26 Apr 2013

Whiplash weather patterns testing Mississippi Valley Division’s flexibility, responsiveness

Major General John Peabody, Commander of the Mississippi Valley Division and President of the Mississippi River Commission, describes water as “the perfect engine of destruction. If it finds a weak spot in your defenses, it will attack that weakness relentlessly.”

10 Apr 2013

WASHINGTON - President's Fiscal 2014 Budget for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works released

The President’s Budget for fiscal 2014 (FY14) includes $4.826 billion in gross discretionary funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), which is offset in part by a proposal to cancel $100 million in unobligated carryover of funding appropriated prior to fiscal year 2013.