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Corps Identifies Employee Involved in North Pole Rollover Fatality

By Dena O'Dell-USACE | Alaska District Public Affairs on Jun 21, 2017 Interior Alaska, State

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – Melvin C. McLaurin of Chicago was identified as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employee killed in a construction accident June 19 at North Pole. McLaurin worked as an engineering equipment operator lead with the Corps’ Chicago District. He was on a temporary assignment in support of the Corps’ Alaska […]

Corps Begins Cleanup of Formerly Used Defense Site at Attu Island

By Dena O'Dell-USACE | Alaska District Public Affairs on Aug 8, 2016 Featured, Southwest Alaska, State

ATTU ISLAND, Alaska – Against the backdrop of a crisp, blue sky and snow-scattered mountains, a bright orange excavator sharply claws at the earth near Massacre Bay. With each dip of its bucket, contaminated soil, tar and old, rusted diesel drums are unearthed from their decades-long resting place. Once a bustling active military site, the […]