Major General Milhorn Takes Command of Corps North Atlantic Division
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers North Atlantic Division has had a change of command. The ceremony to replace Maj. Gen. William H. Graham was held July 19 at U.S. Army Fort Hamilton Community Club in Brooklyn, New York. Maj. Gen. Jeffrey L. Milhorn will now lead the North Atlantic Division. The ceremony was officiated by Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, chief of engineers and commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Milhorn previously served as the Corps deputy commanding general at Fort Lewis, Washington. He also served as the 31st commanding general, Pacific Ocean Division, then as the deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7 for United States Army Pacific. He was chief of staff, 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, and assistant chief of staff to the Commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Kabul, Afghanistan. Milhorn served in a variety of command and staff assignments both in the United States and overseas.
His military education includes the engineer officer basic and advance courses; ranger and sapper leader courses; and the U.S. Army command and general staff college. He is a distinguished military graduate from the University of Florida, earning a bachelor of science in civil engineering and holds a master’s degree in construction engineering & project management from the University of Texas at Austin, and is a National Security Fellow of Harvard University. He is a registered professional engineer in Missouri.
The North Atlantic Division commander oversees an annual program of more than $5 billion to plan, design and construct projects to support the military, protect America’s water resources, mitigate risk from disasters, and restore and enhance the environment. He is also responsible for a variety of division engineering and construction activities for international, federal, state and local governments and agencies in more than a dozen Northeastern states as well as overseas.
The North Atlantic Division is one of nine regions providing engineering and construction services to the nation. It is the Army Corps’ headquarters for the northeastern United States, Europe, and Africa, with offices in Concord, Massachusetts, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk and Wiesbaden, Germany.
