One of the top priorities for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Afghanistan is building facilities for the women of the Afghan Natioanl Army and Afghan Nation...al Police so that they can train shoulder-to-shoulder with their male counterparts to provide a safer and more secure Afghanistan. In this edition of Commander's Chat, TAA commander Col. Jon Chytka sits down with Mehdi Mizani from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, #SacramentoDistrict to talk about his work on those Women's Particpation Progam projects. Click on the photo to watch the video.

Behind every good project, there's a good Deputy Chief of the Programs and Project Management Division. Until he recently redeployed home to the U.S. Army Corp...s of Engineers, Transatlantic Division , Scott Sawyer filled that role of ensuring the district's program managers had the right balance of time, cost and quality. USACE-TAA commander Jon Chytka sat down with Scott shortly before his departure to talk about his work and life here in Afghanistan.

Today, the Army informed the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Energy Transfer Partners, and Dakota Access, LLC, that it has completed the review that it launched on S...eptember 9, 2016. The Army has determined that additional discussion and analysis are warranted in light of the history of the Great Sioux Nation's dispossessions of lands, the importance of Lake Oahe to the Tribe, our government-to-government relationship, and the statute governing easements through government property. Continue reading the full statement at the following link.

What is USACE? The first engineer officers of the Army were appointed by George Washington on June 16, 1775, during the American Revolution. On March 16, 1802, ...the Army established the Corps of Engineers as a separate, permanent branch and gave engineers the responsibility for founding and operating the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Since then, Army Corps of Engineers professionals have responded to changing defense requirements and played an integral part in the development of the country. Today, they continue the tradition of providing vital engineering solutions, in collaboration with their partners, to secure the nation, energize the economy and reduce risk from disaster. This video provides a summary of the organization's missions. Produced in September 2015 by Headquarters USACE and Sacramento District.