THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO RIVER DIVISION’S REGIONAL RIVERS REPAIR FLEET

[sc name=”mag-header”] THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO RIVER DIVISION’S REGIONAL RIVERS REPAIR FLEET   As the operations and maintenance needs of our navigation infrastructure outpace funding levels, the U.S Army Corps of Engineers needs to ensure that our limited resources, personnel and funds are applied to actions that minimize the greatest risk of failure and […]

150TH ENGINEER CASTLE BALL COMMEMORATIVE PRINT

[sc name=”mag-header”] 150TH ENGINEER CASTLE BALL COMMEMORATIVE PRINT   By March of 1867, Congress stepped in to fix the problem. Legislation signed by the President directed the Office of Public Buildings and Grounds be removed from the department of Interior and moved to the War Department under the Chief of Engineers.This move expanded the Engineer […]

150TH ENGINEER CASTLE BALL COMMEMORATIVE PRINT

[sc name=”mag-header”] 150TH ENGINEER CASTLE BALL COMMEMORATIVE PRINT   capitol, but it was site specific a building most often. The US Capitol and Dome expansion was placed under CPT Montgomery Meigs as the engineer in charge of the project in 1853. The project had been floundering and CPT Meigs was brought into bring the project […]

Magazine 1 – 150TH ENGINEER CASTLE BALL COMMEMORATIVE PRINT

[sc name=”mag-header”] 150TH ENGINEER CASTLE BALL COMMEMORATIVE PRINT This coming August we will celebrate the 150th Engineer Castle Ball in the Nation’s Capitol. In our history, the Regiment has moved 5 times: West Point, Willets Point, Washington Barracks, Camp Humphries/Fort Belvoir, and Fort Leonard Wood. Each move ascome about due to mission growth and changes […]