The most extensive Cold War construction undertaken by the United States was building an elaborate network of missile bases. The first U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile was the Atlas, a 75-ft-long, 10-ft-dia, 130-ton weapon.

Butch Graham is elevated from Corps deputy commanding general and head of its civil and emergency operations

Personnel moves will take effect in coming months at change of command ceremonies.

As Corps' deputy commanding general for military and international operations, she has overseen more than $22 billion in design, construction and environmental programs for the Army, Air Force, other Defense Dept. branches, nondefense federal agencies and foreign nations

Retired U.S. Army Major Gen. Gregg F. Martin, construction unit commander during the Iraq War, in Bipolar General: My Forever War with Mental Illness, reaches out to military, construction and business leaders and others to better understand the destructive nature of bipolar disorders, warning flags and how to get help.

The Barksdale Air Force Base weapons generation facility would consolidate activities for the base's nuclear-capable B-52 bombers.

Congressional appropriators face the threat of new cutbacks as they aim to meet a yearend deadline.

Changes include new deputy chief of engineers, the Corps' No. 2 position.

U.S. Defense Dept. officials have said they will spend about $11 billion on military construction projects over five years.

Work will modernize aging shipyards in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and Washington state's Puget Sound.