Patricia Fontanet Rodriguez, natural disaster planner with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, writes notes on Public Law 84-99, Emergency Response to Natural Disasters, which gives the Corps the authority to provide emergency assistance to local, state and tribal governments before, during and after flooding events, during a case-study discussion as part of the Southern California Post-Fire Mitigation, Recovery and Resilience Workshop for Tribes at the Pechanga Reservation near Temecula, California, Feb. 28, 2023.

Cheree Peterson, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ South Pacific Division regional business director, second from right, gets her first closeup look at the still-under-construction Spinal Cord Injury/Community Living Center during her visit to the Veterans Affairs San Diego Health Care System campus Feb. 17 in San Diego.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineer South Pacific Division Commander Brig. Gen. Antoinette Gant, right center, met with Phoenix VA Health Care System Director Bryan Matthews, left center, during a project site visit Feb. 2 at the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center in Midtown Phoenix. John Drake, LA District chief of International and Interagency Services, far right, and Elijah Ditter, Phoenix VA Associate Director of Resources, far left, also were among the senior leaders discussing the future projects. (Photo by Robert DeDeaux, USACE PAO)

Taylor Brown, student trainee with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, front row, second from left, along with her teammates, holds up her trophy she won as a member of the Arizona State University Concrete Solutions team during the Associated Schools of Construction Regions 6 and 7 Student Competition and Construction Management Conference Feb. 7-10 near Reno, Nevada. Brown will graduate from the university in May with a degree in concrete engineering. She plans to remain with the Corps’ LA District as a Department of the Army intern.

Brig. Gen. Antoinette Gant, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ South Pacific Division commander, speaks with students at Southeast Academy High School Jan. 13 in Norwalk, California. Gant joined three district commanders, including LA District commander Col. Julie Balten, to meet with students and discuss opportunities for service to the nation through military and civilian careers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District contractors construct a reinforced embankment to protect critical infrastructure against flooding Oct. 5 in Duncan, Arizona. Large stones and rocks are used with sand and soil in a process called rip rap to strengthen embankments dikes and levees.

Col. Julie A. Balten, Los Angeles District commander, front right, discusses the successful completion of a flood-control project for Maricopa County with Michael Fulton, director of the Maricopa County Flood Control District, left, during an Oct. 25 visit to the New River Dam Outlet Channel in Florence, Arizona.

Koi Quiver, right, a mechanical engineer major at Northern Arizona University, talks with Jeremy Decker, an archeologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, during the American Indian Science and Engineering Society National Conference Oct. 7 in Palm Springs, California. Decker is a post-graduate student of Northern Arizona University class of 2007.

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