Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District Emergency Management team help clean up debris in South Carolina after Hurricane Helene, October 31, 2024. The team along with more than 40 volunteers deployed to various locations on the East Coast to help in recovery and clean-up efforts following the back-to-back hurricanes of Helene and Milton. (Courtesy photo)

Pete Taylor, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District Deputy for Programs and Project Management, will retire from USACE at the end of October. Taylor, who also served the District as Commander, when he was in the Army retires after a combined 41 plus years of Federal service. (Courtesy photo)

USACE volunteers conduct remote assessments for Operation Blue Roof at the Mobile District HQ following the extensive damage caused by Hurricane Milton, working to provide temporary roofing solutions to affected communities. (Photo by USACE Dalton Yoder)

Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District Coastal Resiliency Program, seated, Don Mroczko, Lead Environmental planner, Julie McGuire, economist; standing, Shirlanna Washington, Program analyst, David Newell, Program manager, and Barry Dailey, Special Projects manager; pose for a team photo at the Mobile District Office, Mobile, Alabama, July 23, 2024. Born as the Mississippi Coastal Improvement Program following Hurricane Katrina, the Coastal Resiliency Program has expanded to include projects in Alabama and Florida. (U.S. Army photo by Chuck Walker)

Dehyrl Middleton, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District disaster program manager, conducts an aerial assessment to begin quantifying the amount of debris that will need removal or clearance in South Carolina following Hurricane Helene Oct. 3, 2024. USACE is working in partnership with the local, state, and federal response to the Hurricane Helene.