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  • September

    Air boats heading out to plant bait for the 2025 B.A. Steinhagen Veterans Alligator Hunt, sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Fort Worth District, the Piney Woods Service Association, and Texas Parks and Wildlife, held at BA Steinhagen Lake, 12-14 Sept. 2025.

    Veterans Find Camaraderie and Gators on Fort Worth District’s Lake

    As the sun rose over the swampy brown waters of B.A. Steinhagen Lake on Sept. 13, four veterans and their support crews loaded boats in anticipation of a weekend filled with adrenaline, camaraderie and conservation. The 12th annual Veterans Alligator Hunt held Sept. 12–14, took place on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land in partnership with the Piney Woods Service Association and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

  • June

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Fort Worth District's acting commander, Lt. Col Joshua Haynes, welcomes the three-member team from the USACE Inspector General’s office during opening remarks. The IG team is visiting the district to inspect the district’s use of the Program and Project Management Information System, or P2. (US Army photo by Richard Bumgardner, SWF Public Affairs)

    Fort Worth District Earns a Best Practice During Inspector General P2 Inspection

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth District recently welcomed a three-member team from the USACE Inspector General’s office for an inspection of the district’s use of the Program and Project Management Information System, or P2.

  • October

    U.S. Army Col. Calvin Kroeger, Fort Worth District commander, meets with members of the Corps of Engineers' Emergency Field Operations Center, that are deployed to Maui supporting the debris cleanup mission from wildfires that swept through the small Hawaiian towns of Lahaina and Kula in August 2023.

    Aloha and Mahalo

    In August of 2023, a little over one year ago, devastating wildfires swept through the small tropical towns of Kula and Lahaina, Hawaiʻi, setting the stage for a mission unlike anything the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Fort Worth District has ever seen.

  • September

    Clarence Banks, left, the Fort Worth District’s Value Officer, discusses projects and their location with his assistant, Derrick McCollum, an engineering technician that supports the Value Engineering office, Sept. 11, 2024. Value Engineering is a systematic, organized approach that promotes the substitution of materials and methods with less costly alternatives, without sacrificing functionality of the overall project.

    Value Engineering: More Bang for Your Buck

    Picture a scenario where an Army Corps of Engineers project manager is working on a military construction project consisting of a 20,000 square foot administrative space with mixed carpeting and tile flooring. The customer also indicated the desire for a conference room with audio-visual equipment but could not get these features due to overall costs.

  • July

    Dana Gage interview

    Life Jackets Worn, Nobody Mourns

    On a beautiful, warm Texan day at Lewisville Lake, Jennifer Lawson, a natural resources specialist from the Army Corps of Engineers, heard about two males traveling at a high rate of speed on a personal watercraft, who lost control and tumbled into the lake.

  • December

    Group photo

    USACE builds the foundation for future USAF warfighters

    For more than 275 years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have been known around the world for building the foundations of military capabilities in some of the most challenging environmental conditions.

  • August

    Speaker at podium

    Fort Worth District welcomes new Commander

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, held an assumption of command ceremony for incoming commander, Col. Calvin A. Kroeger, before a packed room, Aug. 3, 2023, at the Fort Worth Club.