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Earth Day 2024: Highlighting our Environmental Professionals

By Ms. Lara E. Beasley, USACE Environmental Division chief U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Published April 22, 2024
Today, we join our global community in the celebration of Earth Day. During this time, we often focus on the actions being taken to shape a sustainable future, but this year I want to focus on the people behind these actions.
ERDC’s Ship/Tow Simulator used to assist the Francis Scott Key Bridge Response

By Justus Reed, Public Affairs Specialist U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Published April 18, 2024
Francis Scott Key Bridge Response Unified Command is utilizing simulation resources from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) to test shipping runs around the Key Bridge accident site.
Sacramento District team members aid in Maui wildfire recovery mission
Baltimore Native Leads Coordination Efforts for US Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore in Key Bridge Response

By Jeremy Todd USACE-Baltimore Published April 23, 2024
In the heart of Baltimore, Kimberly Matthews, a design manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore, stands at the forefront of disaster mitigation efforts, orchestrating a seamless coordination between USACE engineers and architectural engineering firms.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)–Enabled Wargaming Agent Training

US Army Engineer Research and Development Center Published April 18, 2024
Abstract: Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) work from the Engineer Research and Development Center Institute for Systems Engineering Research lever-aged deep reinforcement learning to develop intelligent systems (red team agents) capable of exhibiting credible behavior within a military course of action wargaming maritime framework infrastructure. Building from the FY21 research, this research effort sought to explore options to improve upon the wargaming framework infrastructure and to investigate opportunities to improve artificial intelligence (AI) agent behavior. Wargaming framework infrastructure enhancements included updates related to supporting agent training, leveraging high-performance computing resources, and developing infrastructure to support AI versus AI agent training and gameplay. After evaluating agent training across different algorithm options, Deep Q-Network–trained agents performed better compared to those trained with Advantage Actor Critic or Proximal Policy Optimization algorithms. Experimentation in varying scenarios revealed acceptable performance from agents trained in the original baseline scenario. By training a blue agent against a previously trained red agent, researchers successfully demonstrated the AI versus AI training and gameplay capability. Observing results from agent gameplay revealed the emergence of behavior indicative of two principles of war, which were economy of force and mass.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers develops tentative timeline to reopen Fort McHenry Channel following Key Bridge collapse

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Published April 4, 2024
BALTIMORE – As the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District continues working with local, state and federal partners to clear the wreckage along the Fort McHenry Channel following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, engineers have determined a tentative timeline for the restoration for safe navigation in and out of the Port of Baltimore.
USACE Chief of Engineers signs Ponte Vedra Beach CSRM Chief’s Report

Jacksonville District Published April 19, 2024
Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, 55th Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, signed the Chief’s Report April 18, 2024, for the Ponte Vedra Beach Coastal Storm Risk Management Study Report in a ceremony at USACE Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Empowering the Future: USACE Division CSM Visits U.S. Army Engineers in Kuwait

By Catherine Carroll U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Division Published April 17, 2024
In a significant event aimed at fostering professional growth among U.S. Army Engineer Regiment Soldiers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Division Command Sgt. Maj. Clifton D. Morehouse held an open forum discussion with active duty and reserve component engineer Soldiers deployed to Kuwait. The engagement offered a platform for non-commissioned officers to engage directly with one of USACE’s division level senior enlisted leaders, exploring the pivotal role of engineers in achieving Army objectives and the value of mentorship and professional development within the NCO ranks.
Walla Walla District reopens navigation locks after extended outage; completes work on multiple BIL-funded projects

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS WALLA WALLA DISTRICT Published April 1, 2024
COLUMBIA & SNAKE RIVERS, Ore. & Wash. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District reopened navigation locks on the Columbia and Snake rivers on March 29 after an eleven-week outage. This extended outage allowed the district to perform routine maintenance and to replace aged equipment to reduce the risk of asset failure.

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