Disaster Management and Recovery

Photographs of officials during site visits related to disaster recovery efforts, showcasing teamwork and emergency management.

Leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, FEMA, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency conduct a site visit at the Aguirre Power Plant near Salinas, Puerto Rico, Nov. 30, 2022. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working closely with federal agency partners in response to the Government of Puerto Ricos request for assistance stabilizing the power system following the impacts of Hurricane Fiona.

Staten Island debris being loaded on barges for transport to lan. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to the Louisiana coast for Shell Oil briefing on offshore energy production, tour of offshore platform, fly-over of New Orleans and surrounding areas. Joining the Interior delegation for the offshore tour were Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and Congressman Bobby Jindal.

Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, the 55th chief of engineers and commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and other leaders from both USACE and FEMA conduct a site visit at the Costa Sur Power Plant near Ponce, Puerto Rico, Nov. 30, 2022. The site visit occurred as part of the Puerto Rico Power System Stabilization Task Force, which is focused on strategies to stabilize the electrical system due to damages incurred by Hurricane Fiona.

Leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, FEMA, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency conduct a site visit at the Aguirre Power Plant near Salinas, Puerto Rico, Nov. 30, 2022. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working closely with federal agency partners in response to the Government of Puerto Ricos request for assistance stabilizing the power system following the impacts of Hurricane Fiona.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to the Louisiana coast for Shell Oil briefing on offshore energy production, tour of offshore platform, fly-over of New Orleans and surrounding areas. Joining the Interior delegation for the offshore tour were Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and Congressman Bobby Jindal.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Members of the media get an up close view of space shuttle Atlantis in her new home at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. The shuttle is wrapped in a protective plastic to protect it from dust and debris while being prepared for display. Atlantis was lifted 26 feet from the ground level and slowly tilted to exactly a 43.21 angle to its portside to allow optimum viewing of the vehicle with its payload bay doors open.Atlantis is being prepared for display in the new 90,000-square-foot facility under construction at the visitor complex which is managed by Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to the Louisiana coast for Shell Oil briefing on offshore energy production, tour of offshore platform, fly-over of New Orleans and surrounding areas. Joining the Interior delegation for the offshore tour were Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and Congressman Bobby Jindal.

Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, the 55th chief of engineers and commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and other leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, FEMA, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency conduct a site visit at the San Juan Power Plant in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Dec. 1, 2022. The site visit occurred as part of the Puerto Rico Power System Stabilization Task Force, which is focused on strategies to stabilize the electrical system due to damages incurred by Hurricane Fiona.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to the Louisiana coast for Shell Oil briefing on offshore energy production, tour of offshore platform, fly-over of New Orleans and surrounding areas. Joining the Interior delegation for the offshore tour were Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and Congressman Bobby Jindal.

On Feb. 21, 2017 engineers successfully install ESAs European Service Module Propulsion Qualification Module (PQM) at NASAs White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico that was delivered by Airbus - ESAs prime contractor for the Service Module. The module will be equipped with a total of 21 engines to support NASAs Orion spacecraft: one U.S. Space Shuttle Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) engine, eight auxiliary thrusters and 12 smaller thrusters produced by Airbus Safran Launchers in Germany. The all-steel PQM structure is used to test the propulsion systems on Orion, including hot firing of the OMS engine and thrusters.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to the Louisiana coast for Shell Oil briefing on offshore energy production, tour of offshore platform, fly-over of New Orleans and surrounding areas. Joining the Interior delegation for the offshore tour were Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and Congressman Bobby Jindal.

Crew Module Water Landing Model Assent Test site photos at Aberdeen Test Center (Aberdeen, MD)

Members of the Society of American Military Engineers greet each other while visiting the construction site at the Monongahela River Locks and Dam 4, operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, March 21, 2023.The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District operates the facility and has overseen the construction project at Charleroi to improve inland navigation in the region.Many of the visitors on the tour represent firms who provided contracts for the project.The newly constructed chamber is scheduled to fill with water before the summer, and it is planned to go into full operation in 2024. Construction at Charleroi began in 2004. Over a span of 20 years, the Charleroi project required 17 contracts and 20 designers.Once complete, the Pittsburgh District will begin removing the river dam at Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, to create one continuous navigable pool between Charleroi and Braddock, Pennsylvania.

Three engineers wearing high visibility vests and hardhats discuss building plans on a construction site.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers watch the vehicle motion simulator, or VMS, simulate all of the movements a space vehicle could experience from rollout to launch. The VMS is part of the Launch Equipment Test Facility's (LETF) $35 million comprehensive upgrade that lasted four years. The LETF was established in the 1970s to support the qualification of the Space Shuttle Programs umbilical and T-0 mechanisms. Throughout the years, it has supported the development of systems for shuttle and the International Space Station, Delta and Atlas rockets, and various research and development programs. The LETF has unique capabilities to evolve into a versatile test and development area that supports a wide spectrum of programs.

Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Washington celebrated the completion of structural concrete on the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Addition and Alteration project during a topping out ceremony on June 10, 2022 in Bethesda Maryland. Capt. Benjamin Leppard (center) represented NAVFAC.

Workers watch as crawler-transporter 2 (CT-2) lifts the mobile launcher up a few inches from its support posts June 1, 2018, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Three lifts were performed to practice lifting procedures, validate interface locations, confirm the weight of the mobile launcher, and develop a baseline for modal analysis. The mobile launcher is equipped with a number of lines, called umbilicals, which will connect to NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion. The lift helped to test the capability of the upgraded CT-2 to handle the weight of the mobile launcher. Exploration Ground Systems is preparing the ground systems necessary to the SLS and Orion spacecraft for Exploration Mission-1 and deep space missions.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Members of a hurricane assessment team from Johnson Space Center and Marshall Space Flight Center observe the damage to the roof of the Thermal Protection System (TPS) Facility at KSC after Hurricane Frances hit the east coast of Central Florida and Kennedy Space Center. Near the center is astronaut Scott Altmann, a member of the team. The facility, which creates the TPS tiles, blankets and all the internal thermal control systems for the Space Shuttles, is almost totally unserviceable at this time after losing approximately 35 percent of its roof. Equipment and materials that survived the storm have been relocated to the RLV hangar near the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility.

Government officials and river stakeholders visited the Montgomery Locks and Dam on the Ohio River in Monaca, Pennsylvania, Aug. 18. The visit intended to provide the group with a tour of the facility and promote discussion of the $857 million funding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District received as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The Upper Ohio Navigation project is part of the National Economic Development plan for improving the Upper Ohio River Navigation. The Emsworth and Dashields locks and dams, two other vital locks and dams on the Ohio River, will also receive money for improvements from the BIL.

Joel Flere, Supervisory Civil Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District, briefs students on what to expect at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., Aug. 5, 2022. As part of the 2022 Summer Internship Orientation Program, students were given the opportunity to see a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers construction project up close, receive a briefing on the process it takes for contracts like the ones awarded at Offutt AFB, and come to understand how USACE interacts with other U.S. Department of Defense entities, such as the U.S Air Force.

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Ralph Okimoto-Rivera (left), Director, Radiological Control Office for Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) discusses future Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP) efforts with Congressman Ed Case (HI-1). Rep. Case, along with several other congressional delegates and staff visited the shipyard during their Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise tour, a biennial international maritime exercise which was held June 29 to Aug. 4, 2022. (Official U.S. Navy photo by Marc Ayalin)

Jim Bolton, Core Stage Element Operations manager in Exploration Ground Systems (EGS), is at the north end of the transfer aisle in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 3, 2019. Behind him is the Space Launch System Core Stage pathfinder. A cover, called a spider, is being attached to the top of the pathfinder. With the spider secured in place, a crane will be attached to it to lift the pathfinder into the vertical position. The 212-foot-long core stage pathfinder arrived aboard NASA's Pegasus Barge at Kennedys Launch Complex 39 turn basin wharf on Sept. 27, 2019. The Pegasus Barge made its first delivery to Kennedy in support of the agency's Artemis missions. The upgraded 310-foot-long barge arrived, ferrying the SLS core stage pathfinder, a full-scale mock-up of the rocket's core stage. It will be used by EGS and its contractor, Jacobs, to practice offloading, moving and stacking maneuvers, using important ground support equipment to train

USACE Vicksburg District engineers take part in an interagency site visit at O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant in Jackson, Mississippi, on Sept. 26 as part of the response to the Jackson water crisis.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Martin Wilson (left, in foreground), manager of Thermal Protection System (TPS) operations for United Space Alliance (USA), gives a tour of the hurricane-ravaged Thermal Protection System Facility to (from center) NASA Associate Administrator of Space Operations Mission Directorate William Readdy, NASA Administrator Sean OKeefe, Center Director James Kennedy and Director of Shuttle Processing Michael E. Wetmore. The TPSF, which creates the TPS tiles, blankets and all the internal thermal control systems for the Space Shuttles, is almost totally unserviceable at this time after losing approximately 35 percent of its roof during Hurricane Frances, which blew across Central Florida Sept. 4-5. OKeefe and Readdy are visiting KSC to survey the damage sustained by KSC facilities from the hurricane. The Labor Day storm also caused significant damage to the Vehicle Assembly Building and Processing Control Center. Additionally, the Operations and Checkout Bui

Captain Anthony Jones, sector commander at Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie, thanks organizers who helped pull together a gathering of more than 200 pollution responders in northern Michigan July 19, 2022. The gathering, held at the Carmeuse calcite mine in Rogers City, Mich., was attended by more than 200 response professionals. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer John Masson.

Hoboken, N.J., Nov. 5, 2012 Department of Energy Secretary Chu, red jacket, along speaks with Public Service Electric and Gas Company engineers and technicians at the Hoboken electrical substation. Restoration of power to communities impacted by Hurricane Sandy remains a high priority. Hoboken, NJ, Nov. 5, 2012-- Department of Energy Secretary Chu, red jacket, along speaks with Public Service Electric and Gas Company engineers and technicians at the Hoboken electrical substation. Restoration of power to communities impacted by Hurricane Sandy remains a high priority.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to the Louisiana coast for Shell Oil briefing on offshore energy production, tour of offshore platform, fly-over of New Orleans and surrounding areas. Joining the Interior delegation for the offshore tour were Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and Congressman Bobby Jindal.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to the Louisiana coast for Shell Oil briefing on offshore energy production, tour of offshore platform, fly-over of New Orleans and surrounding areas. Joining the Interior delegation for the offshore tour were Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and Congressman Bobby Jindal.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District oversees debris removal operations in Mayfield, Kentucky, Jan. 4, 2022.

Technicians lay wooden planks down in the tracks to the entrance to High Bay 3 in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), as mobile launcher, atop crawler-transporter 2, moves into the VAB on Sept. 8, 2018, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mobile launcher departed Launch Pad 39B after several days of testing with the pad. This is the first time that the modified mobile launcher made the trip to the pad and the VAB. The mobile launcher will spend seven months in the VAB undergoing testing. The 380-foot-tall structure is equipped with the crew access arm and several umbilicals that will provide power, environmental control, pneumatics, communication and electrical connections to the agency's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft. Exploration Ground Systems is preparing the ground systems necessary to launch SLS and Orion on Exploration Mission-1, missions to the Moon and on to Mars.

Construction engineers getting a safety briefing

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica (AEE) inspect the Guajataca Dam after the passing of Hurricane Fiona. Guajataca Dam is one of the 37 dams around the Island. USACE and AEE are partners to ensure that structures such as the Guajataca Dam are monitored and inspected as a part of our overall Dam Safety program. Life safety is our number one priority.

Tour, given by BP corporate officials to Secretary Gale Norton and Minerals Management Service Director Johnnie Burton, of the world's largest offshore oil platform, near Ingleside, Texas, used to tap Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas reserves

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to the Louisiana coast for Shell Oil briefing on offshore energy production, tour of offshore platform, fly-over of New Orleans and surrounding areas. Joining the Interior delegation for the offshore tour were Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and Congressman Bobby Jindal.

Lucas Kirkpatrick, Omaha District electrical engineer, briefs Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, the 55th chief of engineers and commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, during a site visit at the San Juan Power Plant in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Dec. 1, 2022. The site visit occurred as part of the Puerto Rico Power System Stabilization Task Force, which is focused on strategies to stabilize the electrical system due to damages incurred by Hurricane Fiona.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to the Bureau of Reclamation-supported Long Beach Seawater Desalination Research and Development Facility, Long Beach, California

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to the Louisiana coast for Shell Oil briefing on offshore energy production, tour of offshore platform, fly-over of New Orleans and surrounding areas. Joining the Interior delegation for the offshore tour were Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and Congressman Bobby Jindal.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to the Louisiana coast for Shell Oil briefing on offshore energy production, tour of offshore platform, fly-over of New Orleans and surrounding areas. Joining the Interior delegation for the offshore tour were Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and Congressman Bobby Jindal.

Colonel Timothy Hudson, Tulsa District Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, presents the Fiscal Year 2021 Army Industrial Operations Safety Award to Shane Roe and the Marine Maintenance Unit employees, October 5, 2022. Roe oversees a team of 21 maintenance workers who engage in high-hazard operations daily. Over the past three years the team logged nearly 55,000 combined hours of work without lost time due to injuries, property damage accidents or workers compensation claims.

William Anderson, center, a construction representative, and Ahmed Madhkoor, right, a project engineer, both working at the Transatlantic Expeditionary District's Construction Branch, discuss the airfield apron and construction project at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, May 8, 2022. The intense heat of Kuwaiti summers beating down on airfield aprons require consistent preventative repairs. Here the surface is being milled to evaluate the level of damage and in preparation for repaving. Later this section will receive new asphalt and the project will move to other areas, leaving two of the airfield aprons serviceable at all times to ensure operational readiness for aviation units.

Members of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission take a group photo together during a tour of Montgomery Locks and Dam on the Ohio River in Monaca, Pennsylvania, Aug. 3, 2022. State senators, representatives, local government officials, and trade and navigation industry partners toured the facility during an open house. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District hosted the tour to give presentations on how locks benefit the regional and national economy and to highlight the upcoming, multi-year construction project planned to expand one of the locks at the facility.The work at Montgomery is in the preconstruction phase. The phase helps prepare the worksite for the main construction project. Montgomery is part of the Upper Ohio Navigation Project, which has received $857.7 million in dedicated funding through the 2022 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The project will include replacing the facilitys 360-foot auxiliary chamber with a wider and longer 600-foot chamber that can

Detroit, Michigan, Young adults, wearing green shirts, participate in the Adult Readiness program at the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights training center. The program teaches basic carpentry skills so it will be easier for participants to get entry-level jobs

Sayerville, N.J., Nov. 28, 2012 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on-scene coordinator for Region II, Cris D'Onofrio, explains the efforts used to restore the water pumping station during Hurricane Sandy to FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, third from and Commissioner of NJ Environmental Protection Bob Martin, center, at the local Water Pumping Station. Local officials as well as the divers who were responsible for putting the gates back in position briefed the Administrator. The station was underwater during the storm. Sayerville, NJ, Nov. 28, 2012--US Environmental Protection Agency on-scene coordinator for Region 2, Cris D'Onofrio, explains the efforts used to restore the water pumping station during Hurricane Sandy to FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, third from and Commissioner of NJ Environmental Protection Bob Martin, center, at the local Water Pumping Station. Local officials as well as the divers who were responsible for putting the gates back in position briefed the Admi

Col. Jeremy Fields, 319th Reconnaissance Wing vice commander, speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Munitions Maintenance and Inspection Facility on Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., May 5, 2022. Leaders from the 319 RW, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and mission partners took part in the ceremony to being the construction phase of the project.

Hurricane Gustav, Barker, LA, September 2, 2008 Help has been coming into Louisiana from other states following Hurricane Gustav. This Entergy power crew is from Little Rock, Arkansas. There were an estimated 800,000 homes without power. Barry Bahler/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Nenana, Alaska, Aug. 23, 2013 FEMA logistics specialists inventory housing materials in a distribution yard which are destined to remote villages via barge transport. The supplies being barged are shipped by FEMA to the eligible individuals that were affected by recent disaster. Adam DuBrowa/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

220531-N-NC372-213 From right to left, David Collins from Raytheon Technologies, Jennetta Gilchrist and Darin Lilly with HIIs Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division check for the correct angle of one of Pre-Commissioning Unit John F. Kennedys (CVN 79) SPY-6(V)3 radars before being installed permanently on John F. Kennedy. The SPY-6(V)3 variant was designed and built by Raytheon Technologies specifically for the U.S. Navys Ford-Class of aircraft carriers. The SPY-6(V)3 aboard John F. Kennedy features three fixed-faced array faces, each containing nine radar modular assemblies providing John F. Kennedy with air traffic control and ship self-defense capabilities. John F. Kennedy is the second Ford-class aircraft carrier and is under construction at HIIs Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division in Newport News, Virginia.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to the Bureau of Reclamation-supported Long Beach Seawater Desalination Research and Development Facility, Long Beach, California

Representatives from NASA, Orbital Sciences Corp. and Aerojet participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for construction of a flame deflector trench at Stennis Space Center's E Test Complex. Participants included Orbital CEO J.R. Thompson (center, left) and Stennis Space Center Director Gene Goldman (center, right).

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, tours Marine Corps Air Station Miramars innovative micro-grid with U.S. Marine Corps Col. Thomas M. Bedell, commanding officer of MCAS Miramar, Sept. 28, 2022. The secretary of defense visited various places on the air station to include MCAS Miramars innovative micro-grid.

Welders prepare to make the first marking cuts during the keel laying ceremony for the Arleigh Burke class Aegis guided missile destroyer USS MUSTIN (DDG 89). Present are Commander (CDR) Ann Philips, USN, PCO; Vice Admiral (VADM) Henry M. Mustin, USN (Ret), grandson of the ships namesake; James Ellis, sheet metal seam welder: Mark Broadus, welding work leaderman; and Zena Scott, welding work leaderman. Base: Pascagoula State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The Orion team visits Ingersoll In Rockford, IL, to see the progress on the aft bulkhead for the Artemis I Orion spacecraft on June 12, 2015. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

Just north of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane is prepared to lift the core stage forward skirt umbilical for installation onto the mobile launcher. The mobile launcher is designed to support the assembly, testing and check-out of the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft.

Operations and maintenance crewmembers at John Day Dam, located on the Columbia River near Rufus, Oregon, look down into the dams navigation lock July 26 as engineers inspect the locks upstream gate, which malfunctioned July 25 due to a broken guide wheel. While the Corps works to fix the 215,000-pound vertical lift gate, its continuing to pass vessels through the lock using a floating bulkheada wall that can be moved in and out of place with a tugboat and essentially used as a temporary gate. Currently, vessel lockages, which typically take about 45 minutes, are taking twice as long. The guide wheels, two of which are attached to each side of the gate, act as rollers that keep the gate aligned as it moves up and down through its normal range of motion during lockages.

Col. Damon Delarosa, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska District commander, speaks to a representative from Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. following a groundbreaking ceremony for the 16/34 runway extension today on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Engineers on the mega-project used cutting-edge technology and innovative techniques to design the project. It will require extensive excavation due to the site topography including the movement of 12 million cubic yards of soil, which is equal to 800,000 dump truck loads. If lined up, those trucks would cover the distance from JBER to San Antonio, Texas.

Col. Damon Delarosa, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska District commander, speaks to a representative from Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. following a groundbreaking ceremony for the 16/34 runway extension today on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Engineers on the mega-project used cutting-edge technology and innovative techniques to design the project. It will require extensive excavation due to the site topography including the movement of 12 million cubic yards of soil, which is equal to 800,000 dump truck loads. If lined up, those trucks would cover the distance from JBER to San Antonio, Texas.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, center, in the green safety helmet, tours SpaceX Launch Complex 39A, on Aug. 8, 2018, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Bridenstine received updates on SpaceX accomplishments for NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

Tour, given by BP corporate officials to Secretary Gale Norton and Minerals Management Service Director Johnnie Burton, of the world's largest offshore oil platform, near Ingleside, Texas, used to tap Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas reserves

A team from the U.S. Army Close Combat Systems division recently toured several production facilities at Crane Army. The CCS group discussed Crane Armys capabilities, needs and expectations, and how CAAA works with customers on maintenance issues. Crane Army representatives also briefed the team on future modernization plans. U.S. Army Materiel Command | Joint Munitions Command | Assistant Secretary of the Army - Acquisition, Logistics & Technology

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica (AEE) inspect the Guajataca Dam after the passing of Hurricane Fiona. Guajataca Dam is one of the 37 dams around the Island. USACE and AEE are partners to ensure that structures such as the Guajataca Dam are monitored and inspected as a part of our overall Dam Safety program. Life safety is our number one priority. USACE's, Jacksonville District's, Chief of GeoSystems Branch, Dennis Zeveney, Antilles Office, structural engineer Jorge Rivera assess and document the area with an AEE team.

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Christopher Svendsen, Hydraulic Engineer, US Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, and others make their way to the Florence bedrock removal project on the Missouri River, May 18, 2022. The goal of the project is to excavate a minimum of 120,000 cubic yards of material, and restore adequate channel parameters for river boat traffic on the Missouri River.

Secretary Gale Norton, foreground, on tour of the Phelps Dodge Corporation's Process Technology Center near Safford, Arizona. Research facility is devoted to development, adaptation, implementation of low-cost, and environmentally sound, extraction technologies for copper

Congressman Mo Brooks visits MSFC to view Orion Stage Adapter flight hardware in bldg. 4708 and Robotic Tape Laying and Additive Manufacturing Facility in bldg. 4707.

Hoboken, N.J., Nov. 5, 2012 FEMA Deputy Administrator Rich Serino, second from left, discusses power restoration with Department of Energy Secretary Chu, red jacket, along with Public Service Electric and Gas Company engineers at the Hoboken electrical substation. Restoration of power to communities impacted by Hurricane Sandy remains a high priority. Hoboken, NJ, Nov. 5, 2012--FEMA Deputy Administrator Rich Serino, second from left, discusses power restoration with Department of Energy Secretary Chu, red jacket, along with Public Service Electric and Gas Company engineers at the Hoboken electrical substation. Restoration of power to communities impacted by Hurricane Sandy remains a high priority.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kemmpthorne and aides to American Samoa, U.S. Territory

Capt. Edward B. Miller IV, Vice Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Atlantic is seen here providing comments during the groundbreaking for Dry Dock 8 and adjacent berths, which welcomes a renewed period of naval shore construction.Without these planned major upgrades, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, as well our three other Navy public shipyards, would face further degradation, negatively impacting maritime readiness, said Capt. Edward B. Miller IV, Vice Commander, NAVFAC Atlantic. Work performed on Dry Dock Eight ensures this yard can conduct maintenance availabilities efficiently, increasing both the capability and capacity our naval force.This multi-contract, multi-year renovation is NNSYs biggest project yet as part of NAVFACs Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP). SIOP oversees infrastructure investments modernizing the nations public shipyards through upgraded dry docks and facilities, new equipment and improved workflow.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to the Louisiana coast for Shell Oil briefing on offshore energy production, tour of offshore platform, fly-over of New Orleans and surrounding areas. Joining the Interior delegation for the offshore tour were Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and Congressman Bobby Jindal.

(CHINA LAKE) - Participants in the ceremonial groundbreaking for the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth military construction projects of the $2.7B MILCON Earthquake Recovery Program for the Cast Propellant Mix Building, Warhead Casing Operations facility and Motor Assembly Compound on Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake on April 20, (L-R, City of Ridgecrest Vice Mayor Solomon Rajaratnam, NAWCWD Executive Director Daniel Carreno, OICC China Lake Commanding Officer Capt. Laurie Scott, Whiting-Turner Senior Vice President Steve Likins and NAWS China Lake Commanding Officer Capt. Jeremy Vaughan.)

Black Hills Energy presents an electrical safety demonstration to a crowd of people at the Ellsworth Air & Space Show - Raider Country Open House event, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, May 14, 2022. The demonstration featured an outdoor high-voltage demonstration trailer and tips to avoid injury when around power lines.

(CHINA LAKE) - NAWCWD Executive Director Daniel Carreno delivered remarks on April 20 during the groundbreaking ceremony for a Trio of military construction projects on the China Lake Propulsion Laboratory aboard Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, marking the last contract to break ground for the $2.7B Military Construction and Restoration and Modernization Earthquake Recovery Program.

Members of the news media view the high bay inside the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility (RPSF) at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Kerry Chreist, with Jacobs Engineering on the Test and Operations Support Contract, talks with a reporter about the booster segments for NASAs Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. In the far corner, in the vertical position, is one of two pathfinders, or test versions, of solid rocket booster segments for the SLS rocket. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program and Jacobs are preparing the booster segments, which are inert, for a series of lifts, moves and stacking operations to prepare for Exploration Mission-1, deep-space missions and the journey to Mars.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The media gather on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to view the flame trench damaged during the May 31 launch of space shuttle Discovery. Reporters had the opportunity to ask questions of Ed Mango, deputy director of the shuttle program's launch vehicle processing, and Perry Becker, who is leading the launch pad engineering investigation team. Repairs are expected to be completed in time for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope targeted for Oct. 8.

Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, left, Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, right, toured their launch pad on Saturday, October 9, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan prior to their liftoff to the International Space Station October 14. Their Soyuz rocket will roll out to the pad on October 12.

Caplt. P.D. Hurst, supervisor of shipbuilding, fifth from the left, poses with employees of Avondale Industries, Inc. during the keel laying of the Whidbey Island class dock landing ship LSD-44. In the background a fleet oiler is under construction. Base: Avondale State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, members of the news media interview Ares I-X project managers and take photographs on the 295-foot level of Launch Pad 39B. Modifications to the pad to support the Ares I-X rocket are complete. The transfer of the pad from the Space Shuttle Program to the Constellation Program took place May 31. Modifications made to the pad include the removal of shuttle unique subsystems, such as the orbiter access arm and a section of the gaseous oxygen vent arm, along with the installation of three 600-foot lightning towers, access platforms, environmental control systems and a vehicle stabilization system.Part of the Constellation Program, the Ares I-X is the test vehicle for the Ares I, which is the essential core of a space transportation system designed to carry crewed missions back to the moon, on to Mars and out into the solar system. The Ares I-X flight test is targeted for Oct. 27.

Members from the Special Projects Branch Fuels Section, Defense Fuels Resident Office, and the Petroleum, Oil, Lubricant Mandatory Center of Expertise Engineering Support Branch, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, are shown the new installations to a fuel tank by a contractor during a commissioning inspection at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., June 22, 2022.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Michael Griffin, administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), shakes hands with United Space Alliance advanced systems technician Richard Van Wart during a tour of Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1. From left are Van Wart, Center Director James Kennedy, Griffin and Space Shuttle Atlantis vehicle manager Scott Thurston. Space Shuttle Atlantis is being processed for the second Return to Flight mission, STS-121, in the facility. This is Griffin's first official visit to Kennedy Space Center. Griffin is the 11th administrator of NASA, a role he assumed on April 14, 2005. Griffin was nominated to the position in March while serving as the Space Department head at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory in Baltimore. A registered professional engineer in Maryland and California, Griffin served as chief engineer at NASA earlier in his career. He holds numerous scientific and technical degrees including a Ph.D. in Aerospa

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Arizona-California border area, where he toured the Bureau of Reclamation's Yuma, Arizona Area Office-Yuma Desalting Plant with Bureau Commissioner Robert Johnson, and joined Johnson and officials from the Southern Nevada Water Authority, Central Arizona Project, and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California at groundbreaking ceremonies for the Drop 2 Reservoir Project--part of the Lower Colorado River Water Storage Program--in Imperial County, California

Workers reading paperwork in factory

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Arizona-California border area, where he toured the Bureau of Reclamation's Yuma, Arizona Area Office-Yuma Desalting Plant with Bureau Commissioner Robert Johnson, and joined Johnson and officials from the Southern Nevada Water Authority, Central Arizona Project, and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California at groundbreaking ceremonies for the Drop 2 Reservoir Project--part of the Lower Colorado River Water Storage Program--in Imperial County, California

Secretary Gale Norton, center, on tour of the Phelps Dodge Corporation's Process Technology Center near Safford, Arizona. Research facility is devoted to development, adaptation, implementation of low-cost, and environmentally sound, extraction technologies for copper

USACE Hurricane Ian infrastructure team members listen to a morning safety briefing on Fort Myers Beach, Florida, Oct. 19. The team is volunteering in southwest Florida to conduct Applied Technology Council - 45, or ATC-45, Rapid Evaluation Safety Assessments. USACE received a FEMA mission assignment to conduct the ATC-45 assessments and USACE inspectors are working in coordination with county and state of Florida officials to conduct the structure assessments and then forwarding their findings to local county officials for a final decision. ATC-45 is an industry standard safety evaluation after windstorms and floods. In addition to the ATC-45 assessments, USACE is actively supporting FEMA and the state of Florida Hurricane Ian recovery efforts in other areas to include temporary blue roof installations, temporary housing and debris technical assistance.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Arizona-California border area, where he toured the Bureau of Reclamation's Yuma, Arizona Area Office-Yuma Desalting Plant with Bureau Commissioner Robert Johnson, and joined Johnson and officials from the Southern Nevada Water Authority, Central Arizona Project, and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California at groundbreaking ceremonies for the Drop 2 Reservoir Project--part of the Lower Colorado River Water Storage Program--in Imperial County, California

Grand Forks Air Force Base leadership alongside Robert Weaver, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers representative, and Casey Schumacher, project manager for Pro-Mark Services, stand for a group photo during a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Munitions Maintenance and Inspection Facility on Grand Forks AFB, N.D., May 5, 2022. The new facility will be where munitions and related support equipment are inspected, assembled, repaired and maintained.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and Congressional Delegation Visit to Lewis Field and Plum Brook Station

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to the Louisiana coast for Shell Oil briefing on offshore energy production, tour of offshore platform, fly-over of New Orleans and surrounding areas. Joining the Interior delegation for the offshore tour were Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and Congressman Bobby Jindal.

(CHINA LAKE) - City of Ridgecrest Vice Mayor Solomon Rajaratnam delivered remarks during the groundbreaking ceremony held on April 20 for the ground breaking of a Trio of military construction projects aboard Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, as part of the $2.7B Military Construction and Restoration and Modernization Earthquake Recovery Program.

Colonel Timothy Hudson, Tulsa District Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, presents the Fiscal Year 2021 Army Industrial Operations Safety Award to Shane Roe and the Marine Maintenance Unit employees, October 5, 2022. Roe oversees a team of 21 maintenance workers who engage in high-hazard operations daily. Over the past three years, the team logged nearly 55,000 combined hours of work without lost time due to injuries, property damage accidents or workers compensation claims.

Colonel Timothy Hudson, Tulsa District Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, presents the Fiscal Year 2021 Army Industrial Operations Safety Award to Shane Roe and the Marine Maintenance Unit employees, October 5, 2022. Roe oversees a team of 21 maintenance workers who engage in high-hazard operations daily. Over the past three years, the team logged nearly 55,000 combined hours of work without lost time due to injuries, property damage accidents or workers compensation claims.

TIM FLORES SPEAKS TO THE CROWD IN FRONT OF A STEEL BEAM DESTINED FOR TEST STAND 4693 DURING THE STRUCTURE'S TOPPING OUT CEREMONY APRIL 12.

"YOUR WORK IS CRITICAL TO THE JOURNEY TO MARS," SAID SLS DEPUTY PROGRAM MANAGER JERRY COOK TO THE CONSTRUCTION CREW AT THE "TOP OUT" CEREMONY FOR TEST STAND 4697 AT MARSHALL.

Modifications are underway at the Launch Complex 39 turn basin wharf at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to prepare for the arrival of the agency's massive Space Launch System (SLS) core stage aboard the barge Pegasus. Tammy Kelly, in the center, site manager, with Southeast Cherokee Construction Inc. talks with construction workers. A crane will be used to lift up precast concrete poles and position them to be driven to a depth of about 70 feet into the bedrock below the water around the turn basin. The upgrades are necessary to accommodate the increased weight of the core stage along with ground support and transportation equipment aboard the modified barge Pegasus. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is overseeing the upgrades to the turn basin wharf.

Engineer at electric power plant carrying coil of wire at storage area

220929-N-MU675-1004 PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 29, 2022) Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Michelle Dorsett, from Bronx, N.Y., trains Sailors on forklift operations in the hangar bay aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln is underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet.

Construction workers standing at construction site

Crawler Transporter-2 Guinness World Record Event. Guinness World Records adjudicator Hannah Ortman shakes hands NASAs Crawler Element Operations Manager John Giles during a ceremony on March 29, 2023, at the agencys Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Also in the photo is Brett Raulerson, Jacobs TOSC Crawlers, Transporters and Structures group manager. Guinness World Records officially designated NASAs Crawler Transporter 2 as the heaviest self-powered vehicle, weighing approximately 6.65 million pounds. The crawler is responsible for carrying the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft for the Artemis missions to and from the launch pad.

Secretary Gale Norton, far right, listening to briefing during tour of the Phelps Dodge Corporation's Process Technology Center near Safford, Arizona. Research facility is devoted to development, adaptation, implementation of low-cost, and environmentally sound, extraction technologies for copper

Tour, given by BP corporate officials to Secretary Gale Norton and Minerals Management Service Director Johnnie Burton, of the world's largest offshore oil platform, near Ingleside, Texas, used to tap Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas reserves

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