U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Deputy Chief Retires

7/7/2003

From: Denver M. Beaulieu-Hains of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 202-761-0343, or email: Denver.M.Beaulieu-Hains@HQ02.usace.army.mil

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- The Deputy Commanding General (DCG) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will retire July 9 in a ceremony at the Corps Headquarters in Washington, D.C., it was announced today.

Maj. Gen. Hans A. Van Winkle, who has served as the DCG since July 2001, is retiring after 32 years of dedicated service to the Army and the nation.

As the DCG, Van Winkle was responsible for the oversight of programs budgeted at more than $15 billion. He was a key figure in the Corps' early and effective involvement in the support of "Operation Iraqi Freedom" in Iraq, missions in support of the global "War on Terrorism" in Afghanistan, and critical security assessments in support of homeland defense.

Commissioned in the Corps of Engineers from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1971, Van Winkle earned a Master of Science degree in Public Policy from the University of California in Berkeley in 1976. He became a registered professional engineer in Virginia in 1980.

Van Winkle's key command and staff assignments include Commander and Division Engineer, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in Cincinnati and Chicago (1997-1999), Deputy Chief of Staff, Engineer, for the U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army in Heidelberg, Germany (1995-1997), Director of Training at the U.S. Army Engineer School at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. (1994-1995); Operations Officer, Royal School of Military Engineering, United Kingdom (1983-1985); Assistant Professor of Economics at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. (1979-1982).

Maj. Gen. Robert H. Griffin, current Director of the Corps' Civil Works Directorate, has assumed the role of Corps' Deputy Commanding General.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provides a full spectrum of engineering and war support to American forces, and is currently working in Iraq to restore Iraqi oil infrastructure and to provide electrical power. Other Corps missions include programs involving military and civil construction management, environmental restoration, research and development, real estate services, and regulatory programs for the Army, Air Force, Department of Defense, federal agencies and allied countries.

For more information contact the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of Public Affairs at 202-761-0010.