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    WASHINGTON -- Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick addresses the audience after assuming the role as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general and chief of engineers during a ceremony at Fort Lesley J. McNair, May 22, 2012.

    Bostick assumes command of Corps

    Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick became the 53rd U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general and U.S. Army chief of engineers during an assumption of command ceremony May 22 at Baruch Auditorium, Fort Lesley J. McNair.
  • The District's new Emergency Command and Control Vehicle, operated by Alex Watt, made its debut appearance at the City of Torrance's 53rd Annual Armed Forces Day Celebration May 19 and was led by the District's commander, Col. Mark Toy, wife May, daughter Kayla and son Brandon. The Toys carried the District's banner, followed by the ECCV, Fany Anderson of the District's safety office and Bobber the Water Safety Dog, along the two-mile parade route.

    District returns to Armed Forces Day in Torrance

    The Los Angeles District returned to the City of Torrance to participate in its 53rd Annual Armed Forces Day Celebration here May 19.
  • Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, U.S. Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, is briefed by Resident Engineer Mike Siu on construction work by the Corps at Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos during a visit May 18. District Commander Col. Mark Toy (far left) and Military Programs Branch Chief Debra Ford (far right) look on. Bostick is set to become the 53rd Chief of Engineers and commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers May 22.

    District welcomes next Corps commander

    The Los Angeles District welcomed Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, currently the U.S. Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, during his visit here May 18.
  • Corps contractors construct the second of two new 4-million-gallon water reservoirs May 11 at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The new water tanks support a population of more than 18,000 military, family members, contractors and civilian employees at the base.

    Building big for water at Vandenberg

    Vandenberg Air Force Base is currently home to the second largest reinforced concrete dome in the world. By summer's end, they may have some bragging rights anyway; a twin is on the way.
  • Child Development Center Director Verna Brown (left), Col. Paul McArthur, 30th Space Wing vice commander, Rep. Lois Capps and Col. Kelly Kirts, 30th Mission Support Group commander, cut the ribbon to the new CDC May 11. The $9.7 million, 23,390-square-foot facility consolidates the CDC's operations into one building while nearly doubling the floor space of the previous facilities.

    Corps completes Vandenberg Child Development Center

    VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Rep. Lois Capps joined Vandenberg family members and senior
  • Los Angeles District Commander Col. Mark Toy mentioned he recently lost his grandmother, whose restaurant he remembers playing in as a child. Their hard work ensured a better life for their children, with all three of their sons graduating from college. The District headquarters hosted a one-hour program championing this year's theme "Striving for Excellence in Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion" on May 10.

    Striving for Excellence in Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion

    The Los Angeles District honored the contributions of Asian Pacific Americans with an observance May 10 here. District Commander Col. Mark Toy said it caused him to reflect on his own Chinese heritage.
  • Quana Higgins, a lead planner in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, received the first Kevin Inada Employee of the Quarter award during a ceremony held at the District headquarters May 4.

    Inaugural award presented to District employee

    A lead planner in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s Arizona-Nevada Area Office received the first Kevin Inada Employee of the Quarter award during a ceremony held at the District headquarters May 4.
  • In all 4,000 volunteers spread out over 15 community sites to remove tons of debris from the river’s channel during the Friends of the LA River’s 23rd Annual La Gran Limpieza: The Great Los Angeles River CleanUp on April 28.

    Los Angeles River: location, location, location

    The area adjacent to Rio de Los Angeles State Park was one of three sites featured for informational talks given by key stakeholders during the Friends of the LA River’s 23rd Annual La Gran Limpieza: The Great Los Angeles River CleanUp on April 28. In all, 4,000 volunteers spread out over 15 community sites to remove tons of debris from the river’s channel.
  • A clamshell dredge begins a five-month project May 2 to remove up to 350,000 cubic yards of material from the federal channel in Newport Harbor, Calif. The Port of Long Beach will use about one-third of the dredged material for its middle harbor redevelopment project.

    Maintenance dredging project will restore federal channels in lower Newport Harbor

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began a five-month, $6.5 million maintenance dredging project May 2 when a clamshell dredge started removing up to 350,000 cubic yards of material in an effort to restore safe navigation to federal channels in lower Newport Harbor.
  • Kevin Wohlmut (left), a planner in the Coastal Studies Group for the Corps' Los Angeles District, discusses Tijuana River watershed issues with district commander Col. Mark Toy during a break at a meeting hosted April 19 by the International Boundary and Water Commission at the Tijuana River Estuary Visitors Center in Imperial Beach, Calif.

    International Commission Takes a Look at the Tijuana River

    “It’s not the fences that matter, it’s the gates,” Dave Gibson told attendees at the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission collaborative meeting held April 19 at the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve in Imperial Beach, Calif.
  • An environmental restoration project will remove 50,000 cubic yards of material from a marsh at the mouth of the Santa Ana River, improving degraded habitat that has adversely affected endangered species that use it as a nesting gound.

    Public takes a look at Santa Ana River Marsh study

    A proposed project to remove 50,000 cubic yards of material from a tidal marsh took an important step April 30 when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers presented and sought public input on the project’s environmental assessment during a meeting held at Newport Beach, Calif.
  • David Rodriguez (left) speaks with Louis "Dutch" Bonnet and Col. Mike Wehr, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division commander (who has since been promoted to Brig. Gen. since the time this image was taken) during Wehr's visit in November 2011 to the Tres Rios Ecosystem Restoration Project in Phoenix. Rodriguez recently received a commission as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy Reserves.

    District employee dons Navy blue and gold

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District now has a new Navy Reserve officer in its ranks of civilian employees. David Rodriguez, a field engineer with the District’s Arizona-Nevada Area Office, recently received his commission in the Reserves.