U.S. Army Chief of Engineers Launches Blog

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lieutenant General Robert L.
VanAntwerp, the 52nd Chief of Engineers and Commander of the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, today ventured into the blogosphere for the first time with a
blog about Iraq reconstruction efforts. Van Antwerp visited Iraq in late
January to observe the Corps' ongoing mission there.

The blog, called "Corps-e-spondence," includes RSS (Really Simple
Syndication), so readers can subscribe and automatically receive updates.
Readers may also post questions and comments.

"This is the way of the future," Van Antwerp said. "We should be out there,
too - clearly and openly communicating with the American public every chance
we get."

As the commander of the nation's leading public engineering agency, Van
Antwerp plans to blog about the many missions within the Corps' purview, from
water resources and flood risk management to military facilities construction
for the Army and Air Force at home and abroad.

Other upcoming topics are likely to include the Gulf Coast recovery efforts in
Southeast Louisiana, Afghanistan reconstruction, the Formerly Used Defense
Sites program and the Corps' state-of-the-art engineering research and design
at its Engineer Research and Development Center.

"Corps-e-spondence" can be found on the USACE web site at:
https://eportal.usace.army.mil/sites/blog.

There will also be a link from the home page: www.usace.army.mil.

SOURCE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

DeDe Cordell of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, +1-202-761-0045,
dede.cordell@us.army.mil