Combat Engineers are a squad of specialized infantry trained in explosives removal, demolition, construction, fieldcraft, and other support activities. They are not trained combat troops, although ...

U.S. Army Combat Engineers were the hidden force behind the Normandy breakout. From the beaches of Omaha and Utah to the hedgerows of St-Lô, engineer battalions cleared mines, built bridges, blew ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — Nearly 60 years have passed since Laurens Beckwith, Earl Shatzer and Gene Reed first came through the gates of Fort Leonard Wood on their way to becoming some of the Army’s ...

Surrounded by hundreds of new U.S. Army recruits who lined the track right outside the 35th Combat Engineering Battalion’s barracks on Fort Leonard Wood, 29-year-old Hunter Young gained some respect ...