Combat Engineer US Army History
November 20, 2019
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as posted by the channelLearn about the unique role combat engineers have played throughout every major war — and find out exactly where the term 'Sapper' comes from. There are many different MOS' or jobs in the military. 12 Bravo is the military occupational specialty designated to Combat Engineers in the Army.
Combat engineers are brave soldiers who have had important roles in various wars. In the most recent Global War on Terror they filled in a lot of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal roles in Iraq and Afghanistan. This is due to the higher volume threat of Improvised Explosive Devices in this most recent conflict.
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