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  • June

    Paratroopers from the U.S. Army Reserve 478th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne), stationed in Miami, Fla., conducted a Deliberate Water Jump into Lake Okeechobee, May. 16. This training event prepares the soldiers for potential water landings, maintain proficiency in water operations and highlights the unit's ability to perform airborne operations under challenging conditions and locations anywhere in the world. (U.S. Army photo/Mark Rankin)

    Go jump in a lake?   478th Civil Affairs Battalion glad to oblige  

    LAKE OKEECHOBEE --U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 478th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne) and paratroopers assigned to the British 4th Parachute Regiment, conducted land and water airborne operations during Lagoon Leap 2025, in Homestead Air Base and a Deliberate Water Jump into Lake Okeechobee Fla., May 14-16th, 2025.

  • May

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, (USACE), Dredge MURDEN pumps sand and slurry materials during 24/7 dredge operations in Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 23, 2025. Dredge MURDEN is clearing critical shoaling by dredging areas that will maintain safe and efficient navigation conditions for military and commercial vessels in the harbor. (USACE Photo by Mark Rankin)

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers MURDEN Dredges Naval Station Guantanamo Bay

    GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA (May 12, 2025)–Waterway Navigation is the U. S Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) earliest Civil Works mission. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, called upon the Wilmington District’s Dredge MURDEN for an innovative mission to help clear critical shoaling to maintain safe and efficient navigation conditions for military and commercial vessels in the harbor.