Supplement to the History of United States Army Engineer District Far East 1976 to 1977
Abstract
The U.S. Army Engineer District, Far East (FED) is an operating component of the U.S. Army Engineer Division, Pacific Ocean (POD). functioning under direction of the Office of the Chief of Engineers (OCE). Responsibility for designing projects and administering contracts for architectural and engineering services, construction, and maintenance and repair in support of U.S. Forces Korea, has constituted the District's major activities. FED was activated in June 1957 by OCE General Order No. 11 with headquarters in Seoul, Korea. The District was tasked initially with responsibility for planning, design, and construction contracting. During the twenty years of its existence, FED has met diverse challenges from fluctuating total annual workload caused by ever-changing national and international events. From the time of its establishment, most of FED's work has involved a wide variety of construction programs in Korea: from mountaintop sites to harbor complexes, from housing developments to underground facilities, from the crash program of the trans-Korea pipeline complex to the creation of whole compounds. The District's history has been marked by great 'diversity. While FED's work has been related directly to the needs of national defense in support of U.S. forces in Korea, the size of the District has fluctuated throughout the years in accordance with world and national events.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA637335
Entities
People
- Kim Bowen
Organizations
- Far East District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers