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  • Honolulu District awards $139.1 million contract repairing BAAF

    FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii- The Honolulu District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded Parsons Government Services Inc a $139.1 million contract for the base items Aug. 28, 2019 repairing Bucholz Army Airfield Runway, Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands. The total contract value (base plus options) is $229.9 million.

  • Hands-on install powers 249th Engineers training with USACE

    FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii - Under a scorching sun a Soldiers meticulously checks his tools. An arm's length away is a boisterous generator that interrupts the sound of black tar gravel crunching beneath his boots. After restoring electricity to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Honolulu District Emergency Operations Center (EOC) during a simulated power outage June 21, the 249th Engineer Battalion (Alpha Company) 3rd Power Station Prime Power Specialist Staff Sgt. Jason Pallack believes the most crucial part of his job during disaster recovery operations is evaluating the power needs of a building.

  • Honolulu District USACE direct hiring 80 vacancies at career expo

    FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii (July 24, 2019) – Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Honolulu District are looking to fill open positions during the Star Advertiser Career Expo July 31, 2019, from 9:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall. (777 Ward Avenue)

  • Small Business is big business for Honolulu District USACE

    HONOLULU, Hawaii— The Honolulu District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Small Business Office (SBO) was one of several government agencies looking to discuss contracting opportunities to small businesses looking to start or expand opportunities as a government contractor June 18, 2019, at the 17th Annual Hawaii Small Business Forum held at the Honolulu Country Club.

  • Army Corps of Engineers promotes water safety this summer season

    Summer is almost here and that means millions of Americans will be planning visits to our nation’s lakes and rivers. As the steward of many of these public waters, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) reminds visitors to be aware of the importance of practicing safe, sensible and thoughtful activities in and around the water.

  • Empowering the workforce with sunrise hike

    Honolulu District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commander Lt. Col. Kathryn Sanborn, Honolulu District Deputy District Commander Maj. Josh Sturgill and Pacific Ocean Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Command Sgt. Maj. Patrickson Toussaint led roughly 40 Division and District personnel, families and friends on a two-mile hike to view the sunrise from the Corps of Engineers-built Makapu`u Lighthouse April 25, 2019, celebrating the 114th Birthday of the District. The Corps built Makapu'u Lighthouse in 1909 on a 647-foot sea cliff overlooking Makapu’u Beach in southeast Oahu. The Corps’ history in Hawaii and the Pacific began in 1905 when Lt. John Slattery became the District’s first commander. His original mission was to construct lighthouses for navigation, like Makapu’u. Makapu’u Point is a critical location passed by all ships moving between Honolulu and the U.S. Mainland. The lighthouse is still an active U.S. Coast Guard navigation aid in use today.

  • Employee Spotlight: Dan Moore DA intern (Accountant)

    Honolulu District USACE Dan Moore Department of the Army Intern (Accountant)

  • Volunteers collect trash, debris on Fort DeRussy beach, beach berm for 2019 USACE Earth Day

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Honolulu District and Pacific Ocean Division leadership, District and Tripler Army Medical Center employees joined forces with Punahou School Junior ROTC cadet volunteers to clean the Fort DeRussy area beach and beach berm April 27 for Earth Day 2019. This was the 14th consecutive year Honolulu District held the Earth Day-focused event by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pacific Regional Visitor Center (RVC) at Battery Randolph on Fort DeRussy in Waikiki. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Park Rangers Angela Jones and Stephen Lawlor coordinated and led the beach sweep with assistance from Punahou School Junior ROTC program commander Lt. Col. (ret.) Robert Takao.

  • USACE project manager “hooks” first USAG-KA coin she designed

    Kara M. Larson, a project manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Honolulu District, who works remotely as a project manager forward with customers on Kwajalein took on the challenge in designing a commander’s coin. In November 2018, U.S. Army Garrison Kwajalein Atoll Commander Col.James DeOre asked for local military or civilian government employees on Kwajalein Atoll to use their artistic skills in generating a new commander’s coin design. The most specific requested standard for the new design was that it be “something unique to the Marshall Islands and not a circle coin.” Little did she know that her interest in creating a new design would later take on a unique twist.

  • Administrative Professionals Day Spotlight: Brittany Keyes

    Administrative Professionals Day Spotlight: Brittany Keyes, Administrative Assistant, Civil & Public Works Branch