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 Southwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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

MISSION OVERVIEW

The Middle East District has evolved from a long line of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers organizations providing engineering, construction and contracting services in the Middle East, beginning in the early 1950s.

USACE placed an organization in the Winchester, Virginia, area in 1976 to provide rear-echelon support for a forward-based division in Saudi Arabia performing a multi-billion dollar design and construction program. Although there were various organizational names and structures since then, the constant for almost 70 years has been a U.S.-based USACE organization supporting operations in the Middle East.

Today, the Middle East District became a subordinate element of the Southwestern Division in 2025. The Middle East District has had a longstanding presence in countries such as The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Lebanon, and Israel, providing engineering and construction services for a wide range of U.S. and foreign customers.

Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the organization has provided reach-back engineering, project management, contracting, deployment, and other support services for the contingency districts. 

The Middle East District:

• Builds facilities that support U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Special Operations personnel in the Middle East and Central Asia during both peacetime and contingency operations in accordance with government-to-government agreements.
• Provides engineering services to foreign government agencies under the USACE Interagency and International Services program. Most of this work is through the Defense Department’s foreign military sales program.
• Awarded a set of Multiple Award Task Order Contracts to support design-build and construction projects throughout the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. Task orders are competitively awarded under the MATOCs.
• Serves as the Technical Center of Expertise for Aircraft Hangar Fire Protection.
• Serves as the Center of Standardization for Nonpermanent Facilities

Learn more at U.S. Central Command and Defense Security Cooperation Agency