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  • July

    Col. Joshua Bost, right, incoming U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander, receives the USACE colors from Brig. Gen. John Lloyd, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division commander and division engineer July 31 in the Fort MacArthur Community Center in San Pedro, California. The passing of the colors in a military change of command ceremony symbolizes the transfer of authority, responsibility and the unit’s enduring history from an outgoing commander to an incoming commander.

    USACE LA District marks change of command near historic San Pedro Breakwater

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District conducted a change of command ceremony July 31 overlooking the San Pedro Breakwater, the maritime project that launched the district’s presence in the region in 1898.
  • Col. Aaron Barta, incoming U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander, speaks during a July 19 change of command ceremony at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro, California.

    Barta becomes 62nd LA District commander

    After three years as the commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, Col. Kirk Gibbs relinquished duties to Col. Aaron Barta during a July 19 change of command ceremony. Barta, a native of Texas, became the 62nd commander of the LA District, during the event at Fort MacArthur’s Community Center in San Pedro.

  • January

    Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, discusses the national perspective of the Corps’ civil works program, among other topics, during the Jan. 18 California Marine Affairs and Navigation Conference in San Pedro, California.

    Chief of engineers speaks at conference, advocates for change, innovation

    SAN PEDRO, California – During a recent trip to California, Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, told stakeholders he envisions the Corps as “champions for change.”