Light Engineer Lessons Learned in the Contemporary Operational Environment

Abstract

While executing combat operations after a sudden deployment to Southwest Asia, light sappers of the 41st Engineer Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York, gave new meaning to the motto Essayons. Operating first in Uzbekistan and then in Afghanistan, the light engineers performed numerous construction and area clearance missions for which they had never trained. Their combat successes can only be attributed to their versatility and ingenuity, especially when tools and training for certain uncommon tasks were lacking.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA592450

Entities

People

  • Bo Arnold
  • Philip J. Dacunto

Organizations

  • United States Army Engineer School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Combat Operations
  • Construction
  • Countermobility
  • Deployment
  • Detection
  • Engineers
  • Environment
  • Explosives
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Lessons Learned
  • Small Arms
  • Task Forces
  • Training
  • Unexploded Ammunition
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare

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  • Educational Psychology
  • Military Science