engineering corps
Army construction unit
An engineering corps is a military unit specializing in construction, demolition, and technical support—building bridges, fortifications, and roads, clearing obstacles, and handling explosives.
The term also applies to civilian organizations doing large-scale infrastructure work: The Army Corps of Engineers manages flood control projects across the country.
- bulldozersTracked earth-pushing machines
- fortificationsDefensive barriers against attack
- road constructionBuilding or repairing streets
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- battalionMid-sized military unit
flood control · logistics · disaster relief · public works · civil works · trench digging · bridge building · pioneers · sapper · mine clearance · pontoon bridge · urban planning · construction battalion · environmental engineering · explosives · bomb disposal · platoon · cranes
- uniformed servicesArmy, Air Force, National Guard, military, firefighters
- naval trainingofficer training, naval training, naval academy, seamanship, cadet training
- other military serviceslogistics, supply, transport, signals, medics
- wartime organizationsWar Department, USO, civil defense, Home Guard, Selective Service
- reinforcementsrelief force, reserve team, reinforcement, second wave, replacements
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
engineering corpsinfantry
Ground combat troops
combat troops · line infantry · combat arms · shock troops · cavalry