Talk:Combat engineering

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I transfered the Israeli Engineering corps into a seperate article. MathKnight 22:03, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] Picture of signaller

Sig, not engineer
Sig, not engineer

This picture is not an engineer, he is a sig (I think you Yanks say "commo guy" or something like that). There are some great pix of CEVs, but can we see if we can find a picture of a sapper doing something sapperish? Securiger 12:30, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] 21B's

Combathe has that capability and has been trained to do that. Sappers need to know this type of work to complete their mission.

Be that as it may, the guy is not a combat engineer. The picture is sourced from http://www.dix.army.mil/PAO/Post02/Nationwide/pg_5.htm and is captioned "Pfc. Raul Lugo of the 35th Signal Battalion in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, sets up communications cable." Even if he was an engineer, it's not a particularly good photo to illustrate engineer work. -- Securiger 08:44, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Field Engineer?

I noticed that field engineer redirects to the combat engineer article. Are these terms synonymous outside the US? Of the first 50 Google listings, only 3 or so seemed to point to combat brigades. The rest pointed to other areas of engineering. If no one has a reasonable objection, I will create a separate article for the broader term of field engineer, with a link pointing to combat engineer. If the term is used widely outside the US to mean combat engineer, more weight could be added to that effect. Thanks in advance for the input. Brien Clark 07:26, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Outside of the US, "field engineer" may have a military implication, but every usage I've ever heard of the term (qualifier: I am an American) has nothing to do with the military. A "field engineer" is an engineer who is involved with end-user applications of a company's products; the field engineer works with technology "in the field" rather than in the lab. To redirect "Field engineer" to "Combat engineering" is quite inappropriate. 69.226.218.90 19:23, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 21B's? I prefer what i used to be, a 12B.

I think that this article should put more emphasis on the infantry tactics we use every day. Im in Ramadi, Iraq right now, and we do the same things as infantry, conducting raids and even more, with demolitions. Overall, i agree with most that is on here, though. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.214.223.1 (talk) 16:02, 22 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] US-specific question

I was glad of the section distinguishing "military engineer" from "combat engineer", but I am puzzled by the inclusion of the link to the US Army Corps of Engineers on this rather than the former page. It looks like there are only 650 military people in the Corps, and aren't there more than 650 combat engineers in the US Army (IIRC, a battalion for every division)? I thought combat engineers were part of a different US Army branch but I don't know which. The article on sappers is helpful, but I still don't know if sappers = combat engineers or if sappers are only a subset. Straightening this out would help readers like myself. Boris B 21:13, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree. I was reading the US Army Corps of Engineers article and these engineers are not combat engineers. They seem to be civil engineers that build dams and buildings and other permanent structures. The link doesn't belong on this page.Azn Clayjar 19:38, 20 June 2007 (UTC)