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  • August

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District place segmented sections of temporary protective barriers in the community of Cedar Creek, Arizona, Aug. 17. The project is in response to an Aug. 13 request by the White Mountain Apache Tribe to provide assistance to meet an imminent flood threat. Storm flows from the summer monsoon season, in concert with debris flows from the burned watershed upstream, pose a serious threat because limited flood risk minimization measures (K-rails) are currently in place.

    District adds temporary capacity to Cedar Creek flood fighting measures

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District dispatched personnel and resources Aug. 14 to assist the White Mountain Apache community with its limited flood risk minimization measures.

  • October

    The phase separator of the mechanical evaporator located on the right of side of the photo is the third stage of the purification process. The project is the design-build of a six million gallon per day water treatment plant. The new plant will use a three-stage, electro-dialysis reversal (EDR) water treatment plant that treats all contaminants found in Fort Irwin's ground water in accordance with federal and state requirements. The plant will include: an electro-dialysis reversal (EDR) primary treatment, lime softening clarifiers, lime solids thickeners, lime sludge lagoons, reverse osmosis (RO) filters, brine treatment facility, concentrate equalization basins and a mechanical evaporator tower and feed tank, and three evaporation ponds to achieve the post’s 99 percent water recovery rate. The project also includes water system improvement and supporting utilities and infrastructure upgrades

    Fort Irwin water treatment plant reaches construction milestone

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and Corps contractor CDM Constructors, Inc., of Rancho Cucamonga have reached a critical milestone in the construction of the new Fort Irwin Water Treatment Plant as it began to transition to the plants commissioning phase in September.

  • September

    Col. Kirk Gibbs, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander,John Keever, USACE Los Angeles District chief of construction, and Capt. Evan Nelson, project engineer discuss design features at the Weed Army Hospital replacement project site. Gibbs, toured several District projects at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, during a visit to the fort Sept. 9-10.

    District commander tours Fort Irwin construction projects

    Col. Kirk Gibbs, the commander of the Los Angeles District, toured several District projects at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, during a visit to the fort Sept. 9-10
  • Col. Kirk Gibbs, Los Angeles District commander, presents the Joseph W. Kimbel Award to Lillian Dampios Sept. 8 in Los Angeles. The award recognizes the lawyer who demonstrates the highest potential for future legal achievement within the Corps.

    District lawyer earns national recognition

    The Joseph W. Kimbel Award recognizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers attorney who demonstrates the highest professional potential for future legal achievement.

  • August

    Mike Ternak of the Los Angeles District is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' 2015 Sustainability Hero Award winner in the GreenGov Presidential Awards Program.

    District home to Sustainability Hero Award winner

    PHOENIX – Mike Ternak of the Los Angeles District is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' 2015

  • October

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District recognized Carlos Gomez, an administrative assistant who works in the Programs and Project Management Division, during this month’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month observance. Although Gomez sustained life-changing injuries resulting in his disability, he continues to exceed his personal expectations and physical limitations. “I drive still, I cross country ski, I’m certified as an advanced underwater scuba diver. Rock climbing, mountain biking, zip lining; you name it, I will do it,” Gomez said. “There is nothing I can’t do and I will continue to push harder with a prosthetic leg.”

    District recognizes National Disability Employment Awareness Month

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District recognized one of its own employees during this month’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month observance with a special video presentation.
  • The hydraulic cutter-head suction dredge H.R. Morris digs up sediment from the Channel Islands Harbor entrance Oct. 14. Seattle-based Manson Construction, the Corps' contractor for the $4.3 million project, will pipe the material to nearby Hueneme Beach to replenish sand lost to erosion.

    Channel Islands dredging begins

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Deputy Engineer David Van Dorpe joined Rep. Julia Brownley and local officials here Oct. 14 to celebrate the start of maintenance dredging at Channel Islands Harbor that will replenish sand at nearby Silver Strand and Hueneme beaches.

  • April

    Catherine Guilhur and Willow Eichler watch as Corps intern AJ Moore tests the spaghetti bridge constructed by Guilhur and Eichler as one of the design challenges during the 21st Annual Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work® program held at the district offices in Los Angeles April 24. Nearly two dozen children of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District employees participated in the event.

    Plant a seed, grow a future; Corps employees take their children to work

    Nearly two dozen children of Los Angeles District employees participated in the 21st Annual Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work® program held at the district offices here April 24. The children, ranging in ages from 5 to 18 years old, took part in a variety of activities designed to expand opportunities and transform lives.

  • March

    President's fiscal 2015 budget for Corps' Civil Works released

    The President’s Budget for fiscal year 2015 (FY15) includes $4.561 billion in gross discretionary funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), which is offset in part by a proposal to cancel $28 million in unobligated carryover of funding appropriated prior to fiscal year 2014.
  • The new $14.2 million education center at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., replaces a 60-year-old elementary school campus, which was used as the education center for more than 40 years.

    Vandenberg Education Center officially opens

    Officials ceremonially cut the ribbon officially opening the Vandenberg Air Force Base education center Feb. 27. The $14.2 million building replaces a 60-year-old facility and includes 20 classrooms, a computer lab, a testing center, and a 75-seat auditorium.

  • January

    The District's Deputy for Programs and Project Management Division Ken Morris (center) will retire Jan. 10, after spending 26 years working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Los Angeles.

    District bids farewell to Programs and Project Management deputy

    LOS ANGELES — In preparation for his retirement Jan. 10, the District’s Deputy for Programs and Project Management Ken Morris, who began his federal career in 1974 when commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps, answered some questions about the 26 years he has spent as a federal civilian employee in the Los Angeles District.

  • December

    PHOENIX -Jonathan Stratton (left) and Joe Derungs, both with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District's Arizona/Nevada Area Office, speak with business representatives during the first Business Opportunities Open House held Jan. 29 at the District's downtown Phoenix office. Nearly 300 business owners and operators spoke with District representatives during the event designed to let business people learn about contract opportunities and gain insight on how to do business with the Corps.

    LA District helps lead USACE small business goals

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District received two awards in December for its efforts at ensuring USACE exceeded its small business goal for the fourth year in a row.
  • Daryll Fust, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s assistant chief of staff, presents Theresa Koontz, wife of District Security Manager Jeff Koontz, the Commander’s Award for Public Service at the Arizona-Nevada Area Office during the Dec. 18 Holiday Luncheon as John Keever, the District Construction Division chief, stands with her. Koontz received the award for her efforts in assisting the family of Col. Pete Jordan, who served as the executive officer for the Arizona-Nevada Area Office, after he passed away in a Sept. 7 automobile accident.

    District family member receives award for public service

    Theresa Koontz, wife of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Security Manager Jeff Koontz, received the Commander’s Award for Public Service at the Arizona-Nevada Area Office during the Dec. 18 Holiday Luncheon.
  • District Engineer Steve Dwyer, chief, Navigation and Coastal Projects Branch, stands in the Harvard Architecture School on Dec. 13. The school is built like half of a pyramid and has six floors tht are open to each other, so a person can stand on the top level and look down. He said it is one giant studio.

    Corps' engineer invited to critique Harvard students’ design projects

    Steve Dwyer, chief, Navigation and Coastal Projects Branch, was asked to participate as an engineering advisor for a graduate-level Landscape Architecture Studio at Harvard University. Per Harvard's invitation, he visited the school Dec. 13 to sit on a panel organized to review and judge the students' design projects, which all related to the Los Angeles River. Dwyer, who was the District's chief of operations for 25 years had the responsibility of maintenance for the Los Angeles River and wrote the Los Angeles County Drainage Area Project's operation and maintenance manual.
  • Los Angeles District leaders gathered for a seminar at the Bob Hope Patriotic Hall in downtown Los Angeles Dec. 10-12 to discuss future goals and process improvement. Everyone met in front of the hall's Christmas tree for a group photo on the final day.

    District leadership chart future during planning seminar

    Los Angeles District leaders gathered for a seminar at the Bob Hope Patriotic Hall in downtown Los Angeles Dec. 10-12 to determine future goals and the work necessary to achieve them.
  • Staff Sgt. James Harris, a military policeman with the California National Guard, currently serves as a security coordinator at the District's security and law enforcement office in downtown Los Angeles. Harris sustained injuries while serving as a MP platoon sergeant in Northern Afghanistan in 2012 and is participating in the Federal Internship Program, which affords him an opportunity to put his experience to work while providing him with the flexibility to complete medical treatment for his combat injuries.

    District’s Wounded Warrior program a ‘win-win’

    The Los Angeles District is supporting the U.S. Army’s Wounded Warrior Transition Program and it’s paying off in big ways—both for the District and the warriors themselves.

  • September

    USACE Mehrbad Golshani, an electrical engineer with the Los Angeles District, inspects an electrical panel at this Fort Irwin Office. The Los Angeles District sent a team of more than 70 engineering and technical support professionals to the fort to assess damage and provide recovery operations after flooding from a monsoon-like storm covered the post with mud and debris Aug. 25.

    South Pacific Division commander tours Fort Irwin flood damage

    FORT IRWIN, Calif.—-Brig. Gen. David Turner, commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific

  • Corps sends team to Fort Irwin to assess monsoon damage

    FORT IRWIN, Calif.--The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles district sent a five-person team of

  • August

    An artist’s rendering of the water treatment plant shows what the facility will look like upon completion. (Illustration courtesy of CDM Smith)

    Fort Irwin team picked as Corps’ project delivery team of the year

    LOS ANGELES — A team of people working on a water treatment plant and distribution system project at
  • Cadet Mackenzie Vaughn, left, a senior at the U.S. Military Academy, and Cadet Chris Lillie, a junior with the University of Notre Dame's Reserve Officer's Training Corps program, completed a three-week-long internship with the Los Angeles District Aug. 8. The two shadowed engineer officers and district civilian professionals through a myriad of projects in order to gain experience and expose them to the inner workings of the Corps, its mission, and impact on society.

    Cadets complete district internship

    Two future Army officers took advantage of a rare opportunity to gain first-hand experience of the inner-workings of the Corps of Engineers as part of a summer internship program, which they each successfully completed Aug. 8.