U.S. Air Force Col. Bryan Bailey, commander of the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, on stage at left, addresses attendees during a groundbreaking ceremony for a new KC-46 Pegasus hangar and training facility Dec. 16 at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County, California.

Brig. Gen. John Lloyd, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division commander, right, speaks with leaders and subject-matter experts with the Port of Long Beach and USACE during a boat tour of the port Dec. 2 in Long Beach, California.

Orange County Operations and Maintenance vehicles stage along the pathway at the lower Santa Ana River Marsh during a multi-agency cleanup operation Dec. 10 in Newport Beach, California. More than 60 personnel from federal, county and city agencies supported the half-day effort.

Daniel Huff, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project manager, center, helps San Luis Obispo community members better understand the regulatory process and environmental cleanup being conducted in their community during a public meeting Aug. 25 at the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, California.

Col. Andrew Baker, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, right of center, joins local, state and federal leaders Aug. 28 to break ground on Phase 2B of the Murrieta Creek Flood Control, Environmental Restoration and Recreation Project in Temecula, California.

Representatives with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, FEMA, California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, Los Angeles County and the City of Los Angeles gather Aug. 26 with the property owner Noland West in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades to mark the start of debris removal at the last property enrolled in the USACE debris-removal program.

Marine Veteran Christopher Scott Louie, center, cuts the ribbon during a ceremony celebrating the opening of the VA Long Beach Healthcare System's mental health in-patient and out-patient facilities Aug. 28 in Long Beach, California. Also pictured are, from left to right, Dr. Larry Albers, chief of psychiatry and mental health; Dr. Carolyn Clancy, Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Discovery, Education and Affiliate Networks; Walt Dannenberg, VA Long Beach Medical Center director; Dr. Sharon De Peralta, chief of Patient Care Services, Mental Health; and Stephanie Young, VISN Interim Network director.

Now in its final phase of construction, the new Spinal Cord Injury/Community Living Center is pictured Aug. 7 at the Jennifer Moreno Veterans Affairs Medical Center in San Diego.

An excavator smooths bedding material May 1 on the slope of a levee in Riverside, California, where the U.S. Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District and contractors have started work again for the levee rehabilitation project.

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