Description: 3 3" X 1 1/2" US Army SAPPER TAB US Army Combat Engineer (12B or 21B MOS) Scroll type merrowed embroidered patch Shortly before the United States entered World War II, Congress and the War Department approved the transfer of military construction responsibilities from an overtaxed Quartermaster Corps to the Corps of Engineers. The shift was implemented piecemeal. After the Destroyers for Bases Agreement of September 1940, the chief of staff, General George Marshall, assigned the Corps the job of constructing air bases in the string of British Atlantic territories from Newfoundland to British Guiana, thereby initiating a program of overseas base construction by the Corps of Engineers that long remained one of its most important functions. In November 1940, Marshall ordered the transfer to the Corps of Engineers of all air base construction in the United States, excluding the Canal Zone. Finally, in December 1941, Congress transferred to the Corps the responsibility for real estate acquisition, construction, and maintenance for Army facilities, including training camps, government-owned munitions plants, air bases, depots, and hospitals. Domestic base construction peaked in 1942, as the nation geared for war. U.S. military construction expenditures in July of that year alone exceeded those spent during the entire period of 1920 1938. By the end of 1942, the Army could house 4.37 million soldiers and provide hospital beds for 180,000 more. It had built 149 munitions and aircraft manufacturing plants and constructed depots with 205 million square feet of storage space. Domestic military construction has remained an important function of the Corps of Engineers since 1942, but never again did it reach the level of that year. During World War II, Army engineers placed floating and later fixed bridges across the rivers of Italy, France, and Germany, supporting hotly contested crossings of the Rapido, Roer, and Rhine rivers. Engineer troops prepared and developed beaches for assault landings, both in Europe and the Pacific. On the beaches of Normandy, engineer troops, operating under heavy enemy fire, cleared lanes for landing craft by destroying the mine-bearing steel structures that the Germans had implanted in the intertidal zone and bulldozed roads up the narrow draws through the cliffs lining the beaches. During the Battle of the Bulge, quick engineer actions destroyed critical bridges in the path of advancing German forces, slowing and diverting them while Allied forces regrouped. The engineers also opened road connections traversing the long wilderness reaches between the southern Canadian road net and interior Alaska and between British-ruled Assam Province in India and Yunnan Province in southwestern China. Outstanding Army engineer support continued in the Korean War. Army engineers destroyed bridges over the Naktong River and built fortifications that helped American and South Korean forces hold the Pusan perimeter in the southeastern corner of the peninsula while General Douglas MacArthur prepared his assault landing at Inchon near Seoul. When Chinese forces entered the war and forced the Americans to retreat, the engineers built lateral roads behind new defensive lines that permitted the rapid movement of forces and equipment to areas subject to heaviest attack. This helped American commanders stabilize the front. In Vietnam the engineers helped provide access to enemy strongholds in support of concerted U.S. search and destroy missions. To assist in these efforts and to reduce enemy attacks on military convoys, the engineers introduced the Rome plow, a military tractor equipped with a protective cab and a special tree-cutting blade. Engineer troops also constructed 900 miles of modern, paved highways connecting the major population centers of the Republic of Vietnam and monitored the construction by private American contractors of an additional 550 miles of Vietnamese highways. Combat Engineer (MOS 12B) Description / Major Duties: Combat engineers supervise, or serve, as a member of a team, squad, section, or platoon. They are engaged in providing mobility, counter-mobility and survivability support to combat forces. Duties for MOS 12B at each skill level are: MOSC 12B1O. Perform basic demolition, mine warfare and combat construction operations. Operates various light and heavy engineer wheeled and tracked vehicles. Prepares, installs and primes firing systems for demolition and explosives. Arms, disarms and installs U.S. anti-personnel and anti-tank mines. Locate mines and booby traps by visual, manual, mechanical, electronic, other means or through the use of a mine detection dog. Recognize booby traps, friendly and threat mines and firing devices. Installs wire obstacle material. MOSC 12B2O. Perform basic demolition, mine warfare and combat construction operations. Operates various light and heavy engineer wheeled and tracked vehicles. Prepares, installs and primes firing systems for demolition and explosives. Arms, disarms and installs U.S. anti-personnel and anti-tank mines. Locate mines and booby traps by visual, manual, mechanical, electronic, other means or through the use of a mine detection dog. Recognize booby traps, friendly and threat mines and firing devices. Installs wire obstacle material. MOSC 12B3O. Performs duties in preceding skill levels, supervises lower grade Soldiers and provides technical guidance to the Soldiers in the accomplishment of their duties. Supervise squad and section personnel. Direct utilization and maintenance of vehicles and equipment. Supervise the employment of unit and job site security. Prepares and issues an oral squad operation order. Conduct the maneuver of a squad in a patrol. Directs minefield installation, removal, and submits minefield reports. Supervise breaching operations. Collects data and calculates the requirement for explosives and related material. Direct construction of combat bunkers, shelters and non-explosive anti-vehicular obstacles. Conducts ground reconnaissance for roads, routes, bridges, tunnels, fords, rivers and ferries. Prepare a demolition and reconnaissance report. Directs assembly of military fixed bridges. MOSC 12B4O. Performs duties in preceding skill levels, supervises lower grade Soldiers and provides technical guidance to the Soldiers in the accomplishment of their duties. Assign tasks to subordinate elements and personnel. Account for Soldiers, material, and equipment. Supervise in mine warfare, demolition’s and combat construction operations. Calculate logistical requirements for minefields, bunkers, shelters, obstacles and wire entanglements. Enforce safety standards, field sanitation, communication procedures, security, and job specifications. Provides support for construction and tactical movements. Supervises platoon reconnaissance missions and determines the Rapid Field classification of fixed bridges. Direct employment of Wolverine, Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge (AVLB) and the Armored Combat Earthmover (ACE) in support of maneuver forces. 21B Combat Engineer Engineers deal with the technical aspects of the army. This includes maintaining the mechanical, electrical and electronic systems, including any associated hardware. Activities range from building bridges to clearing mine fields and repairing tanks. These skills include bridge-building, general construction, demolitions using explosives, provision of clean water, use of hand and power tools, operation of boats, basic bomb disposal and construction of field defences and also it's about keeping our own freedom to manoeuvre, while limiting the enemy's. Combat engineers need to clear routes, repair airfields and harbours, and Bridge Rivers - all at top speed and often under fire - while protecting our own troops with quick and effective obstacles. Our electrical and mechanical engineers need to be able to fix everything we use on the battlefield from rifle to radio, motorbike to missile. 12B Squad Leader Serves as a Squad Leader in a Mobility Augmentation Company (MAC) in a Combat Effects Engineer Battalion with a worlwide deployment capability; provides mobility, countermobility, and survivability support; responsible for training, discipline, counseling, morale, health and welfare of 11 Soldiers and their families; prepares the squad to execute collective task in both combat and peacetime operations; conducts force protection measures; spervises maintenance and accountability of three AVLBs, one M113A3, sets, kits, and outfits valued at over $2,000,000. 21B Battalion Reconnaissance NCO Served as the Battalion Reconnaissance NCO in a 563 Soldier Construction Effects Battalion attached to Area Support Group Kuwait in support of OPERATION NEW DAWN; Responsible for the Management of the Battalion s Operational and Training Class V accounts; responsible for providing the Battalion Command with Fiscal Year Ammunition Forecasts and allocation updates; responsible for the training and care of two Soldiers; responsible for the accountability of Battalion Tactical operations equipment valued at over 200,000. Battalion Mobility/Counter Mobility/ Survivability Battle Staff NCO Served as the Battalion Mobility/Counter Mobility/ Survivability Battle Staff NCO in a Construction Effects Battalion forward deployed to the Kuwait Area of Responsibility in support of Operation New Dawn; responsible for the health, welfare and morale of two soldiers within the Battalion S3 Training Section; responsible for resourcing, coordinating and scheduling training and providing the battalion command with accurate schools tracking and updates for operational needs and career enhancement responsible for the maintenance and accountability of the battalions Tactical operations equipment valued at over $200,000. 21B Combat Engineer Team leader in an engineer sapper company, 14th Engineer Battalion, in support of 555th Engineer Brigade; charged with providing assured mobility, countermobility, survivability and general engineering support to the 1st Corps; responsible for the accountability, training, morale, health, welfare, and combat readiness of four soldiers; supervises the maintenance and accountability on one M1090 FMTV, one MICLIC, one bolster trailer, sets, kits and outfits valued in excess of $500,000. 21B Duty Description: Skill Level 1 MOSC 21B1O. Performs basic combat construction. Operates various light or heavy engineer wheeled vehicles. Operates or serves as crewmember on a CEV, AVLB, or an ACE while participating in combat mobility, countermobility, and survivability operations. Prepares and installs priming and firing systems for demolition and explosives. Arms, disarms, and installs anti personnel and anti tank mines. Locates mines by visual means or by using a mine detector. Recognizes and neutralizes booby traps, friendly and threat mines, and firing devices. Skill Level 2 MOSC 21B2O. Performs duties in preceding skill level, supervises lower grade soldiers and provides technical guidance to the soldiers in the accomplishment of their duties. Directs and assists in the operation of engineer wheeled or tracked vehicles. Supervises and/or operates the ACE. Directs and assists in launching and retrieval of an AVLB. Boresights, determines zero settings, and fires the CEV weapon systems. Assists in performance of organizational maintenance of vehicle and armament system components. Directs the construction of fighting positions and wire entanglements. Controls fire team movements. Places explosives and clears misfires. Directs a mine-clearing line charge loading team. Directs minefield marking party and dispensing operation of mine scattering systems. Conductsreconnaissance operations, determines limiting slopes, curves, stream velocity, and gap widths. Skill Level 3 MOSC 21B3O. Performs duties in preceding skill level, supervises lower grade soldiers and provides technical guidance to the soldiers in the accomplishment of their duties. Tasks, supervises, and instructs squad and section personnel. Directs utilization and maintenance of vehicles and equipment. Supervises and directs employment of a CEV and its crew. Prepares the CEV for firing. Supervises range card preparation for CEV. Provides unit and job site security. Prepares and issues an oral squad operation order. Conducts the maneuver of a squad in a patrol. Directs minefield installation, removal, and submits minefield reports. Conducts breaching operations. Collects data and calculates the requirement for explosives and related material. Directs construction of combat bunkers, shelters, and non explosive anti-vehicular obstacles and expedient lifing devices. Conducts ground reconnaissance for roads, routes, bridges, tunnels, fords, and ferries. Prepares a ! demolition and engineer reconnaissance report. Directs assembly of various military bridges. Skill Level 4 MOSC 21B4O. Performs duties in preceding skill level, supervises lower grade soldiers and provides technical guidance to the soldiers in the accomplishment of their duties. Assigns tasks to subordinate elements and personnel. Accounts for soldiers, material, and equipment. Supervises in mine warfare, demolitions and combat construction operations. Enforces safety standards, field sanitation, communication procedures, security, and job specification. Provides support for construction and tactical movements. Directs assignment of CEV and AVLB in support of maneuver forces. Operates a CEV crew qualification range.
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Location: New Kensington, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2024-09-20T17:48:22.000Z
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