The Military Engineer l No. 66583 Building Strong By Lt. Gen. Robert L. Van Antwerp, P.E., F.SAME, USA The unprecedented workload of recent years continues full speed ahead as USACE looks forward to another busy year in FY11. Engineering Service FY11 Programs USACE: W hat a year! With the help of our more than 300,000 con- tractors each day, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) con- tinues to manage successfully a simply unprecedented workload that looks as if it will continue to keep us busy into 2012. The presidents FY11 budget promises to keep us moving, full speed ahead, in our many mission areas, in- cluding Military Programs, Overseas Contingency Operations, Real Estate, Environmental, Installation Support, Research and Development, and Civil Works. Military Programs USACEs military construction work- load from FY06-FY13 exceeds $73.2 bil- lion, not including the American Recov- ery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which provided an additional $3 billion in Mili- tary Programs alone. Looking to the year ahead, we are wrapping up a lot of the work from this unprecedented program, as we complete 2005 Base Realignment and Closure construction (required by September 2011) and some of the work from the Armys restructuring and res- tationing. But there is still an enormous amount of work ahead of us. The FY11 Military Programs budget totals $20.3 billion broken down into several pro- grams. (See sidebar on page 85.) Overseas Contingency Operations Our Overseas Contingency Opera- tions are changing dramatically. This time last year, we had a division head- quarters and three district of?ces in Iraq, and only one district in Afghani- stan. Today, as our workload in Iraq de- creases and our mission in Afghanistan grows, we have one district of?ce in Iraq and two in Afghanistan. USACE photo by Kendal Smith Installation work is carried out at the Al-Qudas Electrical Generation Facility switchyard, which connects the generators to the Iraqi national power grid. The $160 million installation of two 100-MW turbines and auxiliary modules was completed in spring 2009, and generates enough electricity to power 180,000 Iraqi homes.
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