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    GALVESTON, Texas (October 8, 2021) – Sally Davila, a Galveston native and leader within the local Hispanic community, speaks via teleconference to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District employees during a virtual Hispanic Heritage Month observance. Davila and other local minority group leaders are preparing to roll out ‘The Hue Pages,’ a business directory of local African-American- and Hispanic-owned businesses. This effort—Davila hopes—will provide much needed economic growth and development for local small businesses.

    SWG Observes Hispanic Heritage Month

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District officially observed Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM) with a virtual presentation hosted by the district’s Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) office today.
  • Every year, we observe National Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM) from September 15 through October 15. We asked several Hispanic identifying folks here at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District what this observance means to them.

    SWG Employees reflect on Hispanic Heritage Month

    Every year, we observe National Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM) from September 15 through October 15. During this time, we celebrate and learn about the contributions of the 60.5 million Americans who trace their ancestry to Spain and Latin America.
  • WALLISVILE LAKE, Texas (Sept. 29, 2021) – Reese Green, a combat injured veteran, poses with the 6-foot-plus alligator he hunted at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Wallisville Lake Project during the Lonestar Warriors Outdoors Gator Hunt. The event is a sponsored alligator hunt for combat injured veterans. In partnership with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens and Lone Star Warriors Outdoors, USACE Galveston hosted the hunt as a way to successfully manage alligator populations in support of environmental stewardship and maintain its wounded warrior outreach program.

    SWG Hosts Gator Hunt for Wounded Veterans

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District hosted the 7th Annual Lone Star Warriors Outdoors Gator Hunt at its Wallisville Lake Project location from September 28 through October 1. More than a dozen combat injured veterans took part in the event USACE co-hosts in partnership with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Anahuac Emergency Medical Services, and Lone Star Warriors Outdoors (LSWO)—a Texas-based nonprofit 501c3 organization.