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Colonel Edward R. Fleming
Commander and District Engineer
New Orleans District
Colonel Ed Fleming became the New Orleans District's 61st commander and district engineer on July 23, 2010. On assuming command, he became responsible for one of the largest civil works programs at over $350 million annually. The New Orleans District includes 2,800 miles of navigable waterways – including five of the top fifteen ports in the nation, 1,300 miles of levees and floodwalls, 11 navigation locks, six major flood control structures, and other projects designed to create and protect coastal wetlands.
Also under Colonel Fleming's management is the Protection and Restoration Office (PRO). PRO is part of Team New Orleans' effort to reduce risk for South Louisiana by executing comprehensive and integrated flood control, ecosystem restoration, and hurricane and storm damage risk reduction projects.
Upon graduation from the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering Management, Colonel Fleming was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1989. In 1998, Colonel Fleming graduated from the University of Maryland at College Park and earned a Master of Science Degree in Environmental Engineering. His military education includes the Engineer Officer Basic and Engineer Officer Advanced Courses, and the Command and General Staff Officers Course at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. Colonel Fleming also recently earned a masters degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the National War College. Prior to that assignment, he was the Executive Officer for the Commanding General, US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
In addition, Colonel Fleming has served in numerous command and staff assignments marked by combat and peacekeeping deployments. In December 1990 he deployed to Iraq as a platoon leader in the 1st Infantry Division during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm where he was decorated for valor. In 2003, he deployed on a peacekeeping mission to Kosovo serving as the Operations Officer for the 82nd Engineer Battalion in support of Operation Joint Guardian. In January 2004, Colonel Fleming deployed to Iraq supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom as a Brigade Operations Officer in the 1st Infantry Division. Other command and staff assignments include: Commander, Charleston District, USACE; project manager then Deputy District Engineer in the Baltimore District, USACE; company commander at Ft. Riley, Kan.; company commander at the National Training Center, Ft. Irwin, Calif.; platoon leader in Korea; and engineer staff officer positions in Heidelberg, Germany and Washington, DC.
His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star with one oak leaf cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters, the Army Commendation Medal with V device and three oak leaf clusters, and the Army Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters. Colonel Fleming has also been awarded the Bronze order of the de Fluery medal and the Order of St. George.
A native of Lowell, Massachusetts, Colonel Fleming and his wife Barbara have one child, Megan, who is in high school.
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Updated 12/5/2011
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