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  • January

    Richard Cusimano, left, and Ben Delatte pose at the Camarones collection site in Puerto Rico on Dec. 27, 2017. Cusimano and Delatte were two of three U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel supporting the debris mission here that ran toward the sound of calls for help to find a man that had fallen on his bike and was unable to stop the bleeding from a puncture wound sustained while bracing for the fall. Cusimano, with the New Orleans District, is a quality assurance inspector in at the Canovanas, Fajardo, Loiza, Rio Grande and Luquillo debris collection sites – a role he assumed from the third person, Anthony Frost, to come to the aid of the injured man. Delatte is also from the New Orleans District and is the zone manager for more than 30 debris sites in 10 municipalities. Both serve with the Louisiana National Guard’s 205th Engineer Battalion.

    USACE emergency response missions include debris removal and temporary power generation in Puerto Rico

    In the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – under the direction of the Federal Emergency Management Agency – began undertaking several large-scale missions to help residents in Puerto Rico recover from the devastating storms. Two of the missions assigned to the USACE Recovery Field Office, Puerto Rico, include debris removal and emergency temporary power.

  • December

    Omar Esquilin-Mangual meets with a local resident while working the Blue Roof mission in Puerto Rico.

    USACE Blue Roof mission in Puerto Rico is a family affair

    Omar Esquilin-Mangual, from Caguas, Puerto Rico, was born, raised and educated on the island before working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 2010 after receiving his master’s degree in civil engineering degree from the University of Puerto Rico. Yamiretsy Pagan-Albelo, from Ciales, Puerto Rico, was born, raised and educated on the island and working for the USACE in 2011 after receiving her bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Puerto Rico.