14 Jan 2013

US to improve electric grid in Kandahar province

KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Electricity is a scare resource in Kandahar City but should become less so for Kandahar government district centers and businesses when four separate projects designed to improve electricity distribution in key areas of the city are completed by winter 2013. Regional Command-South is overseeing these projects currently in the planning phase. Each required comprehensive coordination among RC-South, USAID, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat, the Afghan electric utility company.

14 Jan 2013

Honolulu District Continues Great Support to Army, Pacific Region in FY12

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Honolulu District completed a successful Fiscal Year 2012 (FY12) during which 506 contract actions were awarded totaling $316,128,089.00.

10 Jan 2013

Army Corps of Engineers winds down power mission in Coney Island

When Hurricane Sandy barreled into Coney Island on the night of Oct. 29, it left an entire community in the dark.

7 Dec 2012

Army Engineers fought and lived through the attack on Pearl Harbor

Seven December 1941 was the opening scene of World War II, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was there. At 7:55 a.m., two waves of Japanese warplanes from a naval task force about 250 miles north of Hawaii appeared over Oahu. Some headed for American warships at Pearl Harbor and the planes on the ground at nearby Hickam Field; others hit Schofield Barracks, Wheeler Field, and Bellows Field.

7 Dec 2012

Paving the road to stable economic growth at Shur Andam Industrial Park

The entrepreneurs at the Shur Andam Industrial Park in Kandahar need a paved road, so civil engineers from the 565th Engineer Detachment Forward Engineer Support Team - Advance conducted a road survey Nov. 7, 2012, to develop designs and specifications, a statement of work and cost estimate to facilitate future construction of a road at Shur Andam.

4 Dec 2012

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Honolulu District Deploys a Team to Support Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts

Fifteen U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District personnel deployed Dec. 3 to support recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in the Northeast.

3 Dec 2012

Corps, Garrison Participate in Hawaiian Site Blessing for First Phase of new CAB Complex

U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii, Army Corps of Engineers and contractor David Boland LLC personnel participated in a Hawaiian site blessing Nov. 28, 2012 on the south side of the Wheeler airstrip, officially starting the construction for the first phase of the new 25th Infantry Division (25th ID) Combat Aviation Brigade Complex (CAB). Hawaiian cultural practitioner Keone Nunes led the Hawaiian blessing of more than 60 phase one workers and staff and the work site itself.

20 Nov 2012

Corps Joins ABMC, Punchbowl to Dedicate Vietnam Pavilions at the Honolulu Memorial on Veterans Day 2012

The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), along with the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl) and the Honolulu District dedicated two new pavilions at the Honolulu Memorial on Sunday, November 11, 2012.

1 Nov 2012

Honolulu District Awards $316.1 Million in FY12 Contracts in Hawaii, Pacific Region

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Honolulu District recently completed a very successful Fiscal Year 2012 (FY12) during which 506 contract actions were awarded totaling $316,128,089.00. Total awards for FY12 during the fiscal year-end (Sept. 2012) totaled $91,137,008.00 from 129 contract actions.

3 Oct 2012

Corps of Engineers, Community Clean-up Fort DeRussy on National Public Lands Day

More than 60 volunteers scoured Fort DeRussy in Waikiki, picking up trash and installing storm drain markers as part of National Public Lands Day, Sept. 29.