https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil Portland District News RSS Feed en-us Tue, 03 Sep 2013 16:20:00 GMT Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:55:57 GMT https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/Media/Feature-Stories/Article/492572/portland-district-dive-office-oversees-critical-inspections-of-army-piers-in-ca/ The Portland District Office of Dive/ROV Operations and Safety led the Corps’ underwater execution of MOTCO’s pier inspections in California this summer. <br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2013/Aug/22/2000754774/115/75/0/120326-A-PE395-003.JPG' alt='Through four cross-country mobilizations to MOTCO, the seven-person dive team utilized a surface-supplied SCUBA methodology to dive 95 times within nine weeks -- using 190 tanks of air to perform 285 hours of underwater work. The Portland District Office of Dive/ROV Operations and Safety led the Corps’ underwater execution of MOTCO’s pier inspections.' /> <br /> Tue, 03 Sep 2013 16:20:00 GMT Rick Benoit https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/Media/Feature-Stories/Article/492572/portland-district-dive-office-oversees-critical-inspections-of-army-piers-in-ca/ navigation infrastructure https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/Media/Feature-Stories/Article/492573/district-takes-dam-safety-exercises-to-community-partners/ The District’s Dam Safety and Readiness sections are following an aggressive schedule of internal drills, but are also traveling to the Rogue and Willamette basins and the Columbia Gorge this summer to hold project familiarization sessions and tabletop exercises with local and county emergency managers and responders. <br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2013/Aug/22/2000754776/115/75/0/130712-A-PE395-007.JPG' alt='Rendering of The Dalles Dam Spillway, Columbia River, Oregon, 1954' /> <br /> Fri, 30 Aug 2013 04:00:00 GMT Scott Clemans https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/Media/Feature-Stories/Article/492573/district-takes-dam-safety-exercises-to-community-partners/ infrastructure safety