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  • April

    Far East District employees pose for a picture outside the new district headquarters building April 12 at Camp Humphreys. The group were part of an orientation tour designed to give current employees a better understanding of what to expect when the district moves its headquarters to Camp Humphreys next year.

    Tour gives glimpse of the future

    Far East District employees took the first of threeorientation tours of Camp Humphreys on April 12.
  • A fuel tank installation at Osan Air Base in the Republic of Korea posed challenges which yielded several important lessons learned, such as how to prevent tank liner separation as shown here.

    Tank install tells of task trials

    A recently completed project at Osan Air Base taught several important lessons about fuel tank installation and emphasizes the value of attention to detail.

  • March

    Simon Sauceda, a construction control representative from the Pyongtaek Resident Office, pointing out corrections to contractor's employees.Sauceda is verifying coolant lines are pressurized properly on a military construction project on Camp Humphreys on Feb. 2, 2016. Sauceda's job includes inspecting the job sites for safety and quality assurance concerns, a responsibility he has wholeheartedly embraced as a reflection of his personal values of honesty and integrity.

    Spotlight: Simon Sauceda

    A glimpse into the life-long legacy of integrity embodied by Simon Sauceda, a quality assurance representative for the Pyeongtaek Resident Office of the Far East District.

  • February

    Lt. Col. Timika M, Wilson became the new deputy commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Far East District in July 2015.

    Spotlight: Lt. Col. Timika Wilson

    Lt. Col. Timika Wilson, deputy commander of the U.S. ArmyCorps of Engineers Far East District, has
  • Rear. Adm. Bill Byrne, commander U.S. Naval Forces Korea, Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, commander, U.S. Forces Korea, Vice Adm. Ki-sik Lee, commander Republic of Korea Fleet, Maj. Gen. James Walton, director of transformation and re-stationing for U.S. Forces Korea, Hon. Mark Lippert, U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Korea, Jung Gyung-jin, mayor of Busan for administrative affairs, and Lee Jong-cheol, Nam-gu district mayor, cut the ribbon of CNFK's new head quarters building during a ribbon-cutting ceremony. This ceremony marks the opening of CNFK’s new headquarters building in Busan since their relocation from Seoul as part of the greater Yongsan Relocation Plan.

    New era of alliance begins in Busan

    Commander,U.S. Naval Forces Korea (CNFK) conducted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Feb. 19,officially
  • “We are at the forefront of incredible change, represented in a few minutes when we’ll offload one of the heaviest pieces of equipment in the U.S. Army inventory. Before today, we were reliant on the airspace and the road networks to be able to move in an

    Ribbon-cutting opens railhead

    The railhead at Camp Humphreys was officially opened in a ribbon-cutting ceremony, and a tracked engineer recovery vehicle was the first vehicle to roll off the train and onto the railhead on Feb. 17, 2016.

  • January

    On April 30, 2013, the garrison chaplain met with the FED construction team and the construction contractor, and held a prayer ceremony on the freshly placed floor slab of Chapel #1 in lieu of a traditional groundbreaking.

    Nearly completed chapel cheers chaplain, community

    The first of four new chapels is nearly completed on Camp Humphreys, and is slated to be put into use by mid-2016.
  • Meet new Far East District employee Richard T. Byrd, who started with the Far East District as the Chief of the Army/Navy/Marine Corps and Funds Management Branch in the Programs and Project Management Division in November 2015.

    Spotlight: Richard Byrd

    Learn more about new Far East District employee Richard T. Byrd, who started as the Chief of the Army/Navy/Marine Corps and Funds Management Branch in the Programs and Project Management Division in November 2015.

  • December

    Seoul American Middle School student Hannah Sullivan prepares to see if her tower can withstand the force of an earthquake as Far East District science, technology, engineering and math coordinator Pam Lovasz (right), Seoul American Middle School applied technology teacher Kelly Brock (far right) and district engineering division design branch chief Son Ha (left) look on.

    Partnership provides hands-on engineering

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Far East District continued its partnership with Department of

  • November

    The commander of the Far East District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Col. Stephen H. Bales, received the Korean name Kim Sin-yu at a ceremony held at the Ministry of National Defense Convention Center on Nov. 19, 2015.

    Commander receives Korean name

    The Republic of Korea-U.S. Alliance Friendship Association presented a Korean name to Col. Stephen H. Bales, commander and district engineer of the Far East District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, at a ceremony at the Korea Ministry of National Defense on Nov. 19.