army engineers
Combat construction corps
Army engineers are military personnel who specialize in construction, demolition, and infrastructure—building bridges, roads, and fortifications, clearing obstacles, and laying or removing mines.
They support combat operations and often undertake civilian projects: The Army Corps of Engineers manages flood control on the Mississippi.
Also called combat engineers or military engineers.
- breachingBreaking through something
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
- earthworksConstructed soil fortifications
- bridge-buildingEstablishing connections between estranged parties
- soil testingExamining ground composition
pontoon · road construction · heavy equipment · fortification · sandbag wall · water purification · sapper · surveying · flood mitigation · mine-clearing · razor wire · tunnel boring · trenching · drainage systems · water supply systems · dam construction · erosion prevention · corps
army engineersinfantry
Ground combat troops
combat troops · riflemen · line infantry · foot soldiers · special forces
army engineerscivil engineers
Professionals designing public infrastructure