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How the Corps is Organized
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The Chief of Engineers
and Commander, USACE
The Chief of Engineers has separate and distinct command and staff
responsibilities. As a staff officer at the Pentagon, the Chief advises
the Army on engineering matters and serves as the Army's topographer and
the proponent for real estate and other related engineering programs.
As commander of the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Chief of Engineers leads
a major Army command that is the world's largest public engineering, design
and construction management agency. His office defines policy and guidance
and plans direction for the organizations within the Corps.
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USACE
Headquarters
The US Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters is made up of an Executive
Office and 17 Staff Principals. The Headquarters, located in Washington,
DC, creates policy and plans future direction of all the other Corps
organizations.
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The Corps is organized geographically into 8 divisions in the US and 41
subordinate districts throughout the US, Asia and Europe. The districts
oversee project offices throughout the world. Divisions and districts
are defined by watershed boundaries, not by states. In addition, a 9th
provisional division with four districts was activated January 25, 2004,
to oversee operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The Engineer Research and Development Center
(ERDC) is the US Army Corps of Engineers research and development
command. ERDC consists of eight unique laboratories.
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Research support includes:
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Mapping and terrain analysis
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Infrastructure design, construction, operations and maintenance
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Structural engineering
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Cold regions and ice engineering
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Coastal and hydraulic engineering
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Environmental quality
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Geotechnical engineering
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High performance computing and information
technology
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Other Corps Organizations
There are several other major organizations within the Corps of Engineers:
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Huntsville, US Army Engineering
and Support Center (CEHNC) - provides engineering and technical services,
program and project management, construction management, and innovative
contracting initiatives, for programs that are national or broad in scope
or not normally provided by other Corps’ elements
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Transatlantic Programs Center (CETAC)
- supports US government programs and policies overseas
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Finance Center, USACE (CEFC) -
supports the operating finance and accounting functions throughout the US
Army Corps of Engineers
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Humphreys Engineer Center Support
Activity (CEHEC) - provides administrative and operational support for
HQUSACE and Corps Field Offices
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Marine Design Center
(CEMDC) - provides total project management including planning, engineering,
and shipbuilding contract management in support of Corps, Army, and national
water resource projects in peacetime, and augments the military construction
capacity in time of national emergency or mobilization
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Institute for Water Resources (IWR)
- supports the Civil Works Directorate and other USACE offices by developing
and applying new planning evaluation methods, polices and data in anticipation
of changing water resources management conditions.
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249th Engineer Battalion - generates and
distributes prime electrical power in support of warfighting, disaster
relief, stability and support operations as well as provides advice
and technical assistance in all aspects of electrical power and
distribution systems. It also maintains Army power generation and
distribution war reserves.
The Private
Sector
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The private sector is an essential element of the Corps team. The Corps employs
private architectural, engineering and construction firms for most design
and all construction work.
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