US Army Corps of Engineers
South Pacific Division

Home / Media / News Stories

  • December

    Devastating fires ravaged significant parts of the North Bay Area late-Sept. into early-Oct. Contracted crews from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division are providing debris clean-up for those devastated by the fires. (U.S. Army photo by Edward Coffey, USACE SPD PAO)

    South Pacific Division responds to hurricanes, wildfires

    South Pacific Division's area of operations covers 10 states from California to Texas to the Rockies. When disaster strikes, SPD personnel stand ready to deploy when needed.

  • Looking back at three decades with USACE

    Cheryl Buckel, Strategic Planner with South Pacific Division's Business Management Division, takes a look back at more than three decades of service with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as she looks forward to retirement. Here, she shares her experiences from her early days as a Department of Army intern to her adventures Emergency Management to an overseas tour in Germany to her time returning to her home town in New Mexico.

  • August

    Division welcomes new commander

    Colonel D. Peter Helmlinger assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division, August 18, 2016, during a formal change of command ceremony at the Bay Model Visitor Center in Sausalito, California.

  • July

    Rodney Parker, Huntington District Tribal Liaison presenting Col Philip Secrist with a Shawnee Blanket.

    Collaboration with Tribal Nations

    ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.  The USACE’s Collaboration and Public Participation Center of Expertise (CPCX)
  • Seeking a view of Colorado from up high, Matt Montgomery is seen here climbing Longs Peak, elevation 14, 259 feet. Longs Peak is located in Rocky Mountain National Park, outside Estes Park, Colorado.

    Love for American West inspires Corps regulator

    Protecting the natural resources of Western Colorado is a job that’s tailor-made for Matt Montgomery, a lifelong outdoorsman and senior regulatory project manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District in Grand Junction, Colorado.