Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) program peer supporter Katie Reed speaks with a U.S. Army Corps of Engineer employee deployed to Southern California wildfires response. CISM’s mission is to provide education, support, and assistance to USACE employees for incidental or cumulative critical incident stress experienced in the performance of their jobs and/or in the event of major civil emergencies, natural disasters or military contingencies.

A decommissioned air traffic control tower at Plant 42 falls April 29 during its demolition at the Air Force installation in Palmdale, California. Crews used an excavator and cable system to safely bring down the structure, which had its support beams cut in advance.

A contractor uses an excavator to remove concrete debris at the Native Plant Garden at Eaton Canyon Nature Center in Altadena, California, May 23, 2025. The effort is part of a broader wildfire recovery and debris removal mission managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Col. Sonny Avichal, commander of the Emergency Field Office – Eaton, hugs Derek Russell Jr. after returning Russell’s late father’s police badge May 5 at the Southern California Wildfire Recovery Field Office building lobby in Pasadena, California. The badge was recovered from the debris of Russell’s home following the Eaton Fire in January.

Darius Wallace, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District employee and an Eaton Wildfire survivor, is greeted by USACE teammates April 30 outside his property in Altadena, California.

Jason Bostjancic, 412th Test Engineering Group deputy director, second from right, talks with Col. Andrew Baker, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander, left, about the technical features of the Flight Test Engineering Laboratory during Baker’s April 3 visit to Edwards Air Force Base, California. The LA District designed and constructed the two-story, 75,000-square-foot laboratory, engineering and office complex for the Air Force.

Maj. Gen. Jason Kelly, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deputy commanding general for Civil Works and Emergency Operations, center, talks to engineers, and program and project managers for the Prado Dam Spillway Modification Project during a March 4 visit to Prado Dam in Corona, California.

Robyn Colosimo, senior official performing the duties of the assistant secretary of the Army for Civil Works, right, receives a briefing on the LA River Ecosystem Restoration Project from Edward Belden, LA River Ecosystem Restoration project manager for the City of LA, third from left, as she gets an advantageous view of Reach 8 of the river from a helipad at the LA Transportation Center located downtown. Reach 8 of the LA River is a mile-long portion that begins at Main Street Bridge and extends downstream to the 1st Street Bridge. Reach 8 restoration components include some features that are on LATC property, and some that are not.

Tara Fitzgerald, EPA Pacific Southwest incident commander for EPA’s Emergency Response to the Los Angeles Wildfires, third from left, talks with Lily Schaffer, geologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s Engineering Division, left, during a walkthrough of Lario Park Staging Area March 19 in Azusa, California.

Mark Cohen, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Operations Division chief, right, talks with an attendee of the 2025 Business Opportunities Open House, which the LA District hosted March 6 in Montebello, California.

Col. Andrew Baker, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander, left, joins Erica Schenk, tribal council chairwoman for the Cahuilla Band of Indians, right, Feb. 26 to sign a Feasibility Cost Share Agreement as part of an effort to restore the tribe’s hot springs at the Cahuilla Reservation near Anza, California.

California’s 49th Congressional District Rep. Mike Levin, fourth from left, examines shoreline modeling data during an onsite meeting Feb. 20 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander Col. Andrew Baker, second from left, and his team in Oceanside, California.

Lt. Gen. William "Butch" Graham, 56th chief of engineers and commanding general of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, views wildfire damage Jan. 24 in Pacific Palisades, California. USACE Los Angeles District received a mission from FEMA Jan. 17 to assist with debris removal in support of the State of California following the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles County.

Maj. Gen. Jason Kelly, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deputy commanding general for civil and emergency operations, right, discusses debris removal operations with LA City Mayor Karen Bass, center sitting, Jan. 25 in Pacific Palisades, California.

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