Photo by Maj. Grace Geiger | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters | 10.03.2022
Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, 55th Chief of Engineers and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general, and Brig. Gen. Daniel Hibner, South Atlantic Division commander, met with Lee County Commissions to discuss Hurricane Ian response efforts at the Lee County Emergency Operations Center Oct. 3, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Grace Geiger)...
Photo by Brigida Sanchez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District | 09.30.2022
The Lee county Communication building lost its roof to the Category four storm, Hurricane Ian, on Sept. 28, 2022. The next day local, state, federal and Floridians started assessing the damage and springing into recovery....
Photo by Brigida Sanchez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District | 09.30.2022
Hurricane Ian, a category four storm, battered Lee County, Fla. They destroyed many things, including Lee County's damaged water system, which affects a population of nearly 760,000. One of the many tankers filled with Potable water leaving the Lee County Emergency Operations Center....
Photo by Brigida Sanchez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District | 09.30.2022
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District Commander James L. Booth, and 1Lt. John E. Nikas, project engineer and the colonel's aide, observe helicopter flights out of the Lee County Emergency Operations Center. Officials fly out over the devastated areas to make assessments of the damage. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is working in partnership with the local, state, and......
Photo by Brigida Sanchez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District | 09.29.2022
Gracia B. Szczech, FEMA Region 4, Regional Administrator, Jared Purdue, Secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District Commander James L. Booth, spend hours on the phone and in meetings trying to assist the people of Southwest Florida that were affected by Hurricane Ian. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is working in......
Photo by Mark DePass | Bay Pines VA Healthcare System | 12.22.2020
A health care employee at Lee County Healthcare Center, located in Cape Coral, Fla., receives a COVID-19 vaccination December 22, 2020. Lee County Healthcare Center belongs to the Bay Pines VA Healthcare Center that is headquartered in Bay Pines, Fla.. Bay Pines VA Healthcare System is one of fifteen additional VA facilities that received an allocation of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine the......
Photo by Markeith Horace | Fort Benning Public Affairs Office | 05.14.2019
FORT BENNING, Ga. – Harris County, Alabama, Sheriff Mike Jolley, left, and Columbus, Georgia, Mayor B. H. “Skip” Henderson sign a mutual aid agreement with Fort Benning, Georgia, and other area communities. If Fort Benning ever faces an emergency where it might need extra help from local governments and emergency responders, it’ll be able to ask that help from numerous area communities......
Photo by Markeith Horace | Fort Benning Public Affairs Office | 05.14.2019
FORT BENNING, Ga. – U.S. Army Garrison Fort Benning Commander Col. Clinton W. Cox discusses a mutual aid agreement that covers the garrison and area communities. If Fort Benning ever faces an emergency where it might need extra help from local governments and emergency responders, it’ll be able to ask that help from numerous area communities – and in turn give it if called upon – under......
