Hear remarks by Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy and Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, USACE Commanding General and 54th U.S. Army Chief of Engineers, specific to support by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to the national Coronavirus response. These clips are excerpts from today's press conference in the Pentagon. The full event, including remarks by Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy; Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. James McConville; Army Corps of Engineers Commander Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite; and Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Scott Dingle can also be viewed here: https://facebook.com/DeptofDefense/videos/2643688735757461/

Savannah District Mechanical and Plumbing Engineer Shahidou Mariko takes photos during a site assessment in support of COVID-19 efforts.

Savannah District Senior Construction Engineer Troy Funk (left) and Construction Division Chief Ken Gray conduct site survey in support of COVID-19 efforts.

The Corps of Engineers has been dredging sediment from the Savannah River since the 19th century. A crucial requirement for maintaining a deepened harbor is having a designated placement area for sediment. The Corps calls these designated areas “dredged material containment areas” (DMCA). And since the Corps must dredge miles of the Savannah River year after year, large containment areas are required.

Ordnance experts detonate an 81mm shell in place in 2010 on Camp Butner, North Carolina, as part of a Formerly Used Defense Sites program cleanup of the former Department of Defense installation. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Savannah District, oversees the FUDS program in the southeastern United States. The program encompasses more than 1,100 sites. (Courtesy image)

Rendering of what the new KC-46A Pegasus Hangar will look like once completed. Currently under construction at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, N.C., the facility will support the new KC-46A, a mid-air refueling tanker arriving at the installation in the summer of 2020.

A mock-up is shown of part of the future Cyber Center of Excellence campus. Buildings still under construction or in planning are labeled MCA (military construction Army). The CCoE is the largest military construction program in the continental United States and is scheduled for completion in 2028.