U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Robert Crist, a contracting officer representative assigned to the South Pacific Border Task Force, reinspects steel panels at the BMGR-1 project site near Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 15. USACE is replacing permanent border barriers along the southern border of the U.S. at the direction of the U.S. Army by the Secretary of War, in response to the presidential national emergency declaration dated Jan. 20, 2025, authorizing the use of Section 2803 of Title 10, U.S. Code. (Photo by Robert DeDeaux USACE PAO)