Army Careers 12B - Combat Engineer

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Uploaded by on Aug 23, 2011

Having a combination of combat ability and building skills is necessary when it comes to tackling rough terrain in combat situations. Combat Engineers primarily supervise, serve or assist as a member of a team. They provide much-needed combat effectiveness to the maneuver force by accomplishing mobility, and limited counter mobility, limited survivability and general engineering task.

Some of your duties as a Combat Engineer may include: -Construct fighting positions, for individuals and weapons
-Construction of fixed and floating bridges
-Construction of obstacles and defensive positions
-Place and detonate explosives
-Conduct obstacle breaching operations
-Conduct assault river crossing operations
-Execute target demolition
-Prepare and install firing systems for demolition and explosives
-Detect mines by visual means or by using a mine detector
-Prepare route clearance operations - RG-31, husky, Buffalo

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  • leave for leonard wood this tuesday hooah!

  • Best job there is in the Army. But have fun trying to get a civilian job related to it. Not as easy as they make it sound in the video. Was a 12B for a long long time.

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  • hi i'm thinking about becoming an army SAPPER, and was wondering what is the MOS for sappers, i heard it was 12B combat engineer but wasn't sure.

  • yeah i wanted to do this till they told me id be looking for mines ......... my luck they'll give me a hammer and say good luck

  • @bwest1869

    What about Heavy equipment operator? Thats one... General construction, carpentry...

  • @infowazz Never was stationed at Hood. Plus you are off by quit a few years of service.

  • @PVTAJB93 exactly, they updated this MOS big time

  • @SecurityGuy42 was 12B in 95-98, drove an APC in Fort Hood. no combat experience. back then it was totally different compared to this. it was peacetime and the funds weren't there i guess. war is a racket anyways.

  • @mrAK95 you are absolutely right. It pisses me off to no end just thinking about.

  • eod, infantry, and every engineering mos built in one lol

    

  • @BlindReaper74 hope to god your ait isnt at hotel 554 or alpha 554...just saying..

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