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    The cargo container marine vessel PAC Seginus steams north with a cargo of wind turbine blades in the Houston Shipping Channel as the crew of the USACE Galveston District survey boat Tanner II waits for the ship to pass.

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

    USACE survey teams make a detailed map of the sea floor before a dredge operation to estimate the amount of material to be removed and after the dredge has completed work on the section to calculate and verify that the contract work was completed. If the dredge material is deposited offshore a survey team will make a third map of the sand added to the ocean floor.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District Commander Col. Rhett Blackmon delivers a recorded message for the district's Juneteenth observance, June 12, 2023. “Juneteenth commemorates the day enslaved Black people of Texas learned they were finally free from their bondage,” Blackmon said. “This momentous celebration has its roots right here in our own home of Galveston, Texas.”

    Galveston District hosts Juneteenth observance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District held a Juneteenth observance ceremony, June 12, 2023. Galveston District Equal Employment Manager Dr. Rose Caballero served as guest speaker for the observance, held at the district’s headquarters and online via WebEx.
  • 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.

    DA Fellow becomes full time engineer

    Tina Le, civil engineer, is one of the latest members of the Army Fellows Program to complete a 2-year fellowship with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). For the last two years, she has been working in the USACE Galveston District’s Port Arthur field office.