Middle East District Mission

Video by Darius Caldwell, Senior Airman William Pugh
Vermillion Star exercise
2D Audiovisual Squadron, Operating Location X
May 7, 2025 | 5:00
This video features U.S. Space Force Guardians and Civilians participating in the Vermillion Star exercise in Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 7, 2025. Vermillion Star is a Combat Readiness Verification exercise for cyberspace squadrons in the U.S. Space Force. The exercise is a “live-fire” hands-on-keyboard exercise conducted on the 33rd Range and Aggressor Squadron’s cyber range with active aggressors conducting offensive cyber warfare against a protected network (U.S. Space Force Video by Mr. Darius Caldwell and SrA William Pugh).
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Mission

The Middle East District provides engineering, design, construction execution, and related services and support to mission partners in the USCENTCOM area of responsibility (AOR) to increase regional security and stability in support of enduring U.S. interests; on order, supports contingency operations.

 

The Middle East District is a subordinate element of the Transatlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

USACE Mission and Vision

OUR VISION: Engineering solutions for the Nation’s toughest challenges

OUR MISSION: The Middle East District provides design, construction, execution and related engineering and reach-back services to mission partners across the CENTCOM AOR in order to enable regional security and stability; on order provides support to contingency operations

OUR FOUNDATION: A professional team rooted in the Army Values reinforced by Trust, Dignity, and Respect throughout and dedicated to our mission and the organization

 

Our People