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  • August

    3 Aug 2017

    Maryland man, Bay enthusiast receives national Army regulatory award

    Since joining the Corps, Woody Francis has assisted in the development of the first general permits for the nation and the Baltimore District in 1976 and worked his way up to become the technical expert for aquaculture activities in Maryland. It’s his most recent work for the aquaculture program that led him to receive the national Don Lawyer Regulator of the Year Award.
  • June

    30 Jun 2017

    DNR, Corps partner to maintain popular trophy trout destination in Maryland

    Along the North Branch of the Potomac River, nestled between Garrett County, Maryland, and Mineral
  • The Reactor Pressure Vessel from the STURGIS, the Army’s retired floating nuclear power plant in the process of being decommissioned, is carefully loaded onto a transport vehicle inside its specially designed shielded shipping container. The RPV and its specially-designed shielded shipping container combined to weigh a total of approximately 81 tons. The RPV’s safe delivery to the designated disposal facility was completed in early June 2017.
    21 Jun 2017

    STURGIS decommissioning hits major milestone with deactivated nuclear Reactor Pressure Vessel removal

    After years of planning and overcoming significant implementation challenges, the STURGIS project team has successfully removed the Reactor Pressure Vessel — a major component of the U.S. Army’s MH-1A reactor aboard the Nuclear Barge STURGIS.
  • May

    23 May 2017

    Corps, Saudi delegation discuss flood risk management

    A 10-member delegation of government and military professionals from Saudi Arabia received a
  • April

    Project Engineer Nhat Tran, from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, inspects the nearly finished renovation work inside Building 1417, April 6, 2017, as contractors look over blueprints away from the finishing up of the construction activities. Building 1417 is used by the 249th Engineer Battalion (Prime Power) for maintenance on generators and vehicles as well as storage and other activities.
    11 Apr 2017

    Prime Power getting HQ facilities upgrade at Fort Belvoir

    Most times, when an active duty U.S. Army unit is deployed it’s not to American cities, but for the
  • March

    29 Mar 2017

    Army Corps, Susquehanna River Basin Commission partner to provide data to FEMA to revise flood maps in Pennsylvania

    March 9, 2017, marked the Susquehanna River Basin Commission’s first day in the field on Swatara Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River in east central Pennsylvania, for a project in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, to provide information to the Federal Emergency Management Agency Region III that will help FEMA update their flood risk maps.
  • Col. Ed Chamberlayne, Baltimore District commander, places shoulder boards with the rank of lieutenant colonel on Lt. Col. Brad Morgan, Baltimore District deputy commander, during a promotion ceremony from major to lieutenant colonel at the District Headquarters in Baltimore, March 1, 2017. Morgan's wife Rebecca is also pictured. (U.S. Army photo by Alfredo Barraza)
    10 Mar 2017

    New deputy commander’s passion for engineering runs in the family

    When the Baltimore District was in the search for a new deputy commander, Col. Ed Chamberlayne said three peers had reached out to him personally to recommend Lt. Col. Brad Morgan. Morgan was selected and started with the district on Jan. 23, bringing with him nearly 17 years of service to the Nation in the Army. This is Morgan's second time serving as deputy commander for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' district, having also done so from 2013 - 2015, at the Nashville District, ironically as his older brother Clay was also serving as deputy commander at the Fort Worth District (and still is).
  • Sand is pumped onto the beach at Ocean City in 1991 as part of initial construction of the beach berm and dune that are parts of the existing coastal storm risk management project. The Corps of Engineers, working closely with the state of Maryland and Ocean City, has continued to maintain the project over the years, and it has prevented an estimated nearly $1 billion in damages since initial construction.
    8 Mar 2017

    Fifty-five years later, Ash Wednesday Storm still affects Ocean City – but not how you might think (Part 3 of 3)

    This is part three of a three-part series about the historic Ash Wednesday Storm and the later construction of the Corps of Engineers coastal storm risk management project in Ocean City, Maryland.
  • Sand is pumped onto the beach near what is likely meant to be McComas Avenue, near 123rd Street now. The training dikes are barriers of sand used to help keep freshly pumped sand in the area while allowing water to flow back to the Atlantic Ocean.
    7 Mar 2017

    Fifty-five years later, Ash Wednesday Storm still affects Ocean City – but not how you might think (Part 2 of 3)

    This is part two of a three-part series about the historic Ash Wednesday Storm and the later construction of the Corps of Engineers coastal storm risk management project in Ocean City, Maryland.
  • “Report on Operation Five-High, March 1962 Storm” was issued by the North Atlantic Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in August 1963, and it describes the historic storm, later known as the Ash Wednesday Storm, and the Corps of Engineers’ response to it.
    6 Mar 2017

    Fifty-five years later, Ash Wednesday Storm still affects Ocean City – but not how you might think (Part 1 of 3)

    This is part one of a three-part series about the historic Ash Wednesday Storm and the later construction of the Corps of Engineers coastal storm risk management project in Ocean City, Maryland.
  • February

    Mary Foutz, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District Military Design Branch, Mechanical Section chief, holds agency winner award alongside Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite, chief of Engineers and commanding general of the Corps of Engineers, received during the Federal Engineer of the Year Award ceremony at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Feb. 17, 2017. (U.S. Army photo by Sarah Gross)
    17 Feb 2017

    Baltimore District engineer recognized nationally as Federal Engineer of the Year agency winner

    Mary Foutz, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District Military Design Branch, Mechanical Section chief, received an esteemed national award as an agency winner during the Federal Engineer of the Year Award ceremony at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Feb. 17, 2017. As an agency winner, she, alongside 25 other esteemed engineers nationwide, was a finalist for the Federal Engineer of the Year.
  • September

    30 Sep 2016

    Raystown debuts mountain bike skills park; first of its kind on federal lands

    Dualie, Gnarl, Shred, Grinder, Grunt, Berm, and Bonk.   The average person has probably never heard
  • Army Specialists Jerry Rifkin (right) and Walt Rymzowicz prepare for a mission at night in Vietnam. The paper in Rifkin’s right hand had a code word to use for air support that was difficult to decipher in the dark.
    23 Sep 2016

    Vietnam vets share memories

    Vietnam.It is a word and a place that brought up distinct, and often rugged, memories for a number
  • Ultraviolet light kills microbes as the final step in the process to produce potable water from the updated Fort Detrick water treatment plant in Frederick, Md. The plant went online in April as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, is finishing the final actions on the $16.8 million project to provide water to the garrison. (U.S. Army photo by Clem Gaines)
    15 Sep 2016

    Army water treatment plant brings a unique first

    Drinking water for the members of the Fort Detrick, Maryland community is now cleaner than ever,
  • 13 Sep 2016

    Corps of Engineers participates in first-time flood summit in high-risk DC

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers representatives joined more than 150 experts to discuss flooding in our nation’s capital at Gallaudet University, Sept. 8, 2016, marking the first flood summit of its kind in Washington.
  • August

    Olivia Mays, park ranger, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Raystown Lake, hands out glow sticks to participants of the 4th annual Glow Swim at Seven Points Beach, Aug. 6, 2016.
    11 Aug 2016

    Raystown Lake engages visitors with artwork, neon lights to promote water safety and environmental stewardship

    RAYSTOWN LAKE, Pennsylvania —The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Raystown Lake hosted the 5th annual
  • U.S. Coast Guard and other emergency vessels assist a small vessel in distress on the Chesapeake Bay after receiving the exact location of the distressed vessel from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District's Survey Vessel LINTHICUM Sunday Aug. 7, 2016. LINTHICUM responded after being notified by a passing ship of a nearby flare while conducting a condition survey of the nearby Cape Henry Channel.
    9 Aug 2016

    Army Corps survey vessel crew assists with rescue in Chesapeake Bay

    Crew of Baltimore District's Survey Vessel LINTHICUM assists U.S. Coast Guard with rescue of disabled small boat in Chesapeake Bay near Virginia Beach
  • July

    Project team members, property owner John Walton and  Col. Edward Chamberlayne, commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District gather around the commemorative Sycamore tree during the commemoration of the Piscataway Creek Wetlands Mitigation Project at Poplar Hill Mansion in Clinton, Md., June 30, 2016. The Corps of Engineers has supported Joint Base Andrews in identifying an acceptable wetland mitigation site since 2010.
    26 Jul 2016

    Corps of Engineers Assists Air Force in Wetlands Mitigation Project

    CLINTON, Maryland ­– After six years of project partnership, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
  • Col. Ed Chamberlayne, commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, signed a symbolic Watershed Assessment Cost-Sharing Agreement with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to begin work on the Chesapeake Bay Comprehensive Water Resources and Restoration Plan (Comp plan) during a Chesapeake Bay Program Principals’ Staff Committee meeting at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Headquarters in Washington, May 26, 2016. The final cost-sharing agreement document was officially signed on July 22, 2016.

Chamberlayne is a member of the Principals' Staff Committee, which acts as the policy advisors to the Chesapeake Bay Executive Council. EPA is the federal lead for the committee.
    25 Jul 2016

    World’s largest engineering providers, conservation grant-makers team up to restore nation’s largest estuary

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, has signed a Watershed Assessment Cost-Sharing Agreement with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to begin work on the Chesapeake Bay Comprehensive Water Resources and Restoration Plan.
  • 5 Jul 2016

    Corps of Engineers enters educational partnership with Morgan State University

     “We don’t want to just increase the number of American students in STEM.  We want to make sure
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