27th Engineer Battalion (United States)
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| Country | United States |
| Branch | U.S. Army |
| Garrison/HQ | Fort Bragg |
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The 27th Engineer Battalion (C)(A) and its subordinate companies has often used the Fort Bragg/XVIII Airborne Corps standard of "Airborne!" for its motto.
It earned its nickname of "The Tiger Battalion" for its actions in and 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, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
As of October 1999, they had the last/only Airborne well-driller detachment/platoon left in the United States Army.
Traditional Unit Motto: Munquam Otiosi {Always Busy}
[edit] 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.
- 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.
- Renovated several offices in their own company.
- Built a rappel tower at a high school in North Carolina.
- Extended a runway at a municipal airport in North Carolina.
