Okinawa Engineer News Today

2 CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers celebrated 75 years of continued work in Japan with a ceremony outside their Okinawa Area Office located on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 18. The celebration included a cake cutting, speeches, a live-stream event, and sealing of a time capsule. An engineer’s hard hat, commander’s coin, kokeshi doll with the signatures of Japan Engineer District staff, and a note from current JED Commander, Col. Thomas J. Verell,...

  The celebration included a cake cutting, speeches, a live-stream event, and sealing of a time capsule. An engineer’s hard hat, commander’s coin, kokeshi doll with the signatures of Japan Engineer District staff, and a note from current JED Commander, Col. Thomas J. Verell, Jr., were among the many items put inside the capsule. It will remain sealed until the 100 th anniversary of the Corps in Japan in 2046.   “This occasion marks 75 years of continuous JED and USACE support to the U.S...