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* [[Pacific Ocean Division]] (POD), located at [[Fort Shafter]], Hawaii.<ref name=serving/> Reaches across 12 million square miles of the Pacific Ocean from the [[Arctic Circle]] to [[American Samoa]] below the equator and across the [[International Date Line]], and into Asia. Includes the territories of [[Guam]], [[American Samoa]] and the [[Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands]] as well as the Freely Associated States including the [[Palau|Republic of Palau]], [[Federated States of Micronesia]] and the [[Marshall Islands|Republic of the Marshall Islands]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poh.usace.army.mil |title=Honolulu District Corps of Engineers |publisher=Poh.usace.army.mil |access-date=2012-10-09}}</ref> Its four districts are located in [[Japan]]; [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]; [[Anchorage, Alaska]]; and [[Honolulu]]. Unlike other military work, POD designs and builds for all of the military services — Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines — in Japan, Korea, and [[Kwajalein Atoll]]. | * [[Pacific Ocean Division]] (POD), located at [[Fort Shafter]], Hawaii.<ref name=serving/> Reaches across 12 million square miles of the Pacific Ocean from the [[Arctic Circle]] to [[American Samoa]] below the equator and across the [[International Date Line]], and into Asia. Includes the territories of [[Guam]], [[American Samoa]] and the [[Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands]] as well as the Freely Associated States including the [[Palau|Republic of Palau]], [[Federated States of Micronesia]] and the [[Marshall Islands|Republic of the Marshall Islands]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poh.usace.army.mil |title=Honolulu District Corps of Engineers |publisher=Poh.usace.army.mil |access-date=2012-10-09}}</ref> Its four districts are located in [[Japan]]; [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]; [[Anchorage, Alaska]]; and [[Honolulu]]. Unlike other military work, POD designs and builds for all of the military services — Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines — in Japan, Korea, and [[Kwajalein Atoll]]. | ||
* [[South Atlantic Division]] (SAD), located in [[Atlanta]].<ref name=serving/> Reaches from [[North Carolina]] to [[Alabama]] as well as the [[Caribbean]], and [[Central America|Central]] and South America. Covers all or parts of six states. Its five districts are located in [[Wilmington, North Carolina]], [[Charleston, South Carolina]], [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]], [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]], and [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]]. One-third of the stateside Army and one-fifth of the stateside Air Force are located within the division boundaries. The largest single environmental restoration project in the world — the [[Restoration of the Everglades|Everglades Restoration]] — is managed by SAD. | * [[South Atlantic Division]] (SAD), located in [[Atlanta]].<ref name=serving/> Reaches from [[North Carolina]] to [[Alabama]] as well as the [[Caribbean]], and [[Central America|Central]] and South America. Covers all or parts of six states. Its five districts are located in [[Wilmington, North Carolina]], [[Charleston, South Carolina]], [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]], [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]], and [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]]. One-third of the stateside Army and one-fifth of the stateside Air Force are located within the division boundaries. The largest single environmental restoration project in the world — the [[Restoration of the Everglades|Everglades Restoration]] — is managed by SAD. | ||
* [[South Pacific Division]] (SPD), located in | * [[South Pacific Division]] (SPD), located in San Francisco.<ref name=serving/> Reaches from California to [[Colorado]] and [[New Mexico]]. Covers all or parts of seven states. Its four districts are located in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]], Los Angeles, [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]], and San Francisco. Its region is host to 18 of the 25 fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the nation. | ||
* [[Southwestern Division]] (SWD), located in [[Dallas]].<ref name=serving/> Reaches from [[Mexico]] to [[Kansas]]. Covers all or part of seven states. Its four districts are located in [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]], [[Tulsa, Oklahoma|Tulsa]], [[Galveston, Texas|Galveston]], and [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]]. SWD's recreation areas are the most visited in USACE with more than {{convert|11400|mi|km}} of shoreline and 1,172 recreation sites. | * [[Southwestern Division]] (SWD), located in [[Dallas]].<ref name=serving/> Reaches from [[Mexico]] to [[Kansas]]. Covers all or part of seven states. Its four districts are located in [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]], [[Tulsa, Oklahoma|Tulsa]], [[Galveston, Texas|Galveston]], and [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]]. SWD's recreation areas are the most visited in USACE with more than {{convert|11400|mi|km}} of shoreline and 1,172 recreation sites. | ||
* Transatlantic Division (TAD), located in [[Winchester, Virginia]]. Supports Federal programs and policies overseas. Consists of the Gulf Region District, the Afghanistan Engineer District South, the Afghanistan Engineer District North, the Middle East District, the USACE Deployment Center and the TAD G2 Intelligence Fusion Center. TAD oversees thousands of projects overseas. TAD overseas locations are staffed primarily by civilian volunteers from throughout USACE.<ref name=serving/> The Corps of Engineers built much of Afghanistan's original [[Highway 1 (Afghanistan)|Ring Road]] in the early 1960s and returned in 2002. Supports the full spectrum of regional support, including the Afghan National Security Forces, U.S. and Coalition Forces, Counter Narcotics and Border Management, Strategic Reconstruction support to USAID, and the [[Commander's Emergency Response Program]]. | * Transatlantic Division (TAD), located in [[Winchester, Virginia]]. Supports Federal programs and policies overseas. Consists of the Gulf Region District, the Afghanistan Engineer District South, the Afghanistan Engineer District North, the Middle East District, the USACE Deployment Center and the TAD G2 Intelligence Fusion Center. TAD oversees thousands of projects overseas. TAD overseas locations are staffed primarily by civilian volunteers from throughout USACE.<ref name=serving/> The Corps of Engineers built much of Afghanistan's original [[Highway 1 (Afghanistan)|Ring Road]] in the early 1960s and returned in 2002. Supports the full spectrum of regional support, including the Afghan National Security Forces, U.S. and Coalition Forces, Counter Narcotics and Border Management, Strategic Reconstruction support to USAID, and the [[Commander's Emergency Response Program]]. | ||