TRANSATLANTIC DIVISION TRANSATLANTIC DIVISION P.O. Box 2250 Winchester, VA 22604-1450 dll-cetad-pa@usace.army.mil (540) 665-3661 www.tad.usace.army.mil www.facebook.com/USACETransatlanticDivision MIDDLE EAST DISTRICT P.O. Box 2250 Winchester, VA 22604-1450 dll-cetam-pao@usace.army.mil (540) 665-4085 www.tam.usace.army.mil www.facebook.com/usacemed/
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AFGHANISTAN DISTRICT HQ-USACE-TAA (BAGRAM) APO AE 09354-1053 (540) 542-1508 dll-cetaa-pao@usace.army.mil www.tad.usace.army.mil/About/TransatlanticAfghanistanDistrict/ www.facebook.com/USACEAfghanDistrict/ twitter.com/USACEinAfg
THE TRANSATLANTIC DIVISION: THE “DOOR TO THE CORPS” ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST BY OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, Transatlantic Division
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ith projects totaling almost $6 billion, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Transatlantic Division (TAD) directly supports the warfighter on a daily basis by providing design, construction, and related engineering services in direct support to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and other activities within the CENTCOM area of responsibility to establish the conditions for regional security and stability; and enables the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) global construction program through centralized planning and programming on behalf of the USACE Enterprise. TAD carries out its mission in a volatile operational area populated by more than 550 million people. It spans more than 4 million square miles and stretches across the intersection of three continents: northeast Africa, the Middle East, and all the way to Central and South Asia. TAD’s area of operations (AO) is one of the least secure and unstable
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places in the world; however, the work being carried out helps ensure the security and stability of the entire region. TAD provides services to Department of Defense (DOD) forces and other U.S. government agencies with missions within the AO. The division also manages construction projects for allied-nation mission partners under DOD’s Foreign Military Sales program and constructs myriad governmental facilities in Afghanistan to promote stability. “When DOD and allied-nation mission partners in the CENTCOM AO partner with us, they are not only getting our entire team of professionally licensed engineers, architects, program managers, and support personnel, they are getting the entire depth and breadth of USACE enterprise capabilities,” said TAD Commander Col. Christopher G. Beck. “We have the distinct role of having a direct impact on the warfighters downrange every day. Success for TAD is closing the gap between
