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  • January

    A snowy scene showcases an arched metal building used as a horse barn. Fencing and associated structures surround the building.

    USACE Baltimore District Strengthens Partnership with Veteran Foundation

    Following the conclusion of the 30-year Spring Valley Formerly Utilized Defense Site project in Washington, D.C., the Baltimore District donated an 80-by-40-foot steel building to the Hyner Lodge Foundation outside Lock Haven, PA, providing the foundation with a horse barn and storage facility that supports its programs for wounded, injured, and disabled veterans and their families.

  • September

    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.

    Vietnam vets share memories

    Vietnam.It is a word and a place that brought up distinct, and often rugged, memories for a number

  • January

    Veterans' resumes are laid out during an open house at the Veterans Curation Program office in Alexandria, Virginia, Jan. 12, 2016. The VCP provides employment and vocational training for five months for recently separated veterans using archaeological collections administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Veterans working in the Alexandria laboratory are trained in data entry, report writing, photography, and scanning technologies.(U.S. Army Photo by Sarah Gross)

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lab in Alexandria trains Veterans in archaeological curation, prepares them for future

    The Veterans Curation Program provides five months of paid, intensive archaeological curation training to recently-separated Veterans, using collections from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Veterans are not only helping the Corps rehabilitate vast archaeological collections to museum standards to aid in future research but are also learning important career-building skills. The VCP laboratory in Alexandria held an open house Jan. 12, 2016, so the 12 employed Veterans could demonstrate their work in archiving and artifacts and discuss how the program is helping them to prepare for the future.