U.S. 27h Engineer Battalion

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Brief Information

The 27th ENG (C)(A) & it's subordinate companies has often used the Ft. Bragg/XVIII Airborne Corps standard of "Airborne!" for it's motto.

It earned it's nickname of "The Tiger Battalion" for it's actions in & best remembered for its flanking maneuvers during the Vietnam era.

In 1999, The Construction Platoon of HHC 27th ENG (C)(A) created a small memorial to its own Vietnam Veterans outdoors near their mess hall in Smoke Bomb Hill, Ft. Bragg, NC.

As of OCT 1999, they had the last/only Airborne well-driller detachment/platoon left in the US Army.

Traditional Unit Motto: Munquam Otiosi {Always Busy}

Known Projects:

Among other things, the Construction Platoon of HHC 27th ENG (C)(A) has built the following:

A mock shoot-house for Urban actions training. (That was quickly placed into use by them!) A school, In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, during the construction they not only endured Hurricane Bonnie (1998), but placed plaques for their security detail on the compound they stayed at. Renonavted serval offices in their own company. Built a rappel tower at a highschool in North Carolina. Extended a runway at a municipal airport in North Carolina.

& Completed many smaller forgetten projects in & around Ft. Bragg, NC.

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