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Army - The Irish Defence Forces The Corps is equipped with armour to carry out its role of reconnaissance, making first contact with an enemy and providing security to the infantry in offensive and defensive operations. The responsibility for the procurement and maintenance of all ordnance equipment is vested in the Ordnance Corps and encompasses a spectrum of equipment ranging from anti-aircraft missiles and naval armament to the uniforms worn by military personnel. Ordnance Corps personnel continue to serve in overseas missions and are an essential component of missions involving troops. www.military.ie /army/army_corps.htm   (912 words)

The Women's Army Corps Army leaders asked for the authority to convert the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps into the Women's Army Corps (WAC), which would be part of the Army itself rather than merely serving with it. The conversion of the WAAC to the Women's Army Corps and the "image" controversy of 1943 combined to cause a crisis in WAC recruiting. The Women's Army Corps was successful because its mission, to aid the United States in time of war, was part of a larger national effort that required selfless sacrifice from all Americans. www.army.mil /cmh-pg/brochures/wac/wac.htm   (8423 words)

Korean People's Army - North Korea The army's armored and mechanized corps, composed of independent combined arms brigades tailored to the restrictive terrain of the peninsula, are positioned along the avenues of approach as exploitation and counterattack forces. The North Korean Army established the VIII Army Corps, with the corps headquarters in Yomju County, North P'yongan Province, and assigned the corps to protect major military facilities in the central area of North Korea. The North Korean Army (NKA) increased from an estimated 263,000 in 1953 to 350,000 in 1968. www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/dprk/army.htm   (3243 words)

US Army World War II Corps Commanders The corps commander was responsible for coordinating and directing the effort of the corps as a combined arms whole. Corps commanders who moved on to higher military positions during or after the war, such as Omar N. Bradley, George S. Patton, Jr., J. Lawton Collins, and Matthew B. Ridgway, are well known to military historians, and many have published their memoirs. Corps command during World War II was an intellectually demanding job; classroom education at the War College, therefore, was valuable preparation for the task. www-cgsc.army.mil /carl/resources/csi/Berlin2/BERLIN2.asp   (6943 words)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District - Recreation The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Volunteer Clearinghouse is a nationwide, toll free hotline number for individuals who are interested in volunteering their time with the Corps. Corps employees needing volunteers can call or send their volunteer vacancies to the Clearinghouse so the information will be available to anyone interested. The Army Corps of Engineers is the steward of the lands and waters at Corps water resources projects. www.lrp.usace.army.mil /rec/rec.htm   (1879 words)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Home Page The Corps of Topographical Engineers, the mapping and surveying branch of the Army that existed independently of the Corps of Engineers from 1838 to 1863, continued the Army’s exploration of the west. The Corps evaluates permit applications for essentially all construction activities that occur in the Nation’s waters, including wetlands. Corps permits are also necessary for any work, including construction and dredging, in the Nation’s navigable waters. www.usace.army.mil   (472 words)

Corps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In many armies, a corps is a battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions, and typically commanded by a lieutenant general. I Corps of the British Army of the Rhine was redesignated the Headquarters Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps in 1994. The present active corps in the US Army are I Corps ("eye core"), III Corps, V Corps, and XVIII Airborne Corps; their numbers derive from four of the 30-odd corps that were formed during World War II. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Corps   (1544 words)

Corps of Army Music The Corps of Army Music was formed in 1994 and is one of the largest single musical organisations in the world. The Corps Headquarters is based at Kneller Hall near Twickenham, and lies within the Adjutant General's chain of command. It is responsible for the professional efficiency and future development of the Corps of Army Music, which includes the recruitment of musicians, the manning and deployment of bands and the career management and appointment of Corps personnel. www.army.mod.uk /music/index.htm   (272 words)

US Army Corps of Engineers As commander of the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Chief of Engineers leads a major Army command that is the world's largest public engineering, design and construction management agency. The Corps carries on a proud heritage that began in 1775 when the Continental Congress authorized the first Chief Engineer whose first task was to build fortifications near Boston at Bunker Hill. In 1802, the Corps of Engineers was made permanent and took charge of the military academy at West Point, N.Y. Constructing seacoast fortifications continued as the engineers' primary responsibility. www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/usace.htm   (1417 words)

United States Army Corps of Engineers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A corps of Engineers for the United States was authorized by the Congress on March 11, 1779. The Corps of Engineers as it is known today came into being on March 16, 1802, when President Thomas Jefferson was authorized to "organize and establish a Corps of Engineers... The Corps is organized geographically into nine divisions and 45 subordinate districts throughout the U.S., Asia and Europe. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers   (1347 words)

DA Memorandum: The Army Civilian Corps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) We are pleased to announce the establishment of the "Army Civilian Corps." Army civilians have a 230-year record of service and are a critical component of the Total Army Force Structure. Army civilians serve in all theaters and are deployed worldwide supporting the Army mission and the Global War on Terrorism. Army civilians of yesterday, today, and tomorrow are and will remain integral parts of the Army team. cpol.army.mil /library/general/acc-memo.html   (210 words)

Army Corps The Division's final objective, a junction with 5th Army troops near the Brenner pass, was accomplished in the morning of May 4 when an advance party of the 103rd met a patrol of the 88th Infantry Division (5th US Army) near Colle Isarco in South Tyrol (south of the Brenner Pass). The instructions defined the boundaries of XV Corps' temporary occupational sector and instructed the corps to enforce the terms of surrender, occupy its assigned sector as far south as the Salzach-Enns River Line and assume command of the sector at 1800B, 11 May 1945. Under the guidance of German staff officers from the First German Army, which had been in the area at the time of the surrender, the German soldiers held in the PW enclosures were organized into companies, German officers were placed in charge and convoys were organized with the Germans using their own vehicles. www.usfava.com /USFA_ArmyCorps.htm   (4593 words)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Fort Worth District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) Under the product line concept, Districts in the Corps of Engineers’ Southwestern and South Pacific Divisions will be assigned one or two facility types and will be responsible for awarding Design-Build IDIQ contracts for their assigned type of facility (product line). Don T. Riley, Director of Civil Works, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, were in San Antonio, Texas Sept. 7 for an unveiling ceremony of a portion of the San Antonio River Improvements Project and to tour Fort Worth District projects on Fort Sam Houston. The San Antonio River Improvements Project is a $198 million on-going investment by the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, the Corps of Engineers and the San Antonio River Foundation in flood damage reduction, amenity, ecosystem restoration and recreational improvements along 13 miles of the San Antonio River. www.swf.usace.army.mil   (1343 words)

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), US Army Corps of Engineers The NID is maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in cooperation with the Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO), the states and territories, and dam owning Federal Agencies. The Corps maintains Centers of Expertise within the Corps organizations to highlight special abilities in that area. All excess Army Corps of Engineers equipment, construction or other, is handled by the General Services Administration. www.usace.army.mil /faq.html   (2167 words)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pacific Ocean Division Home Page On Oct. 20, Eric Bjorken, the Corps' of Engineers' Geologist for the Honolulu District deployed to Maui to assist Maui County and FEMA officials to assess the structural integrity of the one-lane Paihi Bridge that leads to Haleakala National Park at Kipahulu. She added that she was pleased the Corps drew upon local assets and when needed brought in expertise from around the nation. The Corps of Engineers has an administrative appeal process whereby applicants and landowners may appeal denied permits, issued permits that contain requirements that are unacceptable to the applicant, or jurisdictional determinations. www.pod.usace.army.mil   (2040 words)

Army Corps Reform - Environmental Defense Since its creation in 1775, the Army Corps of Engineers has constructed 11,000 miles of navigation channels, built 8,500 miles of levees and floodwalls, raised 500 dams, and deepened more than 140 ports and harbors. For more than 200 years, thousands of the nation's most storied rivers – including the Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, and Columbia – have been dammed and channelized by the Army Corps, and hundreds of rivers continue to be damaged by the Corps dam operations and dredging. In fact, while the Army Corps regulates private filling of wetlands, it still pursues projects on its own that would drain tens of thousands of acres of wetlands. www.environmentaldefense.org /system/templates/page/issue.cfm?subnav=21   (209 words)

St. Louis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Home Page Louis, Mo. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in St. Louis has been informed by the U.S. Coast Guard that three tows reported bumping the river’s bottom at river mile 161 on the Mississippi, eight miles south of the Jefferson Barracks Bridge. During Christmas week, 1776, the survival of the Continental Army and future course of the American Revolution were in serious doubt. Worse still, nearly three-fourths of the Army was scheduled to go home when the troops’ commissions expired at the end of the year. www.mvs.usace.army.mil   (478 words)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be changing the lock schedule on the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers for the winter season. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ will remove small boat warning signs and pillar buoys at all locks and dams on the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers the week of October 22. For year-round marking of the Corps’ navigation dams, mid-river warning signs are in place upstream of the following fixed crest dams: Lock and Dam 2; C. Bill Young Lock and Dam; and Locks and Dams 4, 5, 6 and 7 on the Allegheny River; and Dashields Locks and Dam on the Ohio River. www.lrp.usace.army.mil   (568 words)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers® Charleston District — Home The Corps of Engineers conducts its emergency response activities under two basic authorities -- the Flood Control and Coastal Emergency Act, and the Stafford Disaster and Emergency Assistance Act. Under the Stafford Act, the Corps supports the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency in carrying out the National Response Plan, which calls on 30 Federal departments and agencies to provide coordinated disaster relief and recovery operations. One of the Corps primary missions is to ensure that this traffic can move safely, reliably, and efficiently and with minimal impact on the environment.... www.sac.usace.army.mil   (935 words)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District Home Page While we at the Corps are flattered when the public turns to us in time of need, we are truly a part of a much larger team-of-teams, working to get the storm-struck area back on its feet. The Corps conducts its emergency response activities under two basic authorities - the Flood Control and Coastal Emergency Act, and the Stafford Disaster and Emergency Assistance Act. Under the Stafford Act, the Corps supports the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency in carrying out the National Response Plan (NRP), which calls on 30 federal departments and agencies to provide coordinated disaster relief and recovery operations. www.lrb.usace.army.mil   (1723 words)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reissues Nationwide Permits In the past, Corps districts - which issue the permits -- had to ensure that wetland functions were replaced which often resulted in less than one-for-one acreage mitigation. Now they must not only ensure that functions are replaced, but also that the "no net loss" goal is met on an acreage basis within the geographic boundary of the district. Allowing Corps regulators to address impacts to these streams with nationwide permits frees them up to focus on more significant environmental issues, like redesigning major projects for fewer impacts or enforcing required mitigation. www.hq.usace.army.mil /cepa/releases/clarify.html   (422 words)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers -- Vicksburg District The U. Army Corps of Engineers' Vicksburg District is one of 41 Corps districts worldwide and one of six districts in the Corps' Mississippi Valley Division (MVD). The City of Vicksburg is not only our home, but home to the MVD, the Mississippi River Commission, the Engineer Research and Development Center, the 412th Engineer Command (U. Army Reserve), and the 168th Engineer Group (Army National Guard). Corps of Engineers representative Mike Renacker opened the meeting and discussed the purpose. www.mvk.usace.army.mil   (293 words)

Kansas City District - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers MANHATTAN, Kan. — Officials with the Kansas City District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have placed the vapor intrusion studies at the former Schilling Air Force Base on hold pending clarification of a new Army policy issued Nov 6. The Army's interim policy on vapor intrusion states in part that if volatile chemicals, being addressed under the Formerly Used Defense Sites or FUDS program, are commingled with waste from other Potentially Responsible Parties, per FUDS policy, the Army would not pursue unilateral investigation. Because of the new data, the Corps is decreasing the amount of seismic stabilization by eliminating the planned work beneath the dam’s upstream slope. www.nwk.usace.army.mil   (217 words)

Karen Chambliss, Women's Army Corps Our Morning Report tracked all personnel serving in the US Army from Hawaii to the Far East, who were within 90 days of their return to the States for discharge, or transfer to the Reserve. By far the most memorable event in my Regular Army career was marching in a parade in 1962 to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Women's Army Corps. The half million dollar museum--financed entirely by donations from active duty, retired, and former members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and the Women's Army Corps, friends, and local civilian supporters--was given to the United States Army in 1978. www.honorguard.org /karen.html   (1675 words)

Tulsa District Corps of Engineers Home Page Charlie O. Smithers III, commander of the Memphis District Corps of Engineers and head of the Corps' massive clean-up mission in Louisiana following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, visited Tulsa District Tuesday, Oct. 31, to personally commend district employees for their significant role in the recovery. The Tulsa District headed up the Corps' Emergency Field Office West in Lake Charles, La., and was responsible for all FEMA-assigned r... The sitemap was designed for use by all Corps of Engineers offices to aid navigating within the Corps information system. www.swt.usace.army.mil   (755 words)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Honolulu Engineering District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) Corps personnel prepare year-round so they are ready to respond quickly and effectively when disasters strike. The Corps maintains 43 Planning and Response Teams, stationed around the country to facilitate a rapid response to any disaster, no matter where it occurs. Corps personnel also participate in regional training exercises with other agencies. www.poh.usace.army.mil   (639 words)

Untitled Document Forming the second largest military installation in the United States Army, the Armor School, out of Fort Knox, Ky., is moving to Fort Benning as part of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) program. During the past year, the US Army Corps of Engineers-Savannah District, answered the call to duty in support of the Armed Forces and our nation here in Savannah and around the world. As an integral part of the Army and joint team, Savannah District had “boots on the ground” in 24 countries and applied a wide array of expertise to deliver innovative and creative solutions to the nation’s engineering challenges. www.sas.usace.army.mil   (606 words)

New Orleans District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Mississippi River, New Orleans, Louisiana The Corps of Engineers has repaired all of the levees damaged by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Far larger projects are swinging into high gear this fall to raise levees to the authorized elevations. Landowners: The Corps wants to acquire borrow easements on your acreage in order to obtain clay. www.mvn.usace.army.mil   (181 words)

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