NewsAugust 11, 2015
Wehr named Mississippi River Commission president
Wehr named Mississippi River Commission president VICKSBURG, Miss. -- Maj. Gen. Michael C. Wehr, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Mississippi Valley Division since August 2014, is the president of the Mississippi River Commission. The commission was created by Congress in 1879 to provide for general improvements along the length of the Mississippi River...
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Wehr named Mississippi River Commission president
VICKSBURG, Miss. -- Maj. Gen. Michael C. Wehr, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Mississippi Valley Division since August 2014, is the president of the Mississippi River Commission.
The commission was created by Congress in 1879 to provide for general improvements along the length of the Mississippi River.
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The division has district offices in St. Paul, Minnesota; Rock Island, Illinois; St. Louis; Memphis, Tennessee; Vicksburg; and New Orleans.
Brig. Gen. Richard G. Kaiser is the new commander of the Corps' Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, headquartered in Cincinnati.
Kaiser took command of the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division in September. The division has seven engineer districts totaling over 4,100 people operating in a 17 state area.
President Barack Obama announced the appointments.
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