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  • February

    USACE FED employee with child

    Bring Your Kid to Work Day: The Next Gen of Scientists and Engineers

    As a kickoff to Engineers Week, the U.S. Corps of Engineers – Far East District hosted its first “Bring Your Kid to Work Day” event Feb. 14, 2025, at Camp Humphreys, South Korea.

  • November

    Siranon Shoomee, electrical engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Far East District, discusses how her DA Fellowship help cultivate her career trajectory with Ms. Valerie Mitchell’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) class at Humphreys High School, Camp Humphreys Nov. 7, 2024.

    USACE Far East District talks STEAM at Humphreys High School

    When walking into Humphreys High School, students can see walls, electrical wiring, outlets, windows or maybe cranes as they look outside Ms. Valerie Mitchell’s classroom window. Five engineers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Far East District pointed these items out as they described engineering and how it affects everyone on Camp Humphreys during “The STEAM Source” speaker series Nov. 7, 2024.

  • April

    FED employees volunteer for international scout troop competition

    FED employees volunteer for international scout troop competition

    USAG HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea – Build a sled, haul your sled, load it with a bunch of gear, navigate a series of tests and tasks as you strive for the highest score among all Scout troops of the Pacific Region in the annual Klondike Derby competition.  

  • June

    Despite COVID19, students’ thirst for learning continues

    Despite COVID19, students’ thirst for learning continues

    For the very first time in a complete digital e-learning platform, students from kindergarten through 4th grades of Humphreys Central Elementary School (HCES) posted and shared videos of their experiments and exchanged live questions and answers with members of the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Far East District (FED) and 11th Engineer Battalion on their various Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) activities, May 29.

  • May

    Jaime Narin, a fifth grade teacher, and her daughter Jaichelle Narin, a second grade student, and Capt. Rodolfo Martinez, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Far East District project engineer, participate in an interactive activity during a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) event held at Humphreys Central Elementary School, Camp Humphreys, South Korea, May 23.

    FED personnel make connections through STEM

    CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea—Laughter, excitement, and joy filled the air of Humphreys Central

  • 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

    Mr. Yo-Sep Song demonstrates a field testing kit to student Kelly Wun. The field testing kit is used for screening of petroleum contaminated soil. Ms. Wun is a senior at Seoul American High School, and shadowed Far East District staff members on Nov. 5, 2015 to learn more about what they do. Mr. Song is a chemist in the Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering Branch in the Far East District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Son-Chu Chon, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

    Student gets geotech guidance

    Kelly Wun, a high school senior, had a chance to learn directly from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Far East District employees at the district compound in Seoul on Nov. 5. Scott Bittner, a science teacher at Seoul American High School, selected Wun for this job-shadowing opportunity from eight student-candidates, in recognition of her leadership and academic interests.

  • May

    Students at Seoul American Middle School react as Doug Bliss (left), chief of the geotechnical and environmental engineering branch, and Son Ha (center), engineering division design branch chief, test the stability of a student made tower at Seoul American Middle School May 19.

    Students tests engineering skills in earthquake challenge

    Shake, rattle and roll. No, it’s not the Elvis Presley song,it’s the way Far East District engineers
  • Aspen Stafford, seventh-grade student at Camp Casey elementary, looks through a microscope as Kim Kyon-ho, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Far East District environmental branch chemist, explains how to identify the cancer causing mineral asbestos. Stafford was part of a group of students who toured the district compound May 16 to help get a better appreciation of what life is like as an engineer.

    Tour opens students’ eyes to life as an engineer

    Seventh- and eighth-grade students from Camp Casey elementaryschool on U.S. Army Garrison Red Cloud

  • April

    Kim Min-sung (front left), Kara Ohler, Jeremy Sumpter and Austin Barberree, pose with Far East District engineers as they accept their certificates for winning this year’s toothpick bridge competition for best overall design.

    Building a bridge to an exciting engineering future

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Far East District and Seoul American Middle School partnered for