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  • February

    Major Castellano talks about the Warriors in Transition at the District’s staff meeting.

    Warriors in Transition Make Key Contributions

    The Albuquerque District is one of a handful of districts in the Corps directly benefiting from the expertise of wounded soldiers assigned to fulfill key staff positions as part of the “Warriors in Transition,” or WT program.

  • January

    Contractors from Advanced Environmental Solutions, Inc. of Belen, N.M., wore personal protective equipment and performed the actual clean up at the Cochiti project.

    Cleaning up Cochiti

    While old transformers, antifreeze and aerosol cans aren’t significant archeological findings at the District’s Cochiti field project, they do signal that an environmental clean-up could be necessary.
  • (L-R) Chief of Engineers for the Army and USACE Commanding General Lt. Gen. Van Antwerp, Lt. Col. Jason Williams, Leslie Molina, David Kam and Mr. Kim Denver, SES Director, National Contracting Organization, take a congratulatory photo with the Excellence in Contracting award.

    Contracting Closes Deal on USACE-Level Award

    The Albuquerque District’s contracting team brought home the 2010 USACE Excellence in Contracting Award in the Customer Service award category.
  • Bird Handler Scott Bol and Maxwell the bald eagle of the Espanola Wildlife Center demonstrate eagle characteristics to volunteers at the eagle watch event.

    Crowd Spies Abiquiu Eagles

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Abiquiu Lake hosted its eighth annual midwinter eagle watch on Jan. 8. There were 15 confirmed eagle sightings, the most ever.
  • Paul Cravens is recognized for his effort by his coworkers. He was deployed to Afghanistan from Nov. 29, 2009 to Oct. 23, 2010.

    Engineer Completes MBA While on Deployment

    Electrical design engineer Paul L. Cravens, who joined the District in October after spending ten months in the Afghanistan Engineering District, drew upon personal experiences to complete his master’s of business administration degree while deployed.
  • The Bar-Cad multilevel groundwater monitoring system allows water samples to be taken from different depths.

    Corps Works at Former World War II Air Field

    In the early 1940s, the U.S. Department of Defense acquired approximately 1,000 acres near Fort Sumner, N.M., for an Army Air Field to train aircraft pilots during World War II.

  • December

    Strong Resource Oversight is Key to USACE Future

    The District Resource Management (RM) team’s vision is, and has always been, to continuously build value to our customers via our reputation for strong fiscal accountability.

  • Field Office is Growing and Building Strong on the Border

    Despite dust, heat, tight deadlines and some remote, rural project locations, Albuquerque District’s El Paso Resident Office remains committed to Building Strong and strengthening the nation in the southern part of the District.

  • Corps Takes Winterization Steps at Project Sites

    Everyone has heard about winterizing homes and cars, but how many people know that the Corps winterizes projects too?

  • November

    District Leadership Convenes to Refresh the O-Plan

    To help ensure long-term success, a group of nearly 70 people gathered together Oct. 27-29 to refine and update the District’s Operations Plan, or O-Plan, as well as align the plan with the Division’s Implementation Plan and USACE’s Campaign Plan.