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  • September

    Employee Spotlight: Justina Vantassel

    Employee Spotlight: Name: Justina Vantassel Job Title: Program Analyst How Long Have You Been At Honolulu District and with USACE? Oct2016; Little Rock District Feb2014-Sep2016 What Is An Interesting Or Unique Fact About You Not Many People Know? Danced Ballet In London What Are Your Hobbies Or Interests? Swimming, Scuba, Snowboard, Traveling
  • Employee Spotlight: Gina Pasqualucci

    Employee Spotlight: Gina Pasqualucci

    Employee Spotlight: Name: Gina PasqualucciJob Title: Chief, Office of Small Business Programs  How
  • Michael F. Wong has been selected as Honolulu District’s new Chief, Environmental Branch, Programs and Project Management Division. Wong previously held the job of Chief, Civil Works Technical Branch in the Engineering and Construction Division at Honolulu District.

    Michael F. Wong selected as Environmental Branch Chief

    FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii (Sept. 14, 2018) -- Michael F. Wong has been selected as Honolulu District’s new Chief, Environmental Branch, Programs and Project Management Division. Wong previously held the job of Chief, Civil Works Technical Branch in the Engineering and Construction Division at Honolulu District.
  • Honolulu District Commander Lt. Col. Kathryn Sanborn (center, left) met with Emergency Operation Center (EOC) personnel Sept. 11, 2018, discussing the latest updates to the USACE response to Typhoon Mangkhut that ravaged the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Tropical Storm Olivia that is expected to make landfall tonight in the eastern Hawaiian Islands.

    Honolulu District activates EOC, response teams for storms

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers- Honolulu District activated its Emergency Operation Center Sept. 6, 2018, in support of the response to Typhoon Mangkhut that ravaged the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Hurricane/Tropical Storm Olivia that is heading for landfall in the eastern Hawaiian Islands. USACE is working in partnership with the local, state, and federal response in preparation for Hurricane/Tropical Storm Olivia. USACE has more than 100 personnel engaged and coordinating with local, state and Federal Emergency Management Agency partners on the Hawaiian Islands and CNMI.
  • Department of Defense 3Rs Safety

    Safety Outreach for Makapu’u Lighthouse and Rabbit and Kaohekaipu Islands

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District will be sharing safety information about Formerly Used Defense Sites, also known as FUDS, and the 3Rs of Explosives Safety (Recognize, Retreat, Report) for the Makapu’u Lighthouse area and Rabbit and Kaohekaipu Islands. Visitors to the booth will learn how to stay safe on land and in the water if they encounter potential munitions by following the 3Rs. The Honolulu District will be handing out 3Rs safety materials (pictured on back) and children can participate at the coloring station.

  • August

    West Maui Watershed Plan

    Public invited to watershed management information meeting in west Maui

    The Honolulu District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), partnering with the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources’ (DLNR) Division of Aquatic Resources, will provide an update on the West Maui Watershed Management Study at the Ridge 2 Reef Initiative (R2R) public meeting Aug. 30, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Center, 198 Fleming Road Lahaina, Hawaii.

  • July

    Honolulu District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lt. Col. Kathryn P. Sanborn assumed command from Lt. Col. James D. Hoyman during the change of command ceremony July 20, 2018 at Fort Shafter's Palm Circle. Sanborn, the first female commander of Honolulu District (which was established in April 1905), will lead an organization of more than 300 engineers, scientists and support staff serving the Pacific Region. For Hoyman's outstanding work and contributions, while commanding the Honolulu District, Hoyman received the Meritorious Service Medal and goes on to serve in Pacific Command's Logistics, Engineering, and Security Cooperation Directorate (J-44).

    Honolulu District gets first female commander

    FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii (July 20, 2018) -- Lieutenant Col. Kathryn P. Sanborn became the 71st commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Honolulu District during a change of command ceremony held July 20, on Fort Shafter's Palm Circle parade field.

  • June

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Releases Work Plan for Fiscal 2018 Civil Works Appropriations

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) delivered to Congress its Fiscal Year 2018 (FY 2018) work plan for the Army Civil Works program on Thursday, June 7.

  • April

    Honolulu District Commander Col. James T. Hoyman volunteered alongside 43 Punahou School Junior ROTC students, District employees and their friends and families to clean up the beach and berm area behind the Corps' Pacific Regional Visitor Center (RVC) at Fort DeRussy in Waikiki, April 28, 2018. Coordinating the volunteer Punahou JROTC cadets was Lt. Col. (Ret.) Robert Takao, commander of the Punahou School Junior ROTC Program. (courtesy photo)

    Joint Earth Day Cleanup at Fort DeRussy Collects 45 Pounds of Trash

    Fort DeRussy, Hawaii  (April 28, 2018) - - Armed with hand-held trash pickers and garbage bags, more
  • Travis Specht, contract specialist, New York District, holding Bette the Dog, Maria Buckner, contract specialist, Honolulu District, Leah Caldwell, supervisory contract specialist, Sacramento District, Jake Evans, contract specialist, Huntsville Engineering and Support Center, Stacy Pereyda Hill, contract specialist, Sacramento District, Marilyn Butler, budget analyst, Mississippi Valley Division. Brittany Poirier, contracting officer, Sacramento District, and Maj. Dawn Daniels, contracting officer, Sacramento District all deployed in support of the Northern California Wildfires Debris Removal Mission in Rohnert Park, Calif., in February 2018.

    Debris mission is a first for seasoned deployer

    FORT SHAFTER — When natural disasters strike locations within the U.S. and its territories, U.S Army