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Our next Industry Day event is coming soon to Moody Gardens! Register here and mark the following dates on your calendar:
- 16 January – NOTICE: The Capability Briefs scheduled for Tuesday, January 16, 2024, have been cancelled due to adverse weather. There will be a weather update issued no later than 4 p.m., January 16, for the Industry Day scheduled for January 17.
- 17 January – Industry Day will commence as planned at 8:30 a.m., at Moody Gardens.

We're hiring! Stop by our Hiring Event at Moody Gardens, 1 Hope Blvd., Galveston, Texas, Wednesday Jan. 17, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. You don't have to go to Basic Combat Training and wear a uniform to work at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers! Stop by Wednesday to find out more!

Career Hiring Fair

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MLK speaks at the Lincoln Memorial, Aug. 28, 1963. National Archive photo.

Galveston District observes MLK Jr. Day

(From left) Former Wharton Mayor Domingo Montalvo, Col. Rhett Blackmon, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District commander, and distinguished representatives from the City of Wharton and USACE break ground on the Colorado River Levee Project Phase 1 during a ceremony in Wharton, Texas, November 29, 2023.

The project will address Wharton’s significant flooding issues due to its proximity to the Colorado River, Caney Creek, Baughman Slough, Peach Creek, and low elevations across the region.

SWG, City of Wharton kick off Colorado River Levee Project Phase 1

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For the last five years, USACE Galveston District (SWG), has partnered with Texas Parks & Wildlife Department game wardens and the non-profit Lone Star Warriors Outdoors (LSWO) to offer combat veterans the chance to assist USACE in managing the deer population at the reservoirs.

USACE Hosts Lone Star Warriors Outdoors Combat Veteran Deer Hunt

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This photograph was captured by Rebecca Capps, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Galveston District (SWG), physical scientist and drone operator, as she flew a Skydio X2D quadcopter, a rotary wing drone, over a section of the Trinity River, Nov. 15, 2023.

Advanced Data Section Offers SWG cutting-edge remote sensing technologies

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The “Terrible T” – as it was affectionately known – was a Sturgeon-class submarine, a class of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines (SSN) in service with the U.S. Navy from the 1960s until 2004. They were the “workhorses” of the Navy’s attack submarine fleet through much of the Cold War. The Sturgeon class was phased out and replaced by Los Angeles, Seawolf and Virginia class submarines.

Better Together – USS Tautog Submariners reunite on Veterans Day

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proud to partner with the state on this important project and to deliver for the children and community of Lahaina. (U.S. Army photo by Katie Newton)

Critical Public Facilities Team Surveys Lahaina

The project stretches along both sides of the Trinity River and both north and south of Interstate Highway 10 about halfway between Houston and Beaumont, Texas. Much of the Project is accessible by boat from boat launch facilities at Hugo Point Park (Gou Hole Road off FM 565 south from I-10), Trinity River Island Recreation Area (the Project Office area just south of I-10 on Lock and Dam Road from exits 806 and 807), under the high bridge over the Trinity River (accessed from the Trinity River Boat Ramp Turnaround off I-10), and a hand-launch canoe/kayak area at Cedar Hill Park (from I-10 take FM 563 north to Lake Charlotte Road west to the park).

Wallisville Lake Project hosts 8th Annual Lone Star Warriors Outdoors Combat Injured Veteran Gator Hunt

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Chief of Engineers visits Galveston

Col. Rhett Blackmon, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District commander, gives opening remarks at the Galveston District semi-annual Stakeholder Partnering Forum with non-federal sponsors, customers and agency partners at the Moody Gardens Convention Center in Galveston, Texas, Aug. 22, 2023.

USACE Galveston District holds semi-annual Stakeholder Partnering Forum

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The Multi-Purpose Vessel Brandy Station moored at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District Dredge Wharf, Aug. 2, 2023.

USACE tours Padre Island dredge

The flight took 20 district team members from the Jadwin Building, down the Texas coast to the Brazos River Floodgates, north to Addicks and Barker reservoirs, to the Conroe Army Reserve Center, the Wallisville Lake Project Office, and down the Houston Shipping Channel back to HQ.

Galveston District flies to Conroe Army Reserve Center with 1-158 AHB Ghostriders

The DB Avalon, one of the largest clamshell dredges in North America, drops a 30 cubic yard load of dredge material onto the Sand Point barge, in the Houston Shipping Channel.

Galveston District survey team conducts post dredge survey in Houston Shipping Channel

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Galveston District holds Matagorda Ship Channel Public Meeting

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District representatives, including Byron Williams, Deputy District Engineer, second from right, David Mackintosh, Chief - Houston Project Office, right, and community partners break ground at the groundbreaking ceremony for a Harris County-led drainage improvement project in Bear Creek Village, Houston TX, June 9, 2023.

GROUNDBREAKING: Drainage Improvement Project in Bear Creek Village

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Tina Le, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District civil engineer, discovered the Department of the Army Fellows program as a junior in college. After graduating Lamar University in 2021 with a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering, she began a two year Fellowship in Port Arthur, Texas.

From college junior to USACE civil engineer

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Galveston District to host career fair

1/12/2024 UPDATED

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District (SWG) will host a Career Fair at the Moody Gardens Convention Center, Jan. 18, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.Hiring managers from all SWG...

SWG awards final contract for Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project

9/25/2023

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District (SWG) awarded the fourth and final multimillion dollar contract for the Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project (CCSCIP) September...

Galveston District to host Regulatory Program Workshop

8/9/2023 UPDATED

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District will host a workshop on their regulatory program for all interested parties, September 21, 2023.The event, running from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.,...