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Becoming an Army Engineer to continue a life of service all over the world
1/24/2024 UPDATED
As an Army Engineer, Capt. Ben Ketchum has had the opportunity to positively impact communities all over the world, including in several countries in Eastern Europe and throughout Africa in his...
Partners celebrate construction of new Spangdahlem Elementary School in Germany
10/17/2023 UPDATED
With cranes and crews working away in the background, partners joined Wednesday for a ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Spangdahlem Elementary School being built at Spangdahlem Air Base in...
Romanian and U.S. officials in Campia Turzii celebrate new facilities at Air Base 71, part of more than $100 million in U.S. investments in the Romanian base
9/25/2023 UPDATED
CAMPIA TURZII, Romania – Romanian and U.S. officials joined together at Air Base 71 today to celebrate the completion of three new facilities intended to increase the capacity of the Romanian Air...

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers missions across Europe, Africa and Israel change command to Col. Dan Kent
7/5/2023 UPDATED
Col. Daniel R. Kent became the 23rd commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District, during a military change of command ceremony at the Amelia Earhart Center July 5, 2023. He assumed...

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A young Ben Ketchum, lower right, is pictured here with his family aboard the hospital ship his father, Clem Ketchum, top left, captained that was associated with the non-profit Mercy Ships organization. Clem, now a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel; Ketchum’s mother Jennifer, a retired U.S. Coast Guard captain; and Ketchum’s brother Will, now a U.S. Army captain serving as a general surgeon, spent years traveling and providing medical care to impoverished communities around the world. Ben, now Capt. Ben Ketchum chose to continue his family’s legacy of serving others as an engineer officer in the U.S. Army and now supports humanitarian assistance and other projects in several countries in Africa and Europe as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District. (Courtesy photo)
A young Ben Ketchum plays with Beninese children in 2002 while his family was in the country with a hospital ship his father captained that was associated with the non-profit Mercy Ships organization. The ship and its crew provided surgical care to impoverished communities in developing countries all over the world. Growing up around that instilled a desire to serve others in Ketchum and he ultimately joined the U.S. Army as an engineer where he is now a captain with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and supporting humanitarian assistance and other projects in Benin and several other countries in Africa and Europe. (Courtesy photo)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District Project Engineer Capt. Ben Ketchum and Staff Sgt. Ed Achana with the U.S. Libreville Embassy Office of Security Cooperation pose with local Gabonese school children at the recently renovated Mabanda Primary School February 23, 2023. Ketchum supports humanitarian assistance projects like this in several countries in Europe and Africa as an Army engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District and has said a large part of what drove him to join the Army was his desire to serve others and help communities all over the world. (Courtesy photo)
Curious Gabonese school children look on as U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District Project Engineer Capt. Ben Ketchum conducts a final inspection of drainage improvements at the Mabanda Primary School in Gabon with a contractor February 23, 2023. Ketchum supports humanitarian assistance projects like this in several countries in Europe and Africa as an Army engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District. (U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Lisa C. Berg)
The local Beninese construction site lead and the contractor site supervisor pose with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District Project Engineer Chris De Pooter and Europe District Project Engineer Capt. Ben Ketchum after an inspection of the recently completed boat launch project in Cotonou, Benin September 29, 2022. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers delivered the project as part of a larger program led by the U.S. Africa Command and the U.S. Embassy in Benin in support of bolstering Beninese maritime policing capabilities as they play a key role in combatting regional piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. (Courtesy photo)
The local Beninese construction site lead and the contractor site supervisor discuss a recently completed boat launch project in Cotonou, Benin with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District project engineers Capt. Ben Ketchum and Chris De Pooter September 29, 2022. Being in Benin was a return for Ketchum who had previously been in Benin as a child while traveling with his family aboard a hospital ship associated with the non-profit Mercy Ships organization. Growing up in that environment instilled a desire to serve others in Ketchum and he ultimately joined the U.S. Army as an engineer where he supports humanitarian assistance and other projects in Benin and several other countries in Africa and Europe. (Courtesy photo)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District Project Manager Todd Bishop and Project Engineer Eva Herschbach check out progress on the construction of the new Spangdahlem Elementary School being built at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany October 11, 2023. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is managing construction of the school in close partnership with the Department of Defense Education Activity, German construction partners and Spangdahlem Air Base. (U.S. Army photo by Chris Gardner)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District Department of Defense Education Activity Program Manager Steve Ross speaks on the significance of the new Spangdahlem Elementary School being built during a groundbreaking ceremony for the new school on Spangdahlem Air Base October 11, 2023. He was joined there by representatives from the Department of Defense Education Activity, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, German construction partners and other members of the Spangdahlem Air Base community to celebrate the project with ceremonial groundbreaking. (U.S. Army photo by Chris Gardner)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District Project Manager Todd Bishop, incoming Spangdahlem Elementary School Principal Monika Kerner and Europe District Program Manager Steve Ross discuss progress on construction of the new Spangdahlem Elementary School visible behind them on Spangdahlem Air Base October 11, 2023. They were there with representative from the Department of Defense Education Activity, 52nd Fighter Wing, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, German construction partners and other members of the Spangdahlem Air Base community to celebrate the project with ceremonial groundbreaking. (U.S. Army photo by Chris Gardner)
Project partners and members of the local community celebrate construction of the new Spangdahlem Elementary School being constructed during a groundbreaking ceremony at Spangdahlem Air Base October 11, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Chris Gardner)
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Col. Daniel Kent, commander of the U.S Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District presents the key to the school to the current principal Michael Defrancesco during the ribbon-cutting for the new Grafenwoehr Elementary School in Grafenwoehr, Germany Sept. 12, 2023. Officials from the Department of Defense Education Activity, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria, 7th Army Training Command and more participated in the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new school. (U.S. Army photo by Richard Puckett)
Grafenwoehr Elementary School students sit in front of the school during its ribbon-cutting ceremony in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Sept. 12, 2023. Officials from the Department of Defense Education Activity, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria, 7th Army Training Command and more participated in the ceremony for the new school. (U.S. Army photo by Richard Puckett)
5th grade students at Grafenwoehr Elementary School perform an original piece called “We are Grizzlies”, as a music sampling from “We Will Rock You”, on the drums outside the school during the new school's ribbon-cutting ceremony in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Sept. 12, 2023. Officials from the Department of Defense Education Activity, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria, 7th Army Training Command and more participated in the ceremony for the new school. (U.S. Army photo by Richard Puckett)
More than a half a dozen Grafenwoehr Elementary students join distinguished guests and leaders from across the military community and Department of Defense Education Activity to cut the ribbon for the new Grafenwoehr Elementary School in Grafenwoehr, Germany Sept. 12, 2023. Officials from the Department of Defense Education Activity, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria, 7th Army Training Command and more participated in the ceremony for the new school. (U.S. Army photo by Richard Puckett)