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  • December

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel, members of the New York City Police Department and the New York City Housing Authority team up to move a car so that a power generator can be placed at a nearby apartment building. The USACE Power Planning and Response Team was deployed to New York City in support of the power mission assigned to USACE by FEMA after Superstorm Sandy caused widespread power outages in October.

    Tulsa District answers call for help after Sandy destruction

    The Tulsa District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers supported the recovery efforts for Superstorm Sandy by deploying several employees to multiple locations in the United States to assist in the mission.
  • Folds of Honor Foundation founder Maj. Dan Rooney, CrossTimbers developer Ron Howell, Southwestern Division Deputy Commander Col. Richard Muraski, retired U.S. Army Maj. Ed Pulido (brown jacket), and retired U.S. Army Sgt. Ronny Sweger and his sons, Brett, Briggs, and Brooks Sweger break ground for the Honor Cottege at Skiatook Lake, Okla., Nov. 28. The Sweger children are recipients of Folds of Honor scholarships for their future education.

    Taking the Wounded Warrior recovery process a step further

    Once a service member is wounded, in battle or the line of duty, they are taken to a military hospital to recover. Those hospitals are built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of its military construction program. Now, in the USACE Southwestern Division, there are plans for that recovery process to evolve from the hospital to a special cottage at a Corps lake to allow invisible wounds to heal.

  • November

    U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Maj. Gen. Michael J. Walsh, Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations, right, presents Keystone Lake Manager William Jeffries with the Department of the Army's Civilian Award for Humanitarian Service, as Southwestern Division Commander Brig. Gen. Thomas Kula looks on. The generals presented 15 Corps employees with the awards today at Keystone Lake for their efforts battling the wildfires that burned 32,000 acres in Mannford, Okla. August 3 & 4, 2012.

    Corps employees recognized for service 'above and beyond’ in wildfire battle

    When wildfires raged in Mannford, Okla. Aug. 3-7, 12 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees set aside their regular duties to assist hundreds of firefighters in battling the blazes. The 12 employees were recognized for their efforts with the Department of the Army’s Civilian Award for Humanitarian Service.