8 Oct 2021

Giving teachers the tools to prepare students for 21st Century

Recently, COL. Matthew Posner, MD spoke at the ribbon cutting ceremony for a new state of the art

10 Sep 2021

20 Years After 9/11: Revisiting an Army Corps Disaster Response Like No Other

In 1882, Congress authorized the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide disaster relief to flood victims. Since then the Corps has responded to hundreds of hurricanes, floods and tornadoes. Every bit of that experience would be tested in 2001.

19 Aug 2021

New York Army Corps Planners Nationally Recognized for Project Study

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ New York District Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point (FIMP) Project Delivery Team (PDT) has received the Army Corps’ National Outstanding Planning Achievement Team Award (Enterprise) for fiscal year 2020 ─ recognizing exceptional team efforts on specifically-authorized feasibility studies and executing the Army Corps’ civil works mission. The team was one of only two recognized throughout the U.S.

6 Jul 2021

Corps Mission helps Marines Take Care of Business at Stewart Air National Guard Base

The Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 452 (VMGR-452) is a reserve United States Marine Corps KC-130T/KC130J squadron. They are based at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, New York and fall under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 49 (MAG-49) and the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing (4th MAW).

16 Jun 2021

Army Corps Partners with Academia to Collect Data for Coastal Programs

The US Army Corps of Engineers’ Coastal Inlets Research Program (a team of scientists and engineers studying waves, current, sediment transport and sea-floor change at or near inlets) and James Madison University are collaborating on the new Sand Snap initiative to collect beach sediment data (sand grains) by engaging citizen scientists in data collection. The U.S. Geological Service, Marda Science, LLC, and Sea Grant are also contributing to the program.

11 Jun 2021

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Minish Park Project is revitalizing the Lower Passaic River in Newark, N.J.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, is helping to revitalize a former industrial area along the Lower Passaic River in the downtown area of Newark, N.J.

10 Jun 2021

Fit to Fly: New Air Force Fitness Center

This year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District is completing a new fitness center for the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station.

26 May 2021

Army Corps Completes Major Engineering Feat in New Jersey; Reduces Flood Risk for Communities

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, working closely with New Jersey Transit and contractors, placed an 850-ton concrete culvert underneath the Raritan Valley Line railroad embankment in central New Jersey this weekend as part of a major flood-risk management project.

20 May 2021

Gimme shelter: Army Corps gets Air Force Reserve out of the cold

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District is renovating two aircraft hangars so Airman at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station can work inside and out of the cold and fulfill their mission to the Nation.

20 May 2021

U.S. Army Corps of Engineer retirees go beyond call of duty

Many U.S. Army Corps of Engineer retirees have volunteered – under the Army Corps’ Reemployed Annuitant Cadre Program - to work at Federal Emergency Management Agency Community COVID-19 Vaccination Centers across the nation to assist with vaccine distribution.

29 Apr 2021

Army Corps Restores National Historic Landmark at West Point, New York

The New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently completed $5.2 million in renovations to Warner House ─ an iconic home on a small island in the Hudson River north of New York City with strong ties to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, a well-known engineering school, and the American Revolutionary War (1775-83).

28 Apr 2021

Start of something good - Environmental project reaches final stages

It’s the 1940’s in Maywood New Jersey. Some new homes are being built and residents are getting

19 Apr 2021

New Golf Clubhouse at U.S. Military Academy is a Community Partnership

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, is building a new $16 million,14,000 sq. ft. Golf Course Clubhouse at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.

15 Apr 2021

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers working on Bradley Barracks Upgrades to Modernize Living Quarters for Cadets at West Point

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, continues to make excellent progress during its $113 million renovation of Bradley Barracks at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, an hour north of New York City. The barracks, housing 900+ Cadets, is expected to be complete in spring 2022.

12 Apr 2021

Army Corps Flood-Control Project Provides Outdoor Classroom for West Point Cadets

A group of 40 Cadets from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, traveled to central New Jersey for an afternoon of hands-on construction and engineering learning at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Green Brook Flood Risk Management Project.

31 Mar 2021

New York District’s Surveys Team Leads The Way For Innovative Remote Data Collection

NEW JERSEY- Anyone who knows the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) mission understands the organization does a lot of remote data collection surveying. The robust and demanding USACE survey and geospatial mission can take survey technicians to some treacherous terrain, not to mention desolate locations both on and offshore. The survey teams experience a variety of challenges ranging from location to accessibility to environmental conditions. The arsenal of traditional imaging and light detection and ranging (LiDAR) surveying tools such as those attached to vessels, vehicles, or totable on humans have their limitations. These limitations have energized the New York District’s survey team to advance beyond traditional methods by commencing deployment of piloted unmanned aerial survey drones.

25 Mar 2021

Army Corps improves historic cemetery for the living

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District its expanding and improving West Point Cemetery, located on the grounds of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.

16 Mar 2021

Army Corps Improvements at U.S. Army Installation Focus on Soldier’s Safety

The New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is making $41 million in improvements at Picatinny Arsenal in northern New Jersey ─ a U.S. Army installation providing products and services to all branches of the U.S. Military.

11 Mar 2021

Army Corps Military Programs Director Reviews Construction at USMA West Point, NY

Dr. Christine Altendorf, the newly-appointed Director of Military Programs for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, completed a full day of site inspections at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, learning more about the New York District’s expansive military construction mission there.

29 Jan 2021

USACE fulfills a tall order

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District uses the latest demolition technology to remove an old stack at the Brookhaven National Laboratory to make the area safe for the community.