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  • August

    U.S. Army Corps of EngineersCommand Sgt. Maj. Antonio S. Jones talks with 1LT William Mengon about the Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway during a visit on Aug. 17, 2016. Jones visited Sacramento District projects at Folsom as well as Englebright and Black Butte Lakes during his two-day visit.

    Command Sergeant Major tours Sacramento District

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Command Sergeant Major Antoio S. Jones visited the Sacramento District for the first time August 16-17. Jones’ itinerary included visits to two district-operated reservoirs, Black Butte Lake and Englebright Lake as well as the Folsom Dam Auxiliary Spillway project. j

  • July

    July 2016 progress on the $62 million Operational Readiness Training Complex on Fort Hunter Liggett.

    Corps helps modernize Army Reserve’s largest training area as it celebrates 75 years

    The largest installation in the U.S. Army Reserve boasts an impressive 165,000 acres of terrain on which to train Soldiers, land C-17’s and do critical live-fire training.
  • Coralie Wilhite, a geological engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, gives the thumbs up after rappelling down a rock face along the bank of the American River near Folsom Dam to mark rock bolt anchor locations as part of the Joint Federal Project.

    Corps geologist learns the ropes

    It’s said a really good geologist needs to know a bit of everything: physics, chemistry, geography, math, biology, engineering … and how about climbing skills that would make Spiderman jealous? Read about Coralie Wilhite, a Sacramento District engineer on her way up!
  • Seeking a view of Colorado from up high, Matt Montgomery is seen here climbing Longs Peak, elevation 14, 259 feet. Longs Peak is located in Rocky Mountain National Park, outside Estes Park, Colorado.

    Love for American West inspires Corps regulator

    Protecting the natural resources of Western Colorado is a job that’s tailor-made for Matt Montgomery, a lifelong outdoorsman and senior regulatory project manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District in Grand Junction, Colorado.

  • June

    Joe Griffin (left), senior archeologist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Cody Wilcoxson use mobile screening stations to examine excavated dirt in the Xiangkhoang Province, Lao People’s Democratic Republic on Mar. 19, 2016. Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency deployed to the area in hopes of recovering the remains of a pilot unaccounted for since the Vietnam War era. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Jocelyn Ford, USAF/RELEASED)

    Corps archeologist leads expedition to recover a Vietnam War-era pilot’s remains

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Dripping sweat and coughing on dusty air, Joe Griffin prepares to make yet another trek up a rocky hillside. Over the course of a month, he will take this short hike hundreds of times. Luckily, the altitude of Laos’s mountainous Xiangkhoang Province provides a small measure of relief from the heat and humidity. Each trip up the mountain concludes with Griffin sifting through buckets upon buckets of dirt and soil, searching for a clue – any clue – to find the remains of an American pilot who crashed nearly a half century ago.