Army Corps Welcomes New Commander to the Alaska District

Colonel Damon Delarosa became the 29th commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District during an assumption of command ceremony today on the front lawn of the headquarters building near Anchorage.

Delarosa, a native of San Antonio, replaces Colonel David Hibner who served as the acting district commander since April 2020. Colonel Kirk Gibbs, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Pacific Ocean Division in Hawaii, hosted the event that adhered to social distancing protocols.

Delarosa will oversee a multi-million dollar program that provides engineering, construction, planning, contracting, real estate, emergency operations, environmental and regulatory services to the military; federal, state and local governments; as well as the public in Alaska.

In addition, he will be responsible for the district’s support to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command by designing and constructing humanitarian assistance projects throughout Southeast Asia. Under the Department of Defense Foreign Military Sales Program, the district also oversees master planning, requirements validation, design and construction of infrastructure for the government of India’s C-17 aircraft at Hindon Air Force Station, India.