River during the group's July 25 bus tour of Los Angeles County watersheds.

    Planning Associates group learns about California watersheds

    Seven members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Planning Associates program traveled to Los Angeles July 23 to 27 to learn about water resource planning. The program develops emerging leaders in the planning community of practice. In its second year at the South Pacific Division, the Integrated Water Resources Management-Watershed course is an advanced training opportunity in water resources planning. The goal of the program is to broaden planners’ competencies in solving complex water resource challenges and to strengthen their leadership talents.

  • July

    Col. Aaron Barta, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander, speaks to the audience after becoming the 62nd District commander during a July 19 Change of Command ceremony at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro, California.

    New LA District commander brings broad range of experience to position

    As Col. Aaron Barta begins to settle into his new position as the commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, he considers himself lucky. “Coming to the Los Angeles District is a dream come true, both professionally and personally,” he said. “I am proud to pass on that every leader I've encountered (has told me) I am walking into a world-class organization filled with the Corps’ best.”
  • Col. Kirk Gibbs, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles commander, presents Barron Arakawa, Emergency Management specialist, with a commander’s coin for his participation in Bring a Child to Work Day April 26 at the District headquarters.

    Gibbs reflects on time as leader of the Corps’ Los Angeles District

    If there is any advice Col. Kirk Gibbs can give to his successor, it is this: Lead with honor and humility. As Gibbs, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s 61st commander, prepares to relinquish command of the LA District July 19 to Col. Aaron Barta, he offered up some advice and reflected on the past three years as the leader of one of the largest Corps districts in the country.

  • May

    Ed De Mesa, chief of the Planning Division for the LA District, talks about growing up as a child in the Philippines, immigrating to the U.S. as a young adult and joining the U.S. Air Force during the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month Observance May 22 at the District headquarters in downtown LA.

    LA District planning chief, former immigrant grateful for opportunities

    One thing that life has taught Ed De Mesa from growing up with 11 siblings in the Philippines to immigrating to the U.S. as a young adult is servitude with gratitude.
  • Maj. Scotty Autin, deputy commander for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, briefs the media about the Corps’ Santa Barbara Debris Removal Mission May 11 in Ventura, California. Autin was one of several speakers who gave an update about the debris removal efforts in southern California, following the Thomas Wildfire in December and the Jan. 9 mudslide in Montecito, California.

    Corps of Engineers completes debris removal from Santa Barbara basins following devastating mudslide

    It was a dark, cold night in February in Santa Barbara County – in the low 30s – and freezing outside, as far as Mary Carmona was concerned. As she worked alongside a contractor during a 12-hour night shift at the Cold Springs Creek Basin in Montecito, she pondered why she was there. She missed her family and just wanted to go home and sleep in the comfort of her own bed. But going home wasn’t an option for Carmona – at least not for the next 20-some days, as she and about 60 other U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees set up temporary residence in the county to help clear vehicle-sized boulders, several feet of mud, trees and other debris from the community’s basins. It was a daunting task in less-than-ideal conditions, but these weren’t even less than ideal; they were catastrophic.

  • February

    A high school student at John Muir High School in Pasadena, California, tries on a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hardhat during the school’s Engineering and Environmental Science Academy School Exploration Showcase Feb. 14 in Pasadena.

    Corps’ representatives spread love of engineering to Pasadena high school students on Valentine’s Day

    Some people spread their love on Valentine’s Day with cards, flowers and candy. Three representatives with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District spread a different kind of love Feb. 14 – a love of engineering.

  • September

    Col. Kirk Gibbs, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, left, signs the labor-management agreement between the District and its Union, as Vern Bernhardt, president of the National Federation of Federal Employees Union Local Chapter No. 777, looks on during a Sept. 12 signing ceremony at the District’s office in downtown LA.

    Corps signs labor-management agreement, continues to strengthen biggest asset – its people

    The importance of continuing to strengthen internal partnerships within the Los Angeles District and maintain a “one-team” concept led to the Sept. 12 signing of a labor-management agreement.

  • March

    Hon. Margery Melvin, the keynote speaker, is a native of Los Angeles, Calif., and is currently an Administrative Law Judge in the Department of Social Services for the State of California where she conducts disability and Affordable Care Act hearings throughout the state. Melvin presented her personal experiences in the education system as a student and later as an educator. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Black Employment Special Emphasis Program committee held its Black History Month observance closing ceremony at the District's headquarters Feb. 23.

    District employees celebrate BHM

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Black Employment Special Emphasis Program committee held its Black History Month observance closing ceremony at the District's headquarters Feb. 23.

  • February

    Officials cut the ribbon Feb. 8 ceremonially opening the newly renovated dormitory 2424 that introduces modern apartment style living for Airmen assigned to the second largest base in the Air Force. The dorm features updated amenities that includes 61 bedrooms arranged into 20 suites. The living area in each suite is furnished with a sofa, table and television stand with connections for a television and the internet. The kitchenettes include Corian counters with a breakfast bar, cooktop, over-the-range microwave/convection oven, refrigerator, dishwasher and sink with a garbage disposal.

    Edwards dorm opens

    Officials cut the ribbon Feb. 8 ceremonially opening the newly renovated dormitory 2424 that introduces modern apartment style living for Airmen assigned to the second largest base in the Air Force.