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  • September

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    Newest DoDEA school brings the future of education to children overseas in Brussels

    With a parade of students from more than 30 nations, remarks from senior military and education officials, a ribbon cutting and a blast of confetti the Department of Defense Education Activity celebrated its newest 21st century school – the Brussels Unit School.

  • August

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    ROTC Cadets hope to build on lessons learned during Europe District summer internship

    When faced with the choice of staying home or the possibility of continuing their education this summer, Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Cadets Abbi Clark (Kansas State University) and Deandre Wright (Morgan State University) both decided to apply to the ROTC Engineer Internship Program sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This program allows cadets at the to obtain first-hand experience within engineering in the Army. While there are opportunities within the continental United States and outside of the continental United States, Clark and Wright checked the box for an overseas assignment and hoped for the best.
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    Airfield improvements increase readiness and capacity at MK Air Base in Romania

    U.S. and Romanian officials celebrated the latest improvement project completed at the Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base portion of U.S. Army Garrison Black Sea here yesterday – the airfield’s new cargo pad.
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    Army Engineers in Türkiye support NATO’s southern flank and reinforce regional security

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers team based here oversaw construction of the of the new facility, working in close partnership with the Turkish base team and the U.S. Air Force’s 39th Air Base Wing.

  • July

    U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Commander Col. David Mayfield embraces Denise Williams, daughter of the late Col. Gail Halvorsen, following a ceremony dedicating and naming USAG Wiesbaden’s new air traffic control tower in her father’s honor June 15, 2024. Halvorsen flew missions from the airfield on the Clay Kaserne portion of U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden during the Berlin Airlift and earned the nickname the “Candy Bomber” for delivering candy to children in West Berlin. (U.S. Army photo by Chris Gardner)

    Berlin Airlift ‘Candy Bomber’ legacy lives on in new Air Traffic Control Tower named in his memory

    Members of the late Col. Gail S. Halvorsen’s family, Army leaders, project partners and others with direct ties to the Berlin Airlift all gathered for a dedication ceremony that honored his legacy and formally dedicated the recently completed air traffic control tower on the Clay Kaserne portion of U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden in his name.
  • Members of the construction contractor’s team discuss elements of the new National Emergency Operations Center being built in Lomé, Togo during a ceremony celebrating construction starting on the project June 26, 2024. Togolese and U.S. officials joined to celebrate the project, which is funded through the U.S. Africa Command’s Humanitarian Assistance program with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers managing the construction project. (U.S. Army photo by Chris Gardner)

    USACE delivering National EOC to coordinate Togo disaster response

    Senior Togolese officials from the Ministry of Security and the National Civil Protection Agency (ANPC, based on its official name in French - l'Agence Nationale de la Protection Civile) joined leaders from the U.S. Embassy, U.S. Africa Command, North Dakota National Guard and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to celebrate the start of construction on a new National Emergency Operations Center to improve emergency response coordination for future natural disasters in Togo.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District Program Manager Paul Audije welcomes engineering and construction professionals to an Industry Day event in Oslo, Norway May 22, 2024, where participants learned about opportunities to work with the U.S. government in Norway. The event was hosted in partnership with the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norwegian Ministry of Defence and the Norwegian Defence Estates Agency and was attended by nearly 100 industry professionals. (U.S. Army photo by Chris Gardner)

    USACE emerging construction mission in Norway supports regional security, interoperability

    Construction is getting underway later this year to upgrade perimeter fencing here as part of a growing military construction program in Norway being managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The work is the first of five already planned European Deterrence Initiative projects for the base. In addition to facilitating interoperability, training and international exercises, the European Deterrence Initiative projects aim to enhance the readiness of Rygge Air Station to support the capability of U.S. forces, Norwegian forces, NATO Allies, and partners to rapidly respond to any situation in the region should the need arise.

  • October

    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)

    Partners celebrate construction of new Spangdahlem Elementary School in Germany

    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 Germany.

  • September

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    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

    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 Force base here to host operations in support of regional security. The three projects are part of a larger, more than $100 million construction program at the base funded through the United States’ European Deterrence Initiative.
  • 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)

    Students, faculty and Army leaders celebrate new DoDEA school in Grafenwoehr

    A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Sept 12. to celebrate the opening of the new Grafenwoehr Elementary School.

  • August

    Bavarian State Construction Department Chief Daniel Oden; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District Commander Col. Dan Kent; 7th Army Training Command Commanding General Brig. Gen. Steven Carpenter; Bavarian State Minister of the Interior Joachim Herrmann; U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria Garrison Commander Kevin Poole, Grafenwoehr Mayor Edgar Knobloch and U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria Director of Public Works John Sturtz ceremonially break ground for the Operational Readiness Training Complex at Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany August 4, 2023. The groundbreaking celebrated the first major steps in construction for the ORTC project which will be built over several years and include all the facilities needed for an entire brigade set of troops and equipment to train and operate on a rotational basis. (U.S. Army photo by Alfredo Barraza)

    Transformative project at Graf breaks ground, first step in dozens of new buildings for rotational troops

    German and U.S. Army leaders marked the formal start of construction for a $1.3 billion project here intended to include nearly 50 buildings and house more than 5,000 Soldiers. The first Operational Readiness Training Complex will be built over about 10 years and will include all the facilities needed for an entire brigade set of troops and equipment to train and operate on a rotational basis.

  • April

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    U.S. and Nigerian officials join to celebrate $38 million in Kainji Air Force Base improvements

    USACE and other partners celebrated the completion of $38 million of improvements to the Nigerian Air Force's Kainji Air Force Base April 27, 2023.

  • January

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District Chief of Contracting Chris Tew discusses projects with Maj. Marcus Stringer, Maj. Thomas Bookout and Master Sgt. Aaron Kopecky at the Europe District offices in Wiesbaden, Germany January 10, 2023. Stringer, Bookout and Kopecky are all contracting professionals in Europe District’s Contracting Division, providing contracting support to a wide range of projects throughout Europe and Africa. (U.S. Army photo by Chris Gardner)

    Contracting Soldiers play key role in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers missions overseas

    WIESBADEN, Germany -- “I deployed to Iraq in 2007, and when I got there everything was just ‘magically’ there. I had food. I had somewhere to sleep. I kind of wondered how did all that get there?” Contracting Specialist Master Sgt. Eulid Temblador said. “Well, it got there through contracts.” Temblador deployed as a radio transmission operator with an infantry brigade then, but has since reclassified to the 51C military occupational specialty, or MOS, an Army career field where Soldiers focus on providing that contracting piece that’s so critical to everything the Army does. He is now one of four Soldiers serving in the Contracting Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District. While noncommissioned officers serving as contracting professionals are 51C’s and officers serving as contracting professionals are 51A’s, they are often all conversationally referred to as 51C’s.

  • December

    American instructors Mike Gerhard from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District; Alonzo Ellis from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District and Dan Hunt from the U.S. Army Engineer School discuss proposed base camp design plans with engineers from the Ghana Armed Forces October 18, 2022, as part of a base camp design training course in Accra, Ghana.

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers trains Ghanaian military partners on base camp design

    When the call comes to support United Nations peacekeeping operations, the Ghana Armed Forces regularly answer that call and are expected to set up their operations at times with little to no existing base camp infrastructure. They could be operating from the corner of an airport, a commandeered sports field or a tract of land in an undeveloped part of a jungle or desert scape – wherever peace needs reinforced. Efficiently and logically developing base camps for deployed forces is key to any mission’s success, and that is why experts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were recently in Ghana teaching courses in base camp design to Ghana Armed Forces combat engineers and planners in the Ghanaian capital of Accra.

  • September

    Estonian Air Force Capt. Kaur Käämer discusses U.S. and Estonian partnership and European Deterrence Initiative construction with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District Quality Assurance Engineer Jüri Saljukov and Project Engineer Chris Bailey at Amari Air Base in Estonia May 12, 2022. Over the past several years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has delivered various projects in Estonia and neighboring Baltic countries Latvia and Lithuania through the European Initiative (EDI). Under the EDI program military infrastructure is built to enhance the U.S. deterrence posture, increase the readiness and responsiveness of U.S. forces in Europe, support the collective defense and security of NATO allies, and bolster the security and capacity of U.S. allies and partners. (U.S. Army photo by Chris Gardner)

    USACE construction in Baltics enhances U.S., NATO capabilities and supports regional security

    Over the past several years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has delivered various projects in Estonia and neighboring Baltic countries Latvia and Lithuania through the European Deterrence Initiative where military infrastructure is built to enhance the U.S. deterrence posture, increase the readiness and responsiveness of U.S. forces in Europe, support the collective defense and security of NATO allies, and bolster the security and capacity of U.S. allies and partners.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District Regional Program Manager for Air Force Military Design and Construction Program Jennifer Regel, right, discusses the construction of the new Family Housing Management Facility in Vogelweh, Germany April 11, 2022 with project partners, including the then 86th Air Lift Wing Commander U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Joshua Olson, left, just before its formal groundbreaking ceremony. The project is an example of one of the many traditional military construction projects Europe District delivers in support of U.S. Air Forces Europe at installations across the continent. (U.S. Army photo by Alfredo Barraza)

    USACE supports U.S. Air Force on projects throughout Europe

    A large part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District’s military construction, or MILCON, program focuses on U.S. Army facilities around Europe - But the Army also supports the U.S. Air Forces in Europe with a wide-ranging design and construction program as well.

  • July

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    Safety team teaches OSHA 30 Hour for Construction

    With construction activities in dozens of countries across Europe, Africa and Israel, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District has a big mission to promote safe practices across its area.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District’s Mike Wielputz shows contractors how to conduct an Atterberg liquid limits test, which assesses the water contents which define the limits of various stages of consistency for fine-grained soils, as part of providing training on materials laboratory testing standards and necessary certifications in Powidz, Poland as part of the munitions storage area construction efforts June 29, 2022. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District construction involves building more than 50 bunkers, using roughly 17,500 cubic meters of concrete and the training is part of ensuring the project and its on-site concrete laboratory meet all required standards. (U.S. Army photo by Chad Gartrell)

    Materials engineers help ensure U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project success in Poland

    POWIDZ, Poland -- With the construction of more than 50 munitions bunkers getting underway for the

  • June

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District Commander Col. Pat Dagon, Plenipotentiary to the Minister of Defense for the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement Polish Brig. Gen. Dariusz Mendrala, NATO Investment Committee Chair Emanuele Meli, Europe District Chief of Program Management Branch Lalit Wadhwa, Europe District Chief of Programs and Project Management Justin Wetherwax and Poland Provided Infrastructure Program Manager U.S. Army Col. Eric McFadden discuss military construction efforts in Poland June 2, 2022 in Powidz ahead of the groundbreaking ceremony for the Munitions Storage Area being constructed there. The ceremony marked the beginning of the Poland Provided Infrastructure program, which provides a mechanism for sharing the costs for U.S. forces in Poland. Infrastructure projects are funded by Poland and are designed and constructed to meet U.S. requirements for use by U.S. forces operating in Poland. For its part, the U.S. will continue to bear the costs of training, equipping, deploying and employment of U.S. forces in the country. (U.S. Army photo by Chris Gardner)

    Infrastructure Program Enhances Cooperation, Collaboration Between U.S. and Poland

    U.S. and Polish officials marked the beginning of the Poland Provided Infrastructure (PPI) program with a groundbreaking ceremony for a munitions storage area in Powidz, Poland June 2. This project is funded by the NATO Security Investment Program (NSIP), Poland and the United States Air Force. The project is being executed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and managed as part of the PPI program through our strong bi-lateral partnership.

  • May

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District Army Fellow Erin Dinunzio, Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System Poland Executive Officer Lt. Cmdr. Travis Avant and AAMDS Commanding Officer Cmdr. Joshua Wolf review working as-built drawings on the fire suppression system for accuracy and adequacy at the Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense project April 1, 2022 in Redzikowo, Poland. As an Army Fellow with Europe District, Dinunzio is getting hands-on experience supporting projects in Europe. (Courtesy Photo)

    USACE Army Fellows Program in Europe offers unique international opportunities for recent grads and early career engineers

    Learn more about the the Army Fellows Program in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District (which was previously known as the Department of Army Intern Program in years past). It allows recent graduates and early career engineers the opportunity to work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers while rotating throughout the various offices and branches that support the District’s programs and missions through a two-year program.