About Resolute Castle

Exercise Resolute Castle is a U.S. Army Europe and Africa led, multinational, joint exercise which marries U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard, as well as allied and partner nation engineering unit training opportunities with the completion of real world construction projects that enhance training capabilities in various areas of Europe's eastern member-states. Resolute Castle is designed to reinforce regional partnerships and promote interoperability with host nation forces by providing improvements to existing infrastructure.

Resolute Castle 24 utilizes U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and NATO engineers to increase partner capacity and strengthen capabilities across NATO’s eastern member states through real-world engineer-related training and the expansion of infrastructure in support of defender-series exercises.

 

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Zach Mezsaros Equipment Operator
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District - MVS
April 15, 2025 | 1:49
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District alongside contractors recently placed concrete at the Melvin Price Locks and Dam in Alton, Ill., as part of the scheduled Lift Gate Replacement Project.
During this closure, the three-leaf upstream lift gate will be replaced with a modern two-leaf lift gate that will provide improved overlap between individual gate leaves to better support vertical loads and reduce operational issues from gate separation and operational interlocks.
Throughout this phase of the project, the team will place 220 cubic yards of concrete. Cement trucks delivered the concrete to the Maple Island parking lot where it was loaded into lift buckets that were maneuvered by barge across the river into the lock chamber and then lifted by a crane and poured into the concrete form. This pour is one of many that will raise the lower seal to accommodate the new lift gates.
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