Story by JoAnne Castagna | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District | 08.07.2023
Recently, Thule Air Base in the Arctic was renamed Pituffik Space Base, to recognize the native people of the region and their support of this installation that performs national security for the United States. Performing this critical mission are Airmen and Guardians who must live and work in this harsh and remote environment. To support them, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York......
Story by JoAnne Castagna | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District | 11.05.2015
Over the past two years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers blasted and hauled enough rock to fill a football field 32 inches high to make way for a new cadet barracks at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York....
Story by JoAnne Castagna | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District | 10.09.2015
“Hurricane Sandy represented one of the largest scale evacuations declared in recent history in the United States,” said Edward Schneyer, director of Emergency Preparedness, Suffolk County Office of Emergency Management. “During Sandy we rescued 250 people from their flooded homes, evacuated two major hospitals and several adult homes,” said Schneyer....
Story by JoAnne Castagna | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District | 02.25.2015
It's 9 p.m. and 2 degrees in Thule Air Base located in the northwestern corner of Greenland in the Arctic Circle. A team of engineers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are haggard after a long overnight flight that was followed by a day of visiting projects. They were about to call it a day when they decide to visit the base's museum....
Story by JoAnne Castagna | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District | 11.18.2014
Residents of Grimsby Street in Midland Beach, Staten Island, New York noticed a large puddle of water in their neighborhood. Days went by – there was the puddle, a few months go by – there still was the puddle. The body of water was there so long residents began counting the days – 280! A resident said that it got to the point that the neighborhood named it Grimsby Lake....
Story by JoAnne Castagna | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District | 07.25.2014
When rescue and recovery crews make their way through communities devastated by hurricanes, tornados and wildfires, what they need are maps to help them to get around safely. One of the most relied upon sources of these maps has been the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Geographic Information System (GIS) Cadre. The Cadre has successfully created maps to assist many federally declared......
Story by JoAnne Castagna | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District | 07.23.2014
Not too long ago, dozens of cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., became very ill and missed classes. According to the academy, what caused this is the fact that almost half of the Cadets are living in uncomfortable, crowded dorm rooms and that additional barracks are needed to relieve this situation. They tapped the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, to......
Story by JoAnne Castagna | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District | 01.10.2014
Patients at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center in the Bronx, N.Y., were pleasantly surprised recently to see active duty soldiers walking in their hallways....
