Colonel David A. Caldwell assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, during a formal change of command ceremony on June 8, 2015. Colonel Paul E. Owen, who has commanded the district since September 2012, relinquished command during the event at Castle Williams on Governor’s Island. Colonel Caldwell was commissioned into the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1992 upon graduating from Wheaton College, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology.