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  • September

    Rick Arvey, project manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s Section 595 Program, left, shakes hands with Pascua Yaqui Tribe Vice Chairman Peter Yucupicio before the Tribe’s Section 595 Project groundbreaking Sept. 16 near Tucson, Arizona.

    Partnership brings water to a dry land

    The Pascua Yaqui Tribe, along with U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton, joined U.S. Army Corps of Engineers leaders Sept. 12 near Tucson to break ground on the Pascua Yaqui Wellness Center Water Distribution Project.
  • Chris Stanton, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s Silver Jackets Program manager, prepares written scenarios for a flood-response tabletop exercise in the Navajo Nation’s Birdsprings Chapter’s meeting hall May 30 in Birdsprings, Arizona.

    Planner of the Year: Chris Stanton

    Traveling throughout the Southwest, Christopher Stanton, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District lead planner and Silver Jackets program manager, has built a professional reputation for dependability.

  • August

    The Mike O’Callaghan Military Medical Center modernization project is pictured July 15 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ districts in Los Angeles and Little Rock collaborate on the project, which included an emergency room, an intensive care unit and building additions.

    The LA District commander visits Air Force project sites in Nevada

    Col. Andrew Baker, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, toured several district military construction projects July 15, including site visits to Creech and Nellis Air Force bases in Nevada.

  • July

    From left to right: Jonathan Hallemeier, Alan Wells, Chris Stanton and Joel Pliskin of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s Silver Jackets planning team, pose for a picture May 30 in Birdsprings, Arizona. The Birdsprings Chapter of the Navajo Nation hosted the inaugural flood-response tabletop exercise in partnership with the Silver Jackets. The Silver Jackets Program brings together local, tribal, state and federal agencies to collaboratively address flood risk and other natural hazards.

    Navajo Nation hosts USACE Silver Jackets for flood response training

    The Birdsprings Chapter of the Navajo Nation, in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Silver Jackets program, hosted its inaugural virtual and in-person flood response tabletop exercise May 30 in Birdsprings, Arizona.

  • March

    Leaders, organizers and presenters from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District team pose for photos before presentations begin at the Iron King Mine Project Industry Day Jan. 28 at Gateway Community College in Phoenix. (Photo by Robert DeDeaux, USACE PAO)

    LA District hosts Iron King Mine Project Industry Day

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s Mega Projects Division hosted the Iron King Mine Project Industry Day Jan. 28 at Gateway Community College.

  • February

    Dam safety specialists with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pose for a photo during a multi-district dam safety awareness event Jan. 27-30 at the Los Angeles District’s Arizona area office in midtown Phoenix. Approximately 33 dam safety experts and stakeholders from various districts and divisions met in person to enhance collaboration among dam safety professionals. (Photo by Robert DeDeaux, USACE Los Angeles District Public Affairs)

    South Pacific Division leads dam safety collaboration

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division’s Dam Safety Production Center conducted a multi-district dam safety awareness event Jan. 27-30 at the Los Angeles District’s Arizona area office in midtown Phoenix.

  • September

    Representatives with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and USACE’s South Pacific Division pose for a photo during the Painted Rock Dam tabletop exercise Sept. 18 at the Yuma Public Works Department in Yuma, Arizona. During the exercise, several small groups reviewed and practiced specific functions relevant to their agencies or organizations. The exercise is designed to review, practice and assess federal and nonfederal partners’ response to emergency disasters to and around Painted Rock Dam.

    Yuma hosts Painted Rock Dam Tabletop Exercise

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s Dam Safety Program and the Emergency Management team conducted a tabletop exercise Sept. 18 at the Yuma Public Works Department in Yuma.
  • Mila Besich, mayor of the City of Superior, left, and Col. Andrew Baker, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander, right, sign a project partnership agreement under the Section 595 Program Sept. 16 in Phoenix. Projects under the 595 Program may include wastewater treatment and related facilities, water supply and related facilities, environmental restoration, and surface water resource protection and development. USACE can engage in design, construction or both for projects under this program.

    Section 595 signing in Arizona

    The mayors of Superior and Douglas, Arizona, along with a representative from Congressman Greg Stanton’s office, met with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ officials Sept. 16 in Phoenix to sign project partnership agreements for environmental infrastructure projects in the two cities.
  • Retired Col. Aaron Barta, then a company commander with the Military District of Washington Engineer Company, second row standing, second from right, poses for a picture with his unit in September 2001. The unit was responsible for responding to recovery efforts following the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the Pentagon in Washington D.C.

    Former Los Angeles District commander reflects on 23 years since 9/11 recovery effort

    It was a Tuesday. Twenty-three years ago. The day of the week – not the date of the month – stands out the most for retired Col. Aaron Barta. Tuesday. A planned training day. A normal drive into work. By mid-morning, all of that would change. Tuesday would soon alter the course of Barta’s life and redefine the next 20 years of his Army career and the nation. It was Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. This is his story.

  • August

    Military leaders pose for a photo following the new South Wilmot Gate project groundbreaking ceremony Aug. 23 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. The $15 million project will include a vehicle inspection facility and updated security measures, while easing traffic flow in and out of the installation.

    USACE, 355th partners break ground on new security entrance at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base

    Senior leaders with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base broke ground on the new South Wilmot Gate project during an Aug. 23 ceremony at the air base near Tucson, Arizona.
  • Los Angeles District Regulatory Division teammates Therese Carpenter and Lisa Robinson pose for a photo at the Phoenix Area Office July 22 in midtown Phoenix. Carpenter, a regulatory project manager, and Robinson, a regulatory assistant, discussed the positive impact district volunteers and donations have on charitable organizations in central Arizona.

    Regulatory Division teammates lead Phoenix charity efforts

    For Los Angeles District Regulatory Division teammates Therese Carpenter and Lisa Robinson, the joy of working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is only surpassed by their continuous support of local charities.

  • July

    PANACA, Nev. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District safety and emergency management experts join the Nevada State Park Rangers, the Lincoln County Fire Department, along with other federal and nonfederal agencies, to pose for a photo along the top of Matthews Canyon Dam, following an emergency training exercise June 25 in Lincoln County, Nevada. The LA District Emergency Management Team conducted the training event with the support of the Nevada Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security and the Lincoln County commissioner.

    Small town trains for big disasters

    The Los Angeles District Emergency Management team conducted an emergency tabletop training exercise June 25 at Panaca Fire Station in Lincoln County, Nevada, to sharpen the emergency response and coordination skills for local, state and federal agencies.

  • April

    Jason Russell, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District project engineer, expresses the LA District's support for American troops during a media interview April 9 at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. LA District and Yuma Proving Ground military leaders celebrated the official completion of a facility for the U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the same day at the installation.

    Leaders celebrate hangar completion at Yuma Proving Ground

    The U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground’s primary mission is to test the nation’s military ground combat equipment; however, for nearly 30 years, its vast desert ranges also have been used by the Military Freefall School to train thousands of the military’s most elite paratroopers.

  • March

    Eric Ravelli, deputy of the Office of Small Business Programs with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, left, speaks with participants at the Business Opportunities Open House March 13 at the Midtown Hilton Garden Inn in Phoenix. Small businesses represented more than 75 percent of the participants. This is Ravelli’s seventh year hosting the event for the LA District.

    District hosts Business Opportunities Open House

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District hosted the spring Business Opportunities Open House March 13 at the Midtown Hilton Garden Inn in Phoenix.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineer South Pacific Division Readiness and Contingency Operations representatives and Emergency Branch managers pose for a photo following the first day of the Continuity of Operations training exercise March 11 at the LA District’s area office in Phoenix. The Los Angeles District Emergency Management team hosted the training event with the support of the Sacramento and Albuquerque districts.

    LA District Conducts COOP Training in Phoenix

    The Los Angeles District Emergency Management team conducted the Continuity of Operations, or COOP, training exercise March 11-12 at the district’s area office in Phoenix.

  • February

    Col. Andrew Baker, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, joined other local, state and federal partners Jan. 27 to celebrate the grand opening of the Rosemead Boulevard bike path at the Whittier Narrows Recreation Area in South El Monte, California.

    USACE joins local, state and federal partners for Rosemead bikeway ribbon cutting ceremony at Whittier Narrows Recreation Area

    Col. Andrew Baker, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, joined other local, state and federal partners Jan. 27 to celebrate the grand opening of the Rosemead Boulevard bike path at the Whittier Narrows Recreation Area in South El Monte, California.

  • December

    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Kirk Young and Los Angeles District’s Pam Kostka conducts a public meeting for the Painted Rock Marsh Restoration project, October 18 at the Gila Bend library in Gila, Bend Arizona.

    Agencies team up for public meeting on marsh restoration

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hosted a public meeting for the Painted Rock Marsh Restoration project Oct. 18 at the Gila Bend Library in Gila Bend, Arizona.
  • Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Michael Connor, center, along with leaders and representatives from the Gila River Indian Community, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, pose for a picture after signing a project partnership agreement Nov. 9 at the Gila River Indian Reservation in Arizona. The agreement represents the first solar-over-canal project of its kind in the United States.

    Gila River Indian Community, LA District sign historic agreement

    Gila River Indian Community Governor Stephen Roe Lewis and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Commander Col. Andrew Baker signed a project partnership agreement during a ceremony Nov. 9 at the Gila River Indian Reservation in Arizona.

  • November

    Brian McDowell, an environmental coordinator with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, left, discusses biodiversity restoration of the proposed Rio Salado Oeste Project with Maricopa County residents during a public meeting Nov. 18 in Phoenix.

    District hosts public meeting for Rio Salado Oeste project

    The City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation joined the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District in hosting a public meeting for the Rio Salado Oeste project Nov. 18 at the Rio Salado Audubon Center in Phoenix.

  • August

    Los Angeles District environmental lead and Formerly Used Defense Site program manager Harry Hendler, pictured in white, answers questions for Clark County residents during a public meeting discussing the Nellis Remedial Action FUDS Project July 25 at the Aliante Library in Las Vegas.

    LA District FUDS team makes progress on Nellis Remedial Action projects

    Representatives with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District hosted a public meeting to discuss a Formerly Used Defense Site, or FUDS, project with Clark County residents July 25 at the Aliante Library in Las Vegas.