Nick Cooper, retired U.S. Army sergeant first class, shows off his alligator harvest in Anahuac, Texas during the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District’s 9th Annual Lone Star Warriors Outdoors Gator Hunt at its Wallisville Lake Project location, Sept. 11, 2024. The event is a sponsored alligator hunt for combat injured veterans. The hunt is a way to successfully manage alligator populations in support of environmental stewardship and maintain its wounded warrior outreach program. Six veterans took part in the event, which USACE co-hosted in partnership with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Lone Star Warriors Outdoors (LSWO)—a Texas-based nonprofit 501c3 organization.