Basic Job Description
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.
Duties performed by Soldiers in this MOS include:
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.
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 re trieval 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. Conducts reconnaissance operations, determines limiting slopes, curves,
stream velocity, and gap widths.
Training Information
14 weeks of One-Unit-Station Training, which combines basic training and job training all in one course, at Fort Leonard Wood, MO
ASVAB Score Required: 90 in aptitude area CO
Security Clearance: None
Strength Requirement: very heavy.
Physical Profile Requirement: 111221
Other Requirements
- Normal color vision required
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