Posted on October 14, 2026
LOS ANGELES — The commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District highlighted fiscal year 2026 achievements during an Oct. 8 town hall, including $878.7 million in obligations.
Col. Joshua Bost, who assumed command of the Los Angeles District in July, credited the district workforce and its partners for advancing military readiness, navigation, flood-risk management and disaster resilience across the Southwest.
“We’ve stacked up a whole bunch of wins this year,” Bost said, pointing to accomplishments across the district’s programs and 226,000-square-mile geographic area of responsibility.
The district completed 21 projects and executed 658 contract actions during fiscal year 2026.
Los Angeles District obligated $547.5 million across its Military Program, Interagency and International Services, and Environmental missions, including $446.9 million for military construction. The district supported 15 military installations and more than 185,000 military personnel across Southern California, Arizona and Nevada, while executing 288 recruiting-facility actions valued at $47.1 million.
Bost said the scope of the military program reflects the district’s readiness mission and the work of project delivery, contracting, legal and technical teams across the organization.
In its Civil Works program, the district obligated $331.2 million, processed 716 regulatory permit actions and advanced flood-risk-management work across the region. The district awarded major contracts for upcoming work at Prado Dam and Whittier Narrows Dam and received approval for Phase 4 execution of the Rio de Flag Flood Risk Management project in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Los Angeles District also dredged 3.67 million cubic yards of material at seven navigation locations: Ventura, Newport, Oceanside, Morro Bay, Santa Barbara, Channel Islands and Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach. The work helps maintain safe and reliable navigation channels that support maritime commerce, military access and coastal communities.
Bost described the district’s portfolio as unusually broad, spanning support to national defense, as well as work that strengthens the region’s economy and reduces risk to communities.
“I doubt there’s many full-service districts that do the amount and diversity of work that we do,” Bost said.
Across its interagency, real estate and emergency-management work, the Los Angeles District managed 138,180 acres of federal real property; supported Department of Veterans Affairs facility projects in San Diego and Long Beach, California; and provided real-estate support to U.S. Customs and Border Protection projects in California, Arizona and New Mexico.
The district also completed mission requirements that enabled the de-obligation of $134 million in California wildfire-recovery funds to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The district’s work received national and regional recognition during Fiscal Year 2026, including honors connected to the Southern California Wildfire Response, wildfire debris-removal mission, safety, planning, real estate and public affairs. During the town hall, Bost also presented dozens of third- and fourth-quarter employee awards recognizing individual contributions to the district’s mission.
After reviewing the year’s accomplishments, Bost said the combined results reflected the district’s value to its partners and the region.
“I think this tells a pretty good story about how impactful we were as a district,” Bost said.
With a workforce of more than 600 employees, the Los Angeles District delivers engineering solutions with federal, state, tribal and local partners to strengthen national security, support economic activity and reduce disaster risk throughout the region.
