@MrEJDixon555 Good luck man have a nice time at Fort Lost in the Woods thats what they call it if you didnt know have a good time i wish i was able to go but at my age right now i cant got 4 more years until im 17 but my parents will have to sign me up. Good Luck!
im red and green color blind and i was thinking about being a us army combat engineer. Could someone answer whether or not i can pursue this choice or if im not qualified due to being red/green colorblind
@jakethesnake90909 im gonna be 12bravo too, i leave in march to fort leanard wood for basic. i think it's required cause it could disqualify you due to the possibility to having disarm bombs and or identifying ieds'
@jakethesnake90909 I ran into this same problem, I wanted to join the Army to make something of myself so I picked 12N Horizontal Construction Engineer. Its called Colorblind discrimination not saying you have to pick the job I've chosen but colorblind folks are either Medical field (except repairer), Concrete/Horizontal, Cooks, or Administrative. If you don't like sitting around don't do Adminstractive(But HR is a good civilian job), cooks=slaves, Medical is downsizing
this is the most fucked up shit I have ever heard of... This job means that you will do route clearance and get blown up almost every dayl NOT worth your life!!! I did route clearance in Helmand Province, Afghanistan for 10 months
this is the most fucked up shit I have ever heard of... This job means that you will do route clearance and get blown up almost every dayl NOT worth your life!!!
Hey, where did you get this? This is my basic training CO. So weird seeing people I know in an Army video. Hotel company in the 35th engineers. I think that was 2nd platoon that made the video.
They are not pogs. My buddy is 21 bravo he says he mostly escorts convoys and marks mines/ieds for eod. He carries an m4 at all times. Doesn't sound like a pog. I'm usmc 0311 and have a lot of respect for usmc and army engineers. It's a dangerous job. Don't be an ass
@nicoilschlager Too bad peeps just don't realize that Grunts isn't the ONLY important job. We wouldn't be anywhere if it weren't for the engineers,air support,motor-t,etc.. Btw,99% of people shouting "eww POGs",aren't even Grunts,or Military for that matter.
how is this job lame? Without combat engineers, the US would have lost pretty much ever war since WWI. They deal with enemy barricades, barbed wires, mines, and blown bridges. Very crucial job.
@The5thSlider mopping the floors?... do you know anything combat engineers do because this video tries to make it seem less combat orientated like the infantry vid. combat engineers build frontline defenses, blow up enemy bridges. clear paths through enemy mine fields by using whats called detcore (c4 made into a rope launced out and then detonated) we set mine fields when necessary too. there so much more they do aswell. with out combat engineers divisions would get bogged down to a halt.
@frightner24 Its not just engineers Im a tanker in the Army and all we do is janitor work. If you join the army yiou will be a janitor regardless of mos.
@bigdenn93 It's the toughest job in the US Army bro.What are the 3 manliest things on earth? Shooting guns,building stuff and blowing shit up.Thats the life of a combat engineer.They also see as much combat as the infantry.
@frightner24 It's from around 04-05.Considering they're wearing acu's but still wearing the 3 colour desert vest.It wasn't changed from 21 to 12 until 1nov2009
Hello everyone:) I am from Bulgaria. How I can join US ARMY? Please tell me. This is my mail: ivaylodimitrov_33@yahoo.com or yahoo messenger : ivaylodimitrov_33
yeah... i'm a combat engineer... i did none of that down range... what i did down range was drive around looking for things to blow me up... that's it...
Basic rifleman doesn't exist. If you mean 11B Infantryman, then yes, you can reclass to 21B. Why not just join AS a combat engineer though? Why join as an Infantryman, and switch? No point. Infantry training and life is very tough, so why not just cut to the chase and enlist Combat Engineer, if thats what you want to do. Active OR Reserve.
@Sibs1990 Hell yeah brah! Combat Engineers are bascially (grunts with the C-4). You ARE gonna see combat. Hence the word "Combat" Engineer. Like Drumerboyz95 said you will be deployed with Infantry in aiding with construction, demolition, and mine disarming. Espicially since this war is going to migrate over to Afghanistan so its gonna be FUN BABY! And no you don't need a 4 year degree, Unless you want to be a Officer. I'm a future 1302 combat engineer officer in the USMC.
dam notice the propaganda music playing in the back ground..how cheeesey lol they could made a better documentary then that LMAO.. RESPECTS TO COMBAT ENGINEERS
I was a 21B back when we were called 12B/12C.. I was attatched to 6 man Ranger LRRP team, and with them I was cross trained as a medic. That was the Shit!!!
@fastzxrbike The first thing to know is- what is the age limit to be in the Army?, 2nd talk to a recruiter, take asvab test, H.S deploma?, take care of legal matters-police record, etc. They will offer a list of MOS- Military occupational specialty to you, then ASK for 21B. then you go to (osut) one station unit training-all male.its gonna be hard / challenging but its all worth it. become one of us! SAPPERS.
@Sibs1990 combat engineers would be deployed with infantry units to aid in construction, demolition, and mine disarming. it is an enlisted position so no college degree is required
@articking1 Yeeaaaahhhhh.... this video does the MOS absolutely no justice. I'm not a 21B but I did my basic and D35th and now I want to be a 21B so bad, but I'm stuck as a 15W unless I purposely fail out of my classes and try to become a 21B.
@Sovietoffspring The video is outdated but you will still learn quite a bit through black phase. Oh and dont let anyone fool you, Engineers dont get anything through OSUT but its for your own good. Demo is the first week of AIT and it all pretty much sucks until you do MOUT.
I was a combat engineer with the 82nd Airborne Division, and I will tell you first hand that a combat engineers job is dangerous. While serving in iraq, anytime a convoy was coming through our area we had to go out in advance and clear their route for them. If the enemy had a ambush in place we took that out, so that the convoy coming through later was safe. We were ambushed multiple times.
ARMY people are big time under paid. Over the years their rank structure has been made a mess of too. There are way, //way//, *WAY* too many officers! The number of officers ought to be lowered down to 25% of where it is now. That thing about veterans being sought after in the civil labor force was not true in the early 1990s, and I have no reason to suspect that it is true now.
Don't do it. Work smarter not harder. This job is fun for like the first year...then plan on getting blown up and shot at. oh and having to sign and be responsible for a ton of shit. Sappers lead the way, but we pay for it.
Engineers do everything. Depends on what's needed at the time. That guy that said they don't do combat missions doesn't know shit. During my deployment as a combat engineer, all we did was combat patrols and raid suspected enemy hideouts. Other Engineers do route clearance, just depends on what's needed like I said.
the name itself combat engineer is ironic, because most combat engineers will only see combat if they have to defend themselves, but usually there is another infantry, mechanized, or aerial detail looking out for them
@dasaxophonist lol. All these types of Army videos which shows training is made to manipulate the mind of those who are interesting in joining. I know b/c I was a 63J and I thought that I'll be doing what I saw in the videos only to find out that my main job in the U.S. Army was a janitor (detail cleaning). Glad I separated honorably.
@koolman72389 Yeah probing is fucking lame, you clear like 20 meters in a whole night, crawling in the mud until your elbows bleed, all that when it rains like hell....good times XD
@SasukeUchiha11100 yes they can. A good thing to watch is something called Mission Demolition. It goes into the training of a sapper leader and there is a woman in the class that they are following.
@flamefox5000 Uh no they cant the can be sapper trained and have the badge because of Sapper Leaders Course but women cannot sign this mos as its a combat job.
This was my life as at the 18th End. Co., 2nd Inf. Div., at Ft. Lewis WA, 2005-2006, under the leaderlessship of CPT Paul Russell and SSG Shane A. Grantham. PT, breakfast then report to CO HQ @ 0:900. Then, we were told to disappear all day. That meant, slink back to your barracks room and be quiet or we'll find something for you to do. We did this day after day, week after week, and so on. WOW. What training. You would have to be in the military to know this. They are the laziest jerks!
COM ENG clear the way for all the other MOS's lol .... they find the IED first so guess how is more likely to get blown up first! My husband is a ENG hes got 10 yrs in this shit and it is dangerous as fuck so don't let this shit fool you LOL
When my man was a combat engineer during the Cold War, stationed over in Baumberg, he got to do a demolition project in Augsburg during their 2000 year anniversary. He had a commemorative beer mug from Augsburg from that celebration; his mom has it now.
@jrAmPagE03 Yes it is a high risk MOS, they should rename it infantry engineer, because you will be trained as an engineer and infantrymen. If you want a "safe" MOS pick something in these fields 92, 15, 25, 27. Pick what you want, don't let your recruiter persuade you into some thing you do not want, its your life your in control at this point. When you go down range you lose a lot of that power to make decisions, choose your MOS wisely.
@lwbushido i want to do an MOS that wont bore me to death you know what i mean? but at the same time i dont know if being in high-risk is worth it. Like i was even thinking of doing infantry because it looks like something i want to do but the thought of being in a high-risk situation is keeping me back from it
@jrAmPagE03 I was infantry... don't be infantry do something you can use after the Army, who's going to want to hire a trained killer ? It seems cool and High speed and hooah, and it is "but" if you want a career after the military pick something like 21B, hell even a tanker has some valuable skills. There are tons of possible 31B MP is a great MOS choice, you get to do Hooah stuff while also being able to transition well into the civilian world.
@lwbushido true but i might do it as a career, and if im really motivated i might go for green berets. Or i might just do 21B which i heard is hooah too. Ohh and its 12B now, i saw the MOS's that are available after i took my ASVAB
What is the difference between a Combat Engineer Platoon and an Infantry platoon? CEs dont have a weapons platoon. I spent three years in this title. I recommend you go Infantry. That is what you really are, you are right there with the grunts, you might as well get there title. Good Luck Bobby 8TH ID 12TH Engineer Bn
Im going in Sep. 14th as a combat engineer. Super Nervous. 17 weeks of hard basic training and im wondering.....are they gonna be hard on us for that entire time?
sure.....its 17 weeks of one station training so u keep training with the same people and drill sergeants that u begin with......its gonna be basic training all the way up to ait...but it s totally worth it
I served for ten years as a Combat Engineer in the British Army and loved every minute of it.
We use to do alot of infantry training,Sapper training,trade training (i was and still am a Carpenter and joiner) Airborne training,Commando training and travelled all over the world, sometimes into combat and other times with disaster relief and what not.
No matter what country your from being a SAPPER is an international brotherhood of hard fuckers who love to drink,fight and fuck all at the same time
@stuartsbushcraftblog this is probably a very stupid question but were you always in a squad with other sappers or did you sometimes work as a lone sapper in other squads. thanks for your answer, and thanks for serving your country
@SullyIsPrime Depends on the task at hand mate, we call them sections and not squads in the British Army (made up of 6 sappers, 1 lance corporal and 1 corporal)
Sometimes you could be working as a regiment or within your Squadron (battalion), as a troop (platoon). section (squad) or in pairs or even on your own.
Sometimes your attached to an infantry battalion as engineer support, usually helping them during their patrols/asssaults with clearing mines/boobytraps,breaching and even fighting.
@stuartsbushcraftblog what did you personally carry, such as rifle, grenades, explosives, night vision maybe, the things that helped you with the job not things like canteen, thanks in advance
@SullyIsPrime depends what your doing mate. Normally we'd carry an SA80 rifle and sometimes a pistol (in Northern Ireland) but now our guys carry pretty much everything the infantry carries in Iraq and Afghanistan. All depends on the task at hand.
If your conducting some infantry training then you will carry HE grenades, WP grenades,smoke etc.
Explosives come in all sorts of premade charges or even in stick form PE-4 (or as blocks for C-4) all so sometimes your carrying AT mines or banaglores
@stuartsbushcraftblog Sometimes your carrying wirecutters or what we use to call demolition ladders for scaling obstacles or climb up bridges to attach explosives.
I cannot speak for the US Army mate but your gear will be different depending on what your doing and which unit your serving with, if your an Airborne Sapper again you carry different gear and have a different combat engineering role from say a sapper that is in an armoured engineer squadron and driving an AVRE.
ima 91B but its funny how infantry say they lead the way...but when a big fucking wall is blocking there way who is it that leads the way?? combat engineers thats who
wats the difference between this and 12b. thats what im leavin for lost in the woods this tuesday
bfal80 1 day ago
i just got this job to..im ready to leave April 9th
djbuckner22 1 week ago
LOL the guy with the upside down rifle in 0:55, hope that doesnt happen to me when i start training for this MOS
phunkypresh88 2 weeks ago 2
This is my MOS i leave july 17th for basic
MrEJDixon555 3 weeks ago
@MrEJDixon555 Good luck man have a nice time at Fort Lost in the Woods thats what they call it if you didnt know have a good time i wish i was able to go but at my age right now i cant got 4 more years until im 17 but my parents will have to sign me up. Good Luck!
LegoReviewsAndMor312 2 weeks ago
im red and green color blind and i was thinking about being a us army combat engineer. Could someone answer whether or not i can pursue this choice or if im not qualified due to being red/green colorblind
-thanks
jakethesnake90909 2 months ago
@jakethesnake90909 im gonna be 12bravo too, i leave in march to fort leanard wood for basic. i think it's required cause it could disqualify you due to the possibility to having disarm bombs and or identifying ieds'
gmee1 1 month ago
@jakethesnake90909 I ran into this same problem, I wanted to join the Army to make something of myself so I picked 12N Horizontal Construction Engineer. Its called Colorblind discrimination not saying you have to pick the job I've chosen but colorblind folks are either Medical field (except repairer), Concrete/Horizontal, Cooks, or Administrative. If you don't like sitting around don't do Adminstractive(But HR is a good civilian job), cooks=slaves, Medical is downsizing
lilrog0909 1 month ago
Here's some REAL GOTTAM for those of you who play TF2.
Blasphemisaurusaoe3 2 months ago
this is the most fucked up shit I have ever heard of... This job means that you will do route clearance and get blown up almost every dayl NOT worth your life!!! I did route clearance in Helmand Province, Afghanistan for 10 months
gijoe1586 3 months ago
@gijoe1586 How're you here if you got blown up Engineer? Or do you mean blowing up IED's?
TheBigDead0ne 3 months ago
this is the most fucked up shit I have ever heard of... This job means that you will do route clearance and get blown up almost every dayl NOT worth your life!!!
gijoe1586 3 months ago
Some of the craziest motherfuckers i've ever known picked this MOS with high 90 asvab scores.
TumisHumis 3 months ago
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covert51b1 3 months ago
Hey, where did you get this? This is my basic training CO. So weird seeing people I know in an Army video. Hotel company in the 35th engineers. I think that was 2nd platoon that made the video.
gkc0803 4 months ago
They are not pogs. My buddy is 21 bravo he says he mostly escorts convoys and marks mines/ieds for eod. He carries an m4 at all times. Doesn't sound like a pog. I'm usmc 0311 and have a lot of respect for usmc and army engineers. It's a dangerous job. Don't be an ass
nicoilschlager 5 months ago
@nicoilschlager Too bad peeps just don't realize that Grunts isn't the ONLY important job. We wouldn't be anywhere if it weren't for the engineers,air support,motor-t,etc.. Btw,99% of people shouting "eww POGs",aren't even Grunts,or Military for that matter.
TheBigDead0ne 4 months ago
army engineers are pogs
bcove90 5 months ago
@bcove90
How are they pogs? They still carry out battles.
B9Killer 5 months ago
@bcove90 are you retarded lol!
ARMA365 4 months ago
@bcove90 ' Army Engineers are pogs" ( POGs- personnel other than Grunts) u r right! , did u mean FOBets? then u r fucking wrong bro!
totoynani143 3 weeks ago
how is this job lame? Without combat engineers, the US would have lost pretty much ever war since WWI. They deal with enemy barricades, barbed wires, mines, and blown bridges. Very crucial job.
guitarhamster102 5 months ago
@guitarhamster102 Not to mention the hundreds of IED's that the pussy insurgents are placing EVERYWHERE.
gluemuncher1986 5 months ago
@guitarhamster102 I think he was just talking about the video itself. not the job, lol
SolidSnake240 5 months ago
how is this lame jackass these people risk there lives for you and ps my uncle is a combat engineer
blitzkrieg1117 5 months ago
21 bravos clear the way hooah. Fort Leonardwood damn its been soo long since ive been there. 1221 lead the way hooah
tyrantk1ll5y0u 5 months ago
Are these the guys who help tank crews repair their damaged tank in the field?
Nemanichvili 5 months ago
This video shows nothing about what a current combat engineer does, and we are nothing like MPs never say that ever again, and we lead the infantry.
derekgeditz23 5 months ago
Most Combat Engineers will more than likely be sweeping and mopping floors as oppossed to actually doing any of this.
The5thSlider 6 months ago
@The5thSlider mopping the floors?... do you know anything combat engineers do because this video tries to make it seem less combat orientated like the infantry vid. combat engineers build frontline defenses, blow up enemy bridges. clear paths through enemy mine fields by using whats called detcore (c4 made into a rope launced out and then detonated) we set mine fields when necessary too. there so much more they do aswell. with out combat engineers divisions would get bogged down to a halt.
frightner24 5 months ago
@frightner24 Its not just engineers Im a tanker in the Army and all we do is janitor work. If you join the army yiou will be a janitor regardless of mos.
The5thSlider 5 months ago
@The5thSlider dude you should know ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL DO CHORES ITS NOT ALL BING BAM BOOM
ARMA365 4 months ago
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ARMA365 4 months ago
this looks kinda gay
bigdenn93 6 months ago
@bigdenn93 It's the toughest job in the US Army bro.What are the 3 manliest things on earth? Shooting guns,building stuff and blowing shit up.Thats the life of a combat engineer.They also see as much combat as the infantry.
USNNick 5 months ago 3
It's like a mix between between MP and Infantry. Looks totally gay.
69in89 6 months ago
This my Mos too I leave in 2 weeks
Jh69921 6 months ago
this video is pretty old..... im joining the army now as a combat engineer but their 12 Brovo now instead of 21 Brovo. it got changed
frightner24 6 months ago
@frightner24 Too bad it is "Bravo" not "Brovo"
TheStealthCheetah 6 months ago
@TheStealthCheetah as long as my message gets across i dont give a shit about spelling thx but not nessesary
frightner24 6 months ago
@frightner24 How old can it be? They're wearing ACUs.
22wehtam 5 months ago
@frightner24 It's from around 04-05.Considering they're wearing acu's but still wearing the 3 colour desert vest.It wasn't changed from 21 to 12 until 1nov2009
USNNick 5 months ago
At 0:29 I though they were playing minesweeper
StreetSharks 6 months ago
Hello everyone:) I am from Bulgaria. How I can join US ARMY? Please tell me. This is my mail: ivaylodimitrov_33@yahoo.com or yahoo messenger : ivaylodimitrov_33
kafsniper1 7 months ago
yeah... i'm a combat engineer... i did none of that down range... what i did down range was drive around looking for things to blow me up... that's it...
jesterTVI 8 months ago 12
@jesterTVI lol
MrRalphnotlauren 6 months ago
@jesterTVI Hey!!! You did that too? False Advertisement much? lol
LightningForce1 2 weeks ago
You know, this doesn't say shit about route clearance. Just sayin.
goreelslow 8 months ago
@goreelslow thsi is 3 years ago alot has changed
AmericanGMS 7 months ago
Question can you become a combat engineer after being just a regular soldier?
Alexplus20 9 months ago
@Alexplus20 yes, you just need to re-class to 12b now
grtdthmetal 8 months ago
@Alexplus20
and what exactly is a regular soldier? These ARE regular soldiers...
CaptainAmerica322 7 months ago
@CaptainAmerica322 as in reserve or full time. And can you become one after being a reserve-ist basic rifleman?
Alexplus20 7 months ago
@Alexplus20
Basic rifleman doesn't exist. If you mean 11B Infantryman, then yes, you can reclass to 21B. Why not just join AS a combat engineer though? Why join as an Infantryman, and switch? No point. Infantry training and life is very tough, so why not just cut to the chase and enlist Combat Engineer, if thats what you want to do. Active OR Reserve.
CaptainAmerica322 7 months ago
@Sibs1990 Hell yeah brah! Combat Engineers are bascially (grunts with the C-4). You ARE gonna see combat. Hence the word "Combat" Engineer. Like Drumerboyz95 said you will be deployed with Infantry in aiding with construction, demolition, and mine disarming. Espicially since this war is going to migrate over to Afghanistan so its gonna be FUN BABY! And no you don't need a 4 year degree, Unless you want to be a Officer. I'm a future 1302 combat engineer officer in the USMC.
McDogginified 9 months ago
dam notice the propaganda music playing in the back ground..how cheeesey lol they could made a better documentary then that LMAO.. RESPECTS TO COMBAT ENGINEERS
husla14 9 months ago
I was a 21B back when we were called 12B/12C.. I was attatched to 6 man Ranger LRRP team, and with them I was cross trained as a medic. That was the Shit!!!
No one moves without Engineers!!!!!
Monkey21214 9 months ago
how old is to old for 21B?? what about 34 years 170# 5'10"
fastzxrbike 9 months ago
@fastzxrbike The first thing to know is- what is the age limit to be in the Army?, 2nd talk to a recruiter, take asvab test, H.S deploma?, take care of legal matters-police record, etc. They will offer a list of MOS- Military occupational specialty to you, then ASK for 21B. then you go to (osut) one station unit training-all male.its gonna be hard / challenging but its all worth it. become one of us! SAPPERS.
totoynani143 8 months ago
@fastzxrbike i went to baisic with people who were 40 in this mos, if you are mentally and physically strong, you should have no problems.
grtdthmetal 8 months ago
how old is to old for 21B??
fastzxrbike 9 months ago
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Zareste 9 months ago
@Sibs1990 no problem. i am considering being a combat engineer or a cavalry scout myself so it's always good to learn your options
DrummerBoyz95 9 months ago
@Sibs1990 combat engineers would be deployed with infantry units to aid in construction, demolition, and mine disarming. it is an enlisted position so no college degree is required
DrummerBoyz95 9 months ago
It's like they're acting?
Tsteve08 9 months ago
Drive trucks play with C4 "lift and carry heavy shit" get blown up.
predator1117 9 months ago
12B once more. Hooah.
Sukit420 10 months ago
lol around 54seconds the guy goes in with his gun upsidedown.
articking1 10 months ago 47
@articking1 I didn't see any guns. Only rifles.
TheProjectIceman 10 months ago
@TheProjectIceman your right.but nice vid.i'm joining the army so its nice to have quality videos like this one to give me an idea of a mos.thanks
articking1 10 months ago
@articking1 Yeeaaaahhhhh.... this video does the MOS absolutely no justice. I'm not a 21B but I did my basic and D35th and now I want to be a 21B so bad, but I'm stuck as a 15W unless I purposely fail out of my classes and try to become a 21B.
TheProjectIceman 10 months ago
@articking1 its a new style of shooting its more effective lol
Evilstewie831 7 months ago
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@articking1 bullshit you fucking fag fuck you
mirrorseye 7 months ago
@articking1 lol
Oscarcardena7 2 months ago
@articking1 the video changed scene before he flipped his rifle around, obviously.
TheTokkin 1 month ago
@articking1 LOL! good catch hahaah .. he derped out
A1pha2R3d 1 month ago
@1:53 the guy is retrieving his grapple. he must have been picked last for ultimate frisbee. lol
heybertyou 11 months ago
lol 1:53 Im sure hes doing something very important but looks funny
MrJoeyjunkbin 11 months ago
@MrJoeyjunkbin its a grappling hook that is suppose to catch any tripwires that may not be seen ahead.
LordChaos88 11 months ago
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@MrJoeyjunkbin its a grappling hook that is suppose to catch any tripwires that may not be seen ahead.
LordChaos88 11 months ago
@MrJoeyjunkbin grappling hook that catches any tripwires there may be
LordChaos88 11 months ago
Leaving for ft leonardwood august 1st for this mos. Very excited!
Sovietoffspring 11 months ago
@Sovietoffspring The video is outdated but you will still learn quite a bit through black phase. Oh and dont let anyone fool you, Engineers dont get anything through OSUT but its for your own good. Demo is the first week of AIT and it all pretty much sucks until you do MOUT.
dmcgrathudt 10 months ago
@Sovietoffspring Dont get 31st engineer battalion, they will fuck you up there. If you get my old unit Delta 31st you will get fucked up even more.
XxPiMPiNPiNoYxX 10 months ago
Sounds like alot of fun lol. I am going back in as an Engineer lol. Maybe I'll get to have all that fun this time around ;)
smiley00341 11 months ago
this video is so shitty lol
21b is a pretty badass mos tho
cman904xFLAX 11 months ago
I was a combat engineer with the 82nd Airborne Division, and I will tell you first hand that a combat engineers job is dangerous. While serving in iraq, anytime a convoy was coming through our area we had to go out in advance and clear their route for them. If the enemy had a ambush in place we took that out, so that the convoy coming through later was safe. We were ambushed multiple times.
jhoyboy23 1 year ago
ARMY people are big time under paid. Over the years their rank structure has been made a mess of too. There are way, //way//, *WAY* too many officers! The number of officers ought to be lowered down to 25% of where it is now. That thing about veterans being sought after in the civil labor force was not true in the early 1990s, and I have no reason to suspect that it is true now.
centurion180ad 1 year ago
Don't call me Sir, I work for a living!
I trained at Fort Lost in the Woods during the 70's
As a former Combat Engineer, the best way to describe the job, is your a grunt that knows how to blow stuff up and clear obstacles.
Good Luck
Bobby
8TH Infantry Division
palonejr 1 year ago
i was a 21b for 4 years . was in 172nd sbct for 16 months in iraq and done nothing but find i.e.d.s or let them find us. pick another m.o.s..
bo12white34 1 year ago
Would you like to know more?!
AnubisEye009 1 year ago 2
duties- blow shit up! "Its fun!"
A5runner 1 year ago
i thought combat engineers was 12 bravo from last time i was in 94-98
nando90210 1 year ago
@nando90210 We where but they changed it to 21 to help associate us to our officers, but the army is planning on changing us back to 12.
21bravo818 1 year ago
Don't do it. Work smarter not harder. This job is fun for like the first year...then plan on getting blown up and shot at. oh and having to sign and be responsible for a ton of shit. Sappers lead the way, but we pay for it.
bxexcxkxexrx 1 year ago
Engineers do everything. Depends on what's needed at the time. That guy that said they don't do combat missions doesn't know shit. During my deployment as a combat engineer, all we did was combat patrols and raid suspected enemy hideouts. Other Engineers do route clearance, just depends on what's needed like I said.
rondinsk 1 year ago
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TheDevenrocks 1 year ago
Heading to fort Leonard wood feb. 1st for this
Brpskidoomxzx 1 year ago 2
WTF! The video left out Route Clarence!?
kablerki 1 year ago
My drill sergeants were combat engineers, the sds was blown up three times..."What's it like being blown up, Privates?...it sucks."
Seksivince 1 year ago
21b are combat engineers and 21c are bridge crewman
mitchhoffman45 1 year ago
im trying to decide between being a combat engineer and a FATDS Specialist, whats better, keeping in mind i want to fight
bte53 1 year ago
What is the difference between 21B and 21C?
apayhay 1 year ago
@apayhay Female's,ha ha ha! 21c- bridge crew member.
totoynani143 8 months ago
arnt these guys zappers ?
Deadscotty667 1 year ago
why are the only people talking minority's?
misstsujisHAWT 1 year ago
the name itself combat engineer is ironic, because most combat engineers will only see combat if they have to defend themselves, but usually there is another infantry, mechanized, or aerial detail looking out for them
Kyle15bitch 1 year ago
@Kyle15bitch Ya right, people usually forget that combat engineers are infintry first, combat engineers second.
21bravo818 1 year ago
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@Kyle15bitch Ya right. People usually forget that combat engineers are infintry first, combat engineers second.
21bravo818 1 year ago
this is lame. for some reason this reminds me of the movie starship troopers
dasaxophonist 1 year ago 44
@dasaxophonist
Its a govt film, relax
rickderry8 1 year ago
@dasaxophonist lol. All these types of Army videos which shows training is made to manipulate the mind of those who are interesting in joining. I know b/c I was a 63J and I thought that I'll be doing what I saw in the videos only to find out that my main job in the U.S. Army was a janitor (detail cleaning). Glad I separated honorably.
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hambone950 1 year ago
@dasaxophonist The book version of Starship Troopers is better. The Mobile Infantry are supposed to be a combination of Armor and Airborne.
SamHagagaga 1 year ago
@dasaxophonist Its probably the music lol
JoshTheGrouch 10 months ago
@dasaxophonist fuck you prick
mirrorseye 7 months ago
@mirrorseye whats your problem?
dasaxophonist 7 months ago
you"re fucking crazy if you don't think 12B do combat missions
MrGrimdaddy 1 year ago
I hated doing the probing lmao...it hurts ur knees with an IBA on :D
koolman72389 1 year ago
@koolman72389 Yeah probing is fucking lame, you clear like 20 meters in a whole night, crawling in the mud until your elbows bleed, all that when it rains like hell....good times XD
Fefou1234 1 year ago
Can women be a sapper?
SasukeUchiha11100 1 year ago
@SasukeUchiha11100 yes they can. A good thing to watch is something called Mission Demolition. It goes into the training of a sapper leader and there is a woman in the class that they are following.
flamefox5000 1 year ago
@flamefox5000 i didnt know that, i think i actually saw that lol. Are they put in combat units?
SasukeUchiha11100 1 year ago
@SasukeUchiha11100 idk
flamefox5000 1 year ago
@flamefox5000 Uh no they cant the can be sapper trained and have the badge because of Sapper Leaders Course but women cannot sign this mos as its a combat job.
mastablasta24 1 year ago
@SasukeUchiha11100
Yes but they can't do any actual combat missions
NinjaFight50 1 year ago
i liv in australia i'v applied to join the aussie version my "you session" is on this wednesday wish me luck.
XxCRAZYxFACExX 1 year ago
@XxCRAZYxFACExX Good luck. Any ally of America has my respect
SIzemore3434 1 year ago
why do they make this so korny
walkertexasranger33 1 year ago
Army MOS 21B Combat Engineer
Private Tyrell Herrera Is my boi!
Keep up the good work guys!
Miss you Ty.
AllCityVandal1 1 year ago
After some serious consideration, I want to go for this when I enlist.
21B - Build new shit, blow up old shit.
SukhoiSu37Terminator 1 year ago
This was my life as at the 18th End. Co., 2nd Inf. Div., at Ft. Lewis WA, 2005-2006, under the leaderlessship of CPT Paul Russell and SSG Shane A. Grantham. PT, breakfast then report to CO HQ @ 0:900. Then, we were told to disappear all day. That meant, slink back to your barracks room and be quiet or we'll find something for you to do. We did this day after day, week after week, and so on. WOW. What training. You would have to be in the military to know this. They are the laziest jerks!
farrrubin 1 year ago
@farrrubin haha, true story. shamming out all day. Then you get to train up for deployment... JRTC, big field problems.... blows.
rtscaptain 10 months ago
Engineers! Sham the day!
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farrrubin 1 year ago
my older brother is in the army and is doing this.
he's coming back next week! i can't wait to see him! :)))
510breh 1 year ago
hahahaha this is a joke. i drive around iraq lol
Bi1lyB0b5k1 1 year ago
Nice!!This is my recruiter's MOS!!!!However,im a 13F,ship to Fort Sill 20101004
TeflonBTM 1 year ago
COM ENG clear the way for all the other MOS's lol .... they find the IED first so guess how is more likely to get blown up first! My husband is a ENG hes got 10 yrs in this shit and it is dangerous as fuck so don't let this shit fool you LOL
marmolejo0591 1 year ago
If I become a combat engineer, would an electric company want me?
CommanderC00L558 1 year ago
whats the difference between 21B and 21E?
kinghur 1 year ago
Who is deployed more often 11b or 21b!!
tripplenipple100 1 year ago
When my man was a combat engineer during the Cold War, stationed over in Baumberg, he got to do a demolition project in Augsburg during their 2000 year anniversary. He had a commemorative beer mug from Augsburg from that celebration; his mom has it now.
chalicechiq 1 year ago
fuck 21B, enlist MOS 1371 Marine Combat Engineer
CJDaTman 1 year ago
@CJDaTman 21B all the way.....fuck marines there nothin but brainwashed bitches
lskip89 1 year ago
its all about the 19ds kandahar in 6 months
CAVscout191 1 year ago
are combat engineers at high risk? i was told the opposite by my recruiter
jrAmPagE03 1 year ago
@jrAmPagE03 Yes it is a high risk MOS, they should rename it infantry engineer, because you will be trained as an engineer and infantrymen. If you want a "safe" MOS pick something in these fields 92, 15, 25, 27. Pick what you want, don't let your recruiter persuade you into some thing you do not want, its your life your in control at this point. When you go down range you lose a lot of that power to make decisions, choose your MOS wisely.
lwbushido 1 year ago
@lwbushido i want to do an MOS that wont bore me to death you know what i mean? but at the same time i dont know if being in high-risk is worth it. Like i was even thinking of doing infantry because it looks like something i want to do but the thought of being in a high-risk situation is keeping me back from it
jrAmPagE03 1 year ago
@jrAmPagE03 I was infantry... don't be infantry do something you can use after the Army, who's going to want to hire a trained killer ? It seems cool and High speed and hooah, and it is "but" if you want a career after the military pick something like 21B, hell even a tanker has some valuable skills. There are tons of possible 31B MP is a great MOS choice, you get to do Hooah stuff while also being able to transition well into the civilian world.
lwbushido 1 year ago
@lwbushido true but i might do it as a career, and if im really motivated i might go for green berets. Or i might just do 21B which i heard is hooah too. Ohh and its 12B now, i saw the MOS's that are available after i took my ASVAB
jrAmPagE03 1 year ago
im processing in a couple days for this job !
richOtyrant 1 year ago
just got back from basic/ait. 12b lead the way!!
rayofsunshane 1 year ago
U.S.M.C COMBAT ENGINEERS
CaptDarkStar 1 year ago
lol at :45
to "identify friendly mines"
hahaha
MrGadjetable 1 year ago
@MrGadjetable lol i dont think any of them are friendly
950rpm 1 year ago
its 12B now they switched it
theduketts 1 year ago
leavin for basic aug 4 fort leonard wood 21b
barron8856 1 year ago
palonejr 1 year ago
Also try and get a trade whilst your in and study, the Army is paying for it so use it.
stuartsbushcraftblog 1 year ago
Combat engineers they lead the way
HOOAH
Armywife0503 1 year ago
ill be on my way to BCT august 24th. for this job of course.
snake8244 1 year ago
Im going in Sep. 14th as a combat engineer. Super Nervous. 17 weeks of hard basic training and im wondering.....are they gonna be hard on us for that entire time?
88Kingofhearts 1 year ago
@88Kingofhearts
sure.....its 17 weeks of one station training so u keep training with the same people and drill sergeants that u begin with......its gonna be basic training all the way up to ait...but it s totally worth it
xavier8708 1 year ago
@88Kingofhearts Hey leaving at the same time for the same!
LatinBuzz 1 year ago
SAPPERS LEAD THE WAY!!!!!!!!!
You also get to blow shit up with PE-4 or C-4 as you yanks call it, which is fun.
stuartsbushcraftblog 1 year ago
I served for ten years as a Combat Engineer in the British Army and loved every minute of it.
We use to do alot of infantry training,Sapper training,trade training (i was and still am a Carpenter and joiner) Airborne training,Commando training and travelled all over the world, sometimes into combat and other times with disaster relief and what not.
No matter what country your from being a SAPPER is an international brotherhood of hard fuckers who love to drink,fight and fuck all at the same time
stuartsbushcraftblog 1 year ago 23
@stuartsbushcraftblog this is probably a very stupid question but were you always in a squad with other sappers or did you sometimes work as a lone sapper in other squads. thanks for your answer, and thanks for serving your country
SullyIsPrime 1 year ago
@SullyIsPrime Depends on the task at hand mate, we call them sections and not squads in the British Army (made up of 6 sappers, 1 lance corporal and 1 corporal)
Sometimes you could be working as a regiment or within your Squadron (battalion), as a troop (platoon). section (squad) or in pairs or even on your own.
Sometimes your attached to an infantry battalion as engineer support, usually helping them during their patrols/asssaults with clearing mines/boobytraps,breaching and even fighting.
stuartsbushcraftblog 1 year ago
@stuartsbushcraftblog thanks alot,
SullyIsPrime 1 year ago
@stuartsbushcraftblog what did you personally carry, such as rifle, grenades, explosives, night vision maybe, the things that helped you with the job not things like canteen, thanks in advance
SullyIsPrime 1 year ago
@SullyIsPrime depends what your doing mate. Normally we'd carry an SA80 rifle and sometimes a pistol (in Northern Ireland) but now our guys carry pretty much everything the infantry carries in Iraq and Afghanistan. All depends on the task at hand.
If your conducting some infantry training then you will carry HE grenades, WP grenades,smoke etc.
Explosives come in all sorts of premade charges or even in stick form PE-4 (or as blocks for C-4) all so sometimes your carrying AT mines or banaglores
stuartsbushcraftblog 1 year ago
@stuartsbushcraftblog Sometimes your carrying wirecutters or what we use to call demolition ladders for scaling obstacles or climb up bridges to attach explosives.
I cannot speak for the US Army mate but your gear will be different depending on what your doing and which unit your serving with, if your an Airborne Sapper again you carry different gear and have a different combat engineering role from say a sapper that is in an armoured engineer squadron and driving an AVRE.
stuartsbushcraftblog 1 year ago
@stuartsbushcraftblog thanks man
SullyIsPrime 1 year ago
I just enlisted in this!
Flash0728 1 year ago
ima 91B but its funny how infantry say they lead the way...but when a big fucking wall is blocking there way who is it that leads the way?? combat engineers thats who
Drhacker7 1 year ago
@Drhacker7 damn straight lol
cyberwaffles 1 year ago