Expeditionary Engineer Mission Force

Abstract

The 27th Engineer Battalion had been supporting the Global War on Terrorism on many fronts since 11 September 2001. Having provided support to the 3d Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, during an airborne seizure of an airfield in Iraq and an area mine-clearing mission for the Combined Joint Task Force-180 in Afghanistan, the battalion was now supporting the 82d Airborne Division in Iraq and a U.S. Southern Command mission in Honduras. To execute the new mission, an engineer force had to be organized using the uncommitted battalion assets and JTF combat enablers/forces to form a combined arms team that could secure the terrain and construct and sustain an FOS. The multifunctional engineer capability and deployability of the corps combat airborne organization made the 27th the unit of choice to form the nucleus of the mission force. With each line company consisting of two combat engineer platoons, a light equipment platoon, a maintenance section, and a headquarters section, flexibility is a hallmark of the force structure. Additionally, the Headquarters and Headquarters Company includes a vertical construction platoon, a medical section, a support platoon, an organizational maintenance section, a direct-support maintenance section, and staff elements that add to the battalion s multifunctionality. The deployment capabilities are also critical: an ability to strategically deploy by air, conduct a parachute insertion of equipment and personnel, and tactically move personnel and equipment by rotary-wing assets. Given the mission requirements and assets that were deployed to support other missions, an EMF using the available assets was essential. The troops that were to design the force began by using specified tasks, which were refined based on requests for information and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) data gathered from the task force.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA592454

Entities

People

  • Michael P. Crall

Organizations

  • United States Army Engineer School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Ammunition
  • Combat Forces
  • Combat Operations
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Force Protection
  • Maintenance
  • Organizational Structure
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Security
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Task Forces
  • Warfare

Readers

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