Story by Staff Sgt. Jessica Avallone | 501st Combat Support Wing | 02.06.2024
Members of 9th Reconnaissance Wing, Beale Air Force Base, Calif., currently deployed to the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron (ERS) at RAF Fairford, England, gathered on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 04, 2024, in remembrance of three U.S. Army Soldiers killed in a drone attack on a small U.S. outpost in Jordan, Jan. 28, 2024. Members of the 99th ERS collectively sketched a mural......
Story by Andrew Byrne | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District | 05.12.2023
PITTSBURGH – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District is notifying recreational boaters that the upper Allegheny River and the upper Monongahela River locks will be open during specific dates and times this summer....
Story by Michel Sauret | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District | 09.02.2021
Neal Moore, a canoe paddler on a 7,500-mile journey across the United States, departed Pittsburgh in August 2021 to head north on the Allegheny River. Moore began his canoe travels in Portland, Oregon, in February 2020 with a plan of paddling along 22 rivers across America and finish at the Statue of Liberty in December 2021....
Story by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District | 03.30.2021
Rivers rise and rivers flow, but when a flood happens, somebody has to deal with the debris left behind. This is especially true at the U.S. Army corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District locks and dams, which are vital to the region....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Charly Tautfest | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 09.18.2017
Fly fishing has a way of healing a person, especially when that person is an active duty or military veteran who has been negatively affected in some way while serving his country. For eight years, the Chief Petty Officers Association of Kodiak has provided a way for veterans to come to Kodiak Island and escape into nature to heal. Volunteers donate their time and resources to coordinate......
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Water Safety | 02.25.2016
Country music recording group LoCash participated in a water safety public service announcement urging fans to be safe when recreating on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers waterways with the “I Love This Life Jacket” message, a spinoff from the title of their current release “I Love This Life.”...
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District | 05.27.2014
Near Camp Creek State Forest in Spanishburg, W.Va., there is a bank under construction. While you cannot apply for a business or home loan at this bank, the transactions projected to occur here are no less significant. Designed to compensate for unwanted impacts to rivers, streams, wetlands and other aquatic resources, mitigation banks, like the one in Spanishburg, are springing up throughout......
Story by Leon Roberts | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 09.11.2012
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is enlisting the support of volunteers at its lakes on the Cumberland River and its tributaries for the 19th annual National Public Lands Day, Sept. 29....
