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Publisher: U.S. Army U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District 
 Website for this U.S. Army Corps of Engineers district whose "borders follow the edges of four river basins -- Mississippi River, Red River of the North, Souris River and Rainy River." Find details about the district's operation of dams and locks in the region, emergency response (including floods in 2009, 2001, and 1997, and the I-35W bridge collapse of 2007), and other projects in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Iowa. http://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/ Topics: Technology, Water Last updated Mar 30, 2009 Hurricane Protection System
News releases and related material about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers progress in repairing breached canals and emptying New Orleans of floodwater following Hurricane Katrina. Also includes maps of New Orleans area and Plaquemines Parish levees, webcams, questions and answers about the repair process, a photo gallery, and related information. From the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Valley Division. http://www.mvd.usace.army.mil/hurricane/chr.php Topics: Hurricane Katrina, Photograph Collections, Science, Technology, Weather Last updated Aug 29, 2006 National Register Evaluation of New Orleans Drainage System, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
1999 report about the history of "the modern New Orleans drainage system [which] represents a unique technological solution to natural conditions that have played an important role in the settlement and expansion of the city. The system was designed in 1895, and construction of the system began in 1897." The report recommends selected pumping stations be considered individually eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. Includes a bibliography and numerous images. http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/pao/history/NO_Drainage/NewOrleansDrainage.htm Topics: Hurricane Katrina, U.S. History By Place, Water, Weather Last updated Sep 14, 2005 Southeast Louisiana, Orleans Parish Flood Control Project
Website for this U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project, which "provides for engineering, design, and construction of projects for flood control and improvements to rainfall drainage systems in Jefferson, Orleans and St. Tammany Parishes." Includes background and reports; some sections do not have posted information. The site notes that "funding limitations have prevented moving forward with ... contracts. Overall, the currently scheduled work ... should be finished in 2008, if funding can keep pace." http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/pd/projectsList/home.asp?projectID=86&directoryFilePath=ProjectData%5C Topics: Hurricane Katrina, Military, Science, Technology, Water, Weather Last updated Sep 6, 2005 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District
"The New Orleans District, through partnering, provides for navigation, flood and hurricane protection, environmental stewardship, and other water resource needs to benefit the people of southern Louisiana and the nation." Includes information about projects, maps and data, recreation opportunities, navigation, and a link to hurricane and emergency information. http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil Topics: Hurricane Katrina, Science, Technology, U.S. History By Place, U.S. Military, Water, Weather Last updated Sep 4, 2005 Army Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program
This site describes the U.S. Army program that has a goal of reinforcing "the Army's commitment to eliminate incidents of sexual assault through a comprehensive policy that focuses on education, prevention, integrated victim support, rapid reporting, thorough investigation, appropriate action, and follow-up." The site provides information about U.S. Army policies and procedures, and links to related information. http://www.sexualassault.army.mil Topics: Crime, U.S. Military Last updated Jan 12, 2005 Medal of Honor
Full-text listings of more than 3,400 Medal of Honor Citations awarded by the president, in the name of Congress, to U.S. soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen since the decoration's creation in 1861. Categorized by war. Also has statistics, history, bibliography, and section on World War II Black Medal of Honor Recipients. From the U.S. Army Center of Military History. http://www.history.army.mil/moh.html Topics: Black Resources, Statistics, U.S. Military Last updated May 26, 2008 Levee Safety Program
This February 2007 release provides a link to a list of "the locations of the levee units nationwide with unacceptable maintenance inspection ratings. An unacceptable maintenance rating means a levee has one or more deficient conditions that can reasonably be foreseen to prevent the project from functioning as designed." From the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. http://www.usace.army.mil/CEPA/FactSheets/Pages/LeveeSafetyProgram.aspx Topics: Technology Last updated May 28, 2009 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Gulf Region Division: Safety Program
Collection of documents on occupational safety and health topics related to U.S. workers in Iraq. Fact sheets cover equipment safety, building safety inspections, heat stress, and related topics. Also provides forms for workers compensation and accident reporting. Some material in Arabic. From the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. http://www.grd.usace.army.mil/safety/index.asp Topics: Architecture, Industries, Jobs & Work, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Oct 23, 2007 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Education Center
"This site is for students, teachers, librarians and other educators to access" the many educational resources from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The site features information about Army Corps activities such as disaster response and water resource management, lesson plans about navigation, the "Young Engineer's Club" with games and a database of science experiments, and links to numerous related sites. http://education.wes.army.mil Topics: Home & Housing, Home & Housing, Lesson Plans, Science, Science, Technology, U.S. Military Last updated Sep 21, 2005 Regional Sediment Management (RSM)
This site describes the RSM program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. "As a management method, RSM includes the entire environment, from the watershed to the sea, accounts for the effect of human activities on sediment erosion ... [and] protects and enhances the nation's natural resources while balancing national security and economic needs." The site features information about demonstration projects, research briefs and publications, and links to related databases and research. http://www.wes.army.mil/rsm/ Topics: Government, Science, Science, Technology, Water Last updated Jun 9, 2004 Normandy: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II
The chronicles of one of the epic assaults of history. Illustrated with photographs, maps, and drawings, it paints a realistic picture of the events of June 6-July 24, 1944. From the U.S. Army Center for Military History. http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/normandy/nor-pam.htm Topics: History By Place, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, World War II Last updated Jun 9, 2008 U.S. Army Center of Military History
Articles, statistics, artwork, lineage and honors programs, and "How-To" guides for such areas as oral history, organizational and unit history, and other topics about U.S. Army history. The Center's Library online catalog is available. http://www.history.army.mil/ Topics: History, Military, Nonfiction by Genre, Statistics, United States History Last updated Jul 2, 2008 Army Recruiting and Retention
News from the U.S. Army about recruiting and retention of soldiers. The recruiting fiscal year runs from October through September. Includes recent information and links to older news and related sites. http://www.army.mil/recruitingandretention/ Topics: Military Last updated Oct 26, 2005 New Orleans Hurricane Protection Projects Data
Collection of background material and reports about the functionality of systems to prevent post-hurricane flooding in New Orleans. Includes information about pre-Hurricane Katrina capabilities (including levees and canals) and post-Hurricane Katrina activities (such as photos of levee banks and pumping stations). From the Interagency Performance Evaluation Taskforce (IPET) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. https://ipet.wes.army.mil Topics: Hurricane Katrina Last updated Jun 8, 2006 Making Little Rocks Out of Big Rocks: Implementing Sentences to Hard Labor Without Confinement
This 2004 article discusses the use of "hard labor" as a form of punishment in the U.S. under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). Includes a history of hard labor, hierarchy of punishments, and a discussion of how implementation of a hard labor sentence works. Opens directly into a PDF file. From the Judge Advocate General's Corp, U.S. Army. http://www.jagcnet.army.mil/JAGCNETINTERNET/HOMEPAGES/AC/ARMYLAWYER.NSF/c82df279f9445da185256e5b005244ee/52865b0b752a100985256f7e006c83ca/$FILE/Article%201%20-%20By%20MAJ%20Joseph%20Berger%20III.pdf Topics: Law by Subject, U.S. Military Last updated Feb 13, 2007 The History of Veterans Day
A timeline about the history of Veteran's Day. Topics include the first Armistice Day in 1919 (which followed the "implementation of an armistice ... between the Allies and Germany at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of November, 1918)," the changing of the name of the holiday to Veteran's Day in 1954, and how this holiday was designated by the federal government as the first Monday in October from 1971-1977. From the U.S. Army. http://www.history.army.mil/faq/vetsday/vetshist.htm Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually, U.S. Military Last updated May 15, 2008 United States Army Junior ROTC
"The United States Army's Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, or JROTC, is designed to teach high school students the value of citizenship, leadership, service to the community, personal responsibility, and a sense of accomplishment, while instilling in them self-esteem, teamwork, and self-discipline." This site provides a brief history of the program, an overview of the curriculum, a list of high schools with JROTC programs, and related material. https://www.usarmyjrotc.com/ Topics: U.S. Military Last updated Feb 4, 2007 IPET Risk & Reliability Report
Prototype risk assessment model and related documents from the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force (IPET), a "team of more than 150 ... experts ... [commissioned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers] soon after Hurricane Katrina to analyze how the system performed during the hurricane." An interactive map shows where annual flooding will likely occur in Greater New Orleans and Plaquemines Parish. Note: Documents with an .mht file extension are best viewed in Internet Explorer. http://nolarisk.usace.army.mil/ Topics: Hurricane Katrina Last updated Jul 9, 2007 WWII: Asiatic-Pacific Theater
Illustrated background about World War II battles fought in the Pacific. Topics include Burma, the fall of the Philippines, Guadalcanal, Guam, and Okinawa. Also includes reports of General MacArthur on Japanese operations in the southwest Pacific area, and campaigns of MacArthur in the Pacific (covering items such as the plans for the invasion and occupation of Japan). From the U.S. Army Center of Military History. http://www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/WW2-AP.html Topics: World War II Last updated Jul 8, 2008 Online Bookshelves: War With Spain
Information about the 1898 Spanish-American War, which included a U.S. invasion of Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, from the perspective of the U.S. military. Includes text of the April 1898 declaration of war, essays about General John J. Pershing's service and the Buffalo Soldiers (first peacetime all-black regiments), details about campaigns (Santiago, Puerto Rico, and Manila), photos of the army nurse corps, and more. From the U.S. Army Center of Military History. http://www.history.army.mil/documents/spanam/wws.htm Topics: Wars & Conflicts Last updated Feb 7, 2008 Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College
Website for this institute that supports the curriculum of the U.S. War College and "conducts strategic research and provides analysis for Army and Department of Defense leadership." Some of the publications and other resources on the website include the Key Strategic Issues List, an Operation Iraqi Freedom bibliography, and monthly opinion pieces. Searchable; or browse by region or subjects such as military leadership or war and society. http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/ Topics: U.S. Military Last updated Aug 6, 2008 U.S. Army Transportation Museum: The Cold War
Historical overviews of some of the Cold War experimental operations of the U.S. Army transportation corps, such as the Airgeep (a "flying jeep"), a cybernetic walking machine, the Rocket Belt (a low-power rocket propulsion device), an aerial tramway, and an early personal "flying platform" called the De Lackner Aerocycle. Includes many photos and diagrams. From the U.S. Army Transportation Museum. http://www.transchool.eustis.army.mil/Museum/ColdWarIndexpage.htm Topics: Military, U.S. Military Last updated Aug 5, 2008 The U.S. Army in Post World War II Japan, 1945-1952
This video presentation features history of the U.S. Army in Japan following "September 2, 1945 ... [when] representatives of the Japanese government and the Allied powers gathered to sign an instrument of surrender which in effect, formally ended World War II." Also includes transcripts, photos, documents (such as the 1946 Constitution of Japan) and suggested readings and links to online resources. From the United States Army. http://www.army.mil/postwarjapan/ Topics: U.S. Military, World War II Last updated Aug 19, 2008 Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet (MRGO)
Background about the June 2008 de-authorized Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet (MRGO), a man-made waterway that was originally constructed "to provide an emergency outlet from the Mississippi River ... and to provide a safer and shorter route between the Port of New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico." Find official documents on the de-authorization and environmental impact. Website navigation can be confusing due to some empty menu sections. From the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. http://www.mrgo.gov/ Topics: Water Last updated Oct 6, 2009 In Remembrance ... Memorial Day
Material about the Memorial Day holiday, including origins (covering when people decorated the graves of Civil War dead, 1971 when Memorial Day was set as the last Monday in May, and related events); "The Last Salute," a publication of "accounts of funerals conducted for civil and military officials, active and retired, and for the unknown servicemen of three wars between 1921 and 1969"; and images. From the U.S. Army Center of Military History. http://www.history.army.mil/html/reference/holidays/memday/ Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually Last updated May 20, 2009 Online Bookshelves: Contingency Operations
Compilation of reference and research material about U.S. Army contingency operations, including Grenada (Operation Urgent Fury), Panama (Operation Just Cause), Somalia (Operation Restore Hope), Bosnia-Herzegovina (operations Joint Endeavor, Joint Guard, and Joint Forge), and others. Includes books, book excerpts, short accounts, reports, and other publications. From the U.S. Army Center of Military History. http://www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ConOps.html Topics: U.S. Military Last updated Apr 27, 2009 |
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