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Automated system helps Army Corps manage debris mission in NYC
12/14/2012
QUEENS, N.Y. -- At Jacob Riis Park, a temporary storage site in Queens, N.Y., waves of short-haul trucks arrive to unload storm-damage debris, plucked from public right-of-ways following Hurricane Sandy.

ERDC software aids Detroit fire department
12/11/2012
In Detroit, Mich., vacant and abandoned homes are a major problem. After losing a quarter of its population between 2000 and 2010, the city is estimated to have 40,000 such properties that are a breeding ground for criminal activity and create safety hazards, according to a recent Wall Street Journal article. Now, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center technology is helping the city clean up.

FUDS cleanup moves to next phase
12/10/2012
SPRING VALLEY, D.C. -- As the excavator scraped the side of the stately colonial brickhouse at 4825 Glenbrook Road N.W., people gathered to watch the long-awaited demolition in Spring Valley.

Army Values: A Civilian Perspective
12/10/2012
The Army Values are part of your life and work. Yes, you’re a civilian, but you probably work only a few steps away from a Soldier. Many of us have actually deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and worked alongside Soldiers, wearing the same uniforms they do.

Building Strong means building safe
12/10/2012
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Throughout the Afghanistan Engineer District-South area of operations, where dozens of Afghan National Security Forces installations are under construction, safety and occupational health specialists visit job sites daily to make sure laborers are protected from unnecessary risks.

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Jack Dinne, a quality assurance specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New York Recovery Field Office, checks the load quantity of a short-haul truck entering Jacob Riis Park, a temporary collection site in Queens, N.Y., Nov. 18.
A semi truck is loaded with storm-damage debris Nov. 20, at Jacob Riis Park, a temporary collection site in Queens, N.Y. To date, the Army Corps has moved approximately 270,000 cubic yards of debris out of Riis, and other storage sites in Brooklyn and Staten Island, to permanent landfills.
Al Bates, left, a quality assurance specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New York Recovery Field Office, logs the load quantity of a truck entering Fresh Kills, a temporary storage site in Staten Island, Nov. 19.
Detroit firemen checkout a vacant building using MICA software loaded into Android smart phones.
4825 Glenbrook Road is a property that is part of the Spring Valley Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS), which consists of approximately 661 acres in the northwest section of Washington, D.C. During the World War I-era, the U.S. government used the site, known as the American University Experiment Station, for research and testing of chemical agents, equipment, and munitions. The Corps of Engineers demolished the house Nov. 30 to clean-up and restoration of the site to residential standards.
4825 Glenbrook Road is a property that is part of the Spring Valley Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS), which consists of approximately 661 acres in the northwest section of Washington, D.C. During the World War I era, the U.S. government used the site, known as the American University Experiment Station, for research and testing of chemical agents, equipment, and munitions. The Corps of Engineers demolished the house Nov. 30 to clean-up and restoration of the site to residential standards.
This photo was taken in 1918. The Soldier wrote this note on the back of the photo: "The Pit, the most feared and respected place in the grounds. The bottles are full of mustard to be destroyed here. In Death Valley. The hole called Hades. You know me?" Signed C.W. Maurer at A.U. The Corps of Engineers has evidence to suggest that the Sgt. Maurer Burial Pit is located on 4825 Glenbrook Road. Additionally, based on past investigative data and removal actions, the site was used for burial operations by the American University Experiment Station for munitions, laboratory glassware, and drums of chemicals. The Corps has discovered items that are consistent with the items pictured in the Sgt. Maurer photo.
4825 Glenbrook Road is a property that is part of the Spring Valley Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS), which consists of approximately 661 acres in the northwest section of Washington, D.C. During the World War I‐era, the U.S. government used the site, known as the American University Experiment Station, for research and testing of chemical agents, equipment, and munitions. The Corps of Engineers demolished the house Nov. 30 to clean-up and restoration of the site to residential standards.
Jeff Ice, a safety and occupational health specialist who deployed to Kandahar from the USACE New York District shows an Afghan construction worker how to detect a fake fire extinguisher. Some counterfeit ones, instead of releasing the normal fire-stopping agent they are supposed to release, spit out flour or other non-effective substances.
USACE Chicago District Commander Col. Frederic A. Drummond Jr. joins East Chicago Mayor Anthony Copeland as he cuts ribbon alongside Rep. Pete Visclosky (IN-1) (at left) to mark completion for the Indiana Harbor and Canal Confined Disposal Facility and start of dredging, East Chicago, Ind., Oct. 29, 2012.

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