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Pontoon bridge across the James River in Virginia in 1864. The Army Corps of Engineers played a significant role in the American Civil War. Many of the men who would serve in the top leadership in this organization were West Point graduates. Several rose to military fame and power during the Civil War.
Official U.S. Army video about the Sapper Leader Course (2012) The Sapper Leader Course is a 28-day United States Army small unit tactics and leadership course that develops soldiers in critical skills and teaches advanced combat engineer techniques needed across the Army. [1] Sapper training began development in 1982, and continued until 1985.
Combat engineer. A combat engineer (also called pioneer or sapper) is a type of soldier who performs military engineering tasks in support of land forces combat operations. Combat engineers perform a variety of military engineering, tunnel and mine warfare tasks, as well as construction and demolition duties in and out of combat zones. [1] [2]
A sapper, also called a combat engineer, is a combatant or soldier who performs a variety of military engineering duties, [1] such as breaching fortifications, demolitions, bridge -building, laying or clearing minefields, preparing field defenses, and road and airfield construction and repair. Sappers are also trained and equipped to serve ...
The 27th Engineer Battalion was established on January 16, 1918 at Fort Myer, Virginia as the 2D Battalion, 37th Engineer Regiment. In July 1918, during World War I, the unit fought in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne; the unit was demobilized afterwards at Camp Upton. It was reconstituted in the Regular Army as the 2nd Battalion ...
The brigade combat team ( BCT) is the basic deployable unit of maneuver in the U.S. Army. A brigade combat team consists of one combat arms branch maneuver brigade, and its assigned support and fire units. A brigade is normally commanded by a colonel ( O-6) although in some cases a brigadier general (O-7) may assume command. [1]
The Water Resources Development Act of 1990 (WRDA 1990), Pub. L. 101–640, was enacted by Congress of the United States on November 12, 1990. [1] Most of the provisions of WRDA 1990 are administered by the United States Army Corps of Engineers .
The United States Army Engineer School (USAES) is located at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. It was founded as a School of Engineering by General Headquarters Orders, Valley Forge on 9 June 1778. [1] The U.S. Army Engineer School provides training that develops a wide variety of engineering skills including: combat engineer, bridging, construction ...