Col. Andrew Baker, right, formally marks his entry as the 64th commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District during the passing of the colors at the district’s change of command ceremony July 14 at the LA District Base Yard in South El Monte, California. Brig. Gen. Antoinette Gant, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division commander, center, served as presiding officer for the ceremony. At left is Col. Julie Balten, outgoing LA District commander.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander Col. Julie Balten, left, and Joe Mouawad, Eastern Municipal Water District general manager, right, reaffirm their partnership and formally recognize the next phase of project implementation for the South Perris Desalination Program during a July 7 visit to the EMWD facility in Perris, California.

Scheduled for completion in fall 2024, the new Spinal Cord Injury/Community Living Center is shown June 28 at the Veterans Affairs San Diego Health Care System complex next to the main medical center building.

Col. Julie Balten, the second from right with a paint roller in hand, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander, joins U.S. Rep. Ken Calvert (CA-42), center of frame and foreground, and Riverside County Second District Supervisor Karen Spiegel, right, to add the ceremonial finishing touches June 2 to the newly restored bicentennial mural on the Prado Dam spillway in Corona, California.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander Col. Julie Balten and Santa Barbara harbor master Mike Wiltshire discuss an ongoing dredging project aboard a harbor patrol boat May 23 en route to dredger Sandpiper in Santa Barbara, California. Balten met with harbor officials as part of a tour of Corps coastal projects May 22-25.

Alex Guzman, a member of the fence maintenance crew with the LA District’s Operations and Maintenance Branch, negotiates a series of maneuvers to demonstrate his proficiency with a utility terrain vehicle March 23 during training at the Whittier Narrows Dam area of operations in Pico Rivera, California.

Col. Julie Balten, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander, right, updates Col. Andrew Baker, who is slated to assume command of the district in July when Balten’s three-year assignment is complete, during an April 7 stop at the San Gabriel River side of the Whittier Narrows Dam in Pico Rivera, California.

Contractors construct the framework of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s Ground Transport Equipment project site March 14 near Sierra Vista, Arizona.

Col. Julie Balten, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander, speaks during a March 23 groundbreaking ceremony for a new Simulations Center at Fort Irwin, California.

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