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  • March

    Supervisory Biologist Sallie Diebolt, Arizona-Nevada Area Office, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, explains the Corps Regulatory Program to a prospective contractor at the Business Opportunities Open House March 22 at GateWay Community College in Phoenix, Arizona. More than 150 business representatives attended the event to learn of the Corps' business lines and upcoming contracting opportunities.

    Corps opens house for business opportunities

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District hosted its annual Business Opportunities Open House March 22 at GateWay Community College in Phoenix, Arizona. More than 150 business representatives attended the event to learn of the Corps' business lines and upcoming contracting opportunities.

  • January

    Tom Fayram, deputy public works director for Santa Barbara County, briefs Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite (center), commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, at the Montecito debris basin in Montecito, California, Jan. 18 during a visit to the site of a deadly mudslide. The Corps, as assigned by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is removing more than 450,000 cubic yards of debris from 11 basins and 10 channels in areas of Santa Barbara, California, hit hard by the disaster that left 18 people dead.

    USACE commanding general views emergency response to Santa Barbara mudslides

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general was in California Jan. 18 to visit the site of a deadly mudslide. Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite toured areas of Santa Barbara hit hard by the disaster that left 18 people dead and three missing.

  • August

    A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Planning Associate paddles the Los Angeles River at Sepulveda Basin in Encino, California, July 20 as part of the Watershed Planning Course. The associates were students of the course that covered Integrated Water Resources Management principles, Corps watershed planning steps and stakeholder perspectives, with the Los Angeles River serving as the case study.

    District hosts watershed planning course

    The Los Angeles District hosted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Planning Associates Program's Watershed Planning Course here July 17-21. The course was designed to expose planners to the use of broad authorities to address any problem that deals with water resources.

  • June

    Maj. Scotty Autin, deputy commander of the LA District, addressed the council members and public who filled the council chambers June 8. Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District joined City of Los Angeles Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell (L) and his staff in recognizing the collaborative efforts to improve, preserve and revitalize the Los Angeles River during a special City Council presentation City Hall June 8.

    LA District participates in Fourth Annual LA River Day

    Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District joined City of Los Angeles Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell and his staff in recognizing the collaborative efforts to improve, preserve and revitalize the Los Angeles River during a special City Council presentation at City Hall June 7.

  • May

    Delfina Fallin, a field office assistant with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers The Los Angeles District's Fort Irwin Resident Engineer Office accompanied by her family assist "Bobber" as the participated in the City of Torrance’s 58th Annual Armed Forces Day parade here May 20. The parade is an official Department of Defense event and is the city's way of expressing respect and reverence for the personnel who served in the armed forces, according to the city's website. The city honored the men and women of our nation's military with a three-day celebration that began on Friday, May 19, and continued through Sunday, May 21. The parade highlighted this year's honored branch, the United States Air Force.

    District participates in Armed Forces Day parade in Torrance

    The Los Angeles District participated in the City of Torrance’s 58th Annual Armed Forces Day parade here May 20.
  • 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.

  • March

    Mary Spencer, former Small Business Program manager, is inducted into the Los Angeles District's Gallery of Distinguished Civilian Employees in a ceremony at the District headquarters in Los Angeles March 23. The induction was held in conjunction with the District's annual Retiree Recognition Day.

    District names latest distinguished civilian employees

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District inducted two retired employees into its Gallery of Distinguished Civilian Employees in a ceremony at the District headquarters in Los Angeles March 23.
  • The hydraulic cutter-head suction dredge H.R. Morris digs up sediment from the Channel Islands Harbor sand trap Feb. 14. Seattle-based Manson Construction, the Corps' contractor for the project, piped the material to nearby Hueneme Beach to replenish sand lost to erosion.

    Corps completes CI Harbor dredging

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District completed maintenance dredging at Channel Islands Harbor here Feb. 27 after beginning work in late December 2016.

  • January

    Louis Munoz (center), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District's dam tender supervisor, discusses Alamo Dam operation with Col. Kirk Gibbs, District commander Jan. 25. The dam provides flood risk reduction, water supply and conservation, recreation, and fish and wildlife enhancement on the Bill Williams River.

    Remote sites, key projects

    When your area of operation covers roughly 226,000 square miles... expect to spend a lot time on the road.
  • Louis Munoz, dam tender supervisor for the Corps' Los Angeles District, describes the operation of Prado Dam's upgraded regulating outlet gates to South Pacific Division Commander Col. Pete Helmlinger during a Jan. 18 visit to the dam's control tower in Corona, California.

    Division commander visits Prado Dam, Santa Ana River

    Col. Peter Helmlinger, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division, visited the Prado Dam Visitor Center in Corona, California, Jan. 18 for an update on the Santa Ana River Mainstem project and a tour of the dam’s recently modified embankment and outlet works.
  • Piles of debris line the side of the roads in flood affected areas one week after the 2016 severe flooding in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

    District supports FEMA during Louisiana flood recovery

    Water reached a 500-year event level... a storm with only a .2 percent chance of occurring in any given year. In all, 12 of 64 parishes in Louisiana were declared major federal disaster areas.

  • 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

  • October

    Exterior photo of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations Center at March Air Reserve Base, Riverside County, California, Oct. 26. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations and March Air Reserve Base officials broke ground, on a new CBP AMOC expansion construction project here, Oct. 26.

    Corps and CBP break ground on AMOC construction project

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations and March Air Reserve Base officials broke ground on a new CBP Air and Marine Operations Center expansion project here Oct. 26.
  • Christopher Woodruff, water resources manager, Fort Irwin Department of Public works (center), briefs Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy, and Environment Katherine Hammack (right), and South Pacific Division Commander Col. Pete Helmlinger (left) on the Irwin Water Works water treatment process during a tour of the IWW facility at Fort Irwin, California Oct. 13. Hammack joined Helmlinger, Los Angeles District Commander Col. Kirk Gibbs and Fort Irwin and the National Training Center senior leaders in a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the completion and operation of the new Fort Irwin water treatment plant, also known as the Irwin Water Works.

    Corps completes Fort Irwin water treatment plant

    Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment Katherine Hammack joined U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division Commander Col. Pete Helmlinger, Los Angeles District Commander Col. Kirk Gibbs and Fort Irwin and the National Training Center senior leaders in a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the completion and operation of the new Fort Irwin water treatment plant, also known as the Irwin Water Works. The ceremony was held in front of the IWW Control Building at Fort Irwin, California Oct. 13.

  • March

    The Los Angeles District’s Kim Gavigan (left), chief of the water resources planning section and Ed Demesa, chief of the planning division, speak with a contractor at the Arizona-Nevada Area Office's Business Opportunities Open House March 17. The event featured morning and afternoon sessions with two training opportunities; successful proposal preparation, and job site safety.

    Area Office hosts Business Opportunities Open House

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Arizona-Nevada Area Office hosted a Business Opportunities Open House March 17.

  • January

    Maj. Gen. Ed Jackson, deputy commanding general for civil and emergency operations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, speaks to attendees at the winter meeting of the California Marine Affairs and Navigation Conference Jan. 21 at Marina del Rey, California.

    Corps leader updates California maritime industry

    Despite a nearly $2 billion budget to maintain the nation's inland waterways and harbors, it simply isn't enough for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to meet all the maritime industry’s infrastructure needs, Maj. Gen. Ed Jackson told attendees at the winter meeting of the California Marine Affairs and Navigation Conference held in Marina del Rey, California, Jan. 21.
  • Officials toss ceremonial shovels of dirt for the new MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAS facility during a groundbreaking ceremony Jan. 12 at Fort Irwin, California. Pictured from left to right are: Todd Gillum, Cox Construction; Maj. Gen. Joseph Martin, commanding general, National Training Center and Fort Irwin; Col. Kirk Gibbs, commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District; Marcus Watkins, director, NASA Management Office; Col. Matthew Ruedi, commander, 916th Support Brigade and Col. G. Scott Taylor, commander, U.S. Army Garrison Fort Irwin.

    District breaks ground for Gray Eagle project

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District teamed with officials and contractors at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, to break ground for the MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System facility construction project Jan. 12.

  • December

    1st Lt. Luke Ritz (center), a project engineer at the District’s Fort Huachuca Resident Office, ensures that the concrete for the new apron at Libby Army Airfield meets stringent design specifications. Ritz and Harold Colby (right), a construction representative from the Tucson Resident Office, oversee several tests that confirm the concrete will properly cure for maximum strength and durability.

    LAAF south ramp project underway

    During construction on Libby Army Airfield's new south ramp Dec. 18, 1st Lt. Luke Ritz, a project engineer at the Los Angeles District's Resident Office here, and Harold Colby, a construction representative from the Tucson Resident Office, supervise testing of random batches of concrete to ensure that it meets stringent design specifications.
  • Troy Morris (center), project manager, briefs Col. Kirk Gibbs, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Dec. 7. Morris guided Gibbs and Shari Brandt, resident engineer for the Tucson Resident Office, through the newly completed 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group hangar, a 76,746-square-foot facility that features a two-story administration section housing a technical order library, records storage, tool cribs, equipment storage and an observation deck overlooking the hangar floor.

    New hangar unveiled at Davis-Monthan

    Col. Kirk Gibbs, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District joined Brig. Gen. Steven J. Bleymaier, commander, Ogden Air Logistics Complex, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, and Tim Gray, deputy director, 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, to cut the ribbon officially opening the 309 AMARG hangar at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson Dec. 7.

  • November

    Rob Crist (left), resident engineer at Luke Air Force Base, briefs Los Angeles District Commander Col. Kirk Gibbs Nov. 19. Crist updated Gibbs on the status of aviation maintenance unit facilities built in support of the F-35 beddown at Luke.

    District commander visits regional office

    Col. Kirk Gibbs, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, toured Arizona-Nevada Area Office projects Nov. 19-20. His first visit since assuming command in July, Gibbs met stakeholders, spoke with employees, presented awards, and viewed key projects.