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    Marines and sailors with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit and USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, visited hotspots such as Teatro Massimo, the largest theatre in Italy, during a port visit to the Sicilian city of Palermo, Italy, May 27-30, 2011. During the recent port visit to Palermo, considered to be "the world's most conquered city,"Morale, Welfare and Recreation officials coordinated several tours within the city and across the Sicilian landscape. The Marines and sailors of the 22nd MEU are currently deployed with Amphibious Squadron 6 aboard USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and will continue to train::r::::n::and improve the MEU's ability to operate as a cohesive and effective Marine Air Ground Task Force. The 22nd MEU is a multi-mission, capable force comprised of an Aviation Combat Element, Marine Tilt Rotor Squadron 263 (Reinforced); a Logistics Combat Element, Combat Logistics Battalion 22; a Ground Combat Element, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment; and its Command Element.

    Precious cargo at The Dalles Dam

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife employees dewatered the east fish ladder at The Dalles Lock and Dam Dec. 3. Dewatering is done during the winter months so the fish ladders can be inspected and workers can perform needed maintenance or repairs when fish are not migrating.
  • Corporals Brandon S. Mettlen, left, and James J. McNeely, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear defense specialists with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, construct wooden braces, or shores, to secure a compromised structure during a technical rescue certification exercise, Feb. 5, 2011. Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear defense Marines with the 22nd Marine MEU participated in specialized classes on technical rescue during a two-week training evolution aboard the Center for National Response, in Gallagher, W.V. The Marines and sailors of the 22nd MEU are in the early stages of their pre-deployment training program, which is a series of progressively complex exercises designed to train and test the MEU's ability to operate as a cohesive and effective fighting force.

    Corps sends Fall Creek Reservoir to the bottom to make fish passage the tops

    Each year, juvenile spring Chinook salmon protected under the Endangered Species Act must travel through Fall Creek Dam east of Eugene, Ore., on their way to the Pacific Ocean, where they eventually mature into adults and return inland to spawn in their natal streams.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers botanists discovered a new site for the rare Pruitt’s Amanita mushroom at Fern Ridge Reservoir west of Eugene, Ore., Nov. 20, 2012.

    Rare mushrooms discovered after prescribed burn at Fern Ridge Reservoir

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers botanists discovered a new site for the rare Pruitt’s Amanita mushroom at Fern Ridge Reservoir west of Eugene, Ore., Nov. 20, 2012.
  • From left, Jake Keizur, Terry Best and Pete Hobart assemble one of two hydraulic wrenches they built for the downstream miter gate on The Dalles navigation lock.

    The Dalles Dam prepares for emergency lock repairs

    Portland District personnel are preparing for emergency repairs to one of the downstream miter gates at The Dalles navigation lock between Dec. 5 and Dec. 7.