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Area students headed
back to school On June 27 and 28, two Louisiana communities were once again able to reopen their school doors to students thanks to the cooperative efforts of FEMA, the Corps of Engineers and private industry. The heart and soul of any town or neighborhood is its schools. Parents and guardians may work in the city but their home and lifestyle revolves around the schools that their children attend. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, along with its partners, helped two neighborhoods have a brighter future. On June 27, Ecole Bilingue de la Nouvelle- Orléans, located in New Orleans, held a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the opening of its new pre-kindergarten and kindergarten buildings.(More) Previous
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Dr. Ed Link The Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force (IPET) today (June 1) is releasing this draft final report of its performance evaluation of the New Orleans and Southeast Louisiana Hurricane Protection System during Hurricane Katrina. (More) |
IN THE NEWS Update--Repairing New Orleans Hurricane Protection System Before June 1 EPA, Corps Move To Improve Wetlands Restoration, Conservation USACE Response to "Initial Comments on Interim (70%) IPET Study Report" IPET Issues Second Report on New Orleans Hurricane Protection System Louisiana & Mississippi Hurricane Response Iraq and Afghanistan Operations FY 2007 Civil Works budget released
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FEATURE Summer Activities Call for Water Safety
Drowning is the nation's second leading cause of accidental death
for children. An estimated 70 percent of reported boating fatalities
in 2004 occurred on boats where the operator had not received safety
instruction, and of those victims who drowned, nearly 90 percent
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DID YOU KNOW ... The history of United States Army engineers can be traced back to June 16, 1775, when the Continental Congress organized an army with a chief engineer and two assistants. Colonel Richard Gridley became General George Washington's first chief engineer; however, it was not until 1779 that Congress created a separate Corps of Engineers. Army engineers, including several French officers, were instrumental in some of the hard-fought battles of the Revolutionary War including Bunker Hill, Saratoga, and the final victory at Yorktown. [Read A Brief History ... ] | ||||||
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is
the leading provider of outdoor recreation on all Federally-managed
public lands in the United States. With a recreation base that is
primarily built around water, the Corps has a dedicated focus on
water safety.