I’m a combat engineer, we don’t do much building besides wire obstacles. We mostly do movements, breaches, and assault missions. Every 12B is an engineer, but not every engineer is a 12B
I served with a 12bravo who was attached to my squad as a backfill. Those guys are experts in explosives, really good dudes in my experience who have a lot of pride in their job.
@kloic 1 i beg to differ. Check out the battle of Alseia or more importantly the battle of Dyrrachium. Both caeser and pompey constructed more than trenches and pikes. The amount of walls, battlements, fortified camps would have been astounding to medieval Europeans. They did it with precision and efficiency that just didnt exists in medieval times in my opinion.
Combat engineers are essentially infantry with explosives training. Sappers become expects in field expedient explosives and advanced demolitions. I went to both Ranger and Sapper schools. I can tell you sapper school was harder. It requires more brain work and problem solving with small units tactics. Most construction is taken care of by constitution engineers, we primarily only do basic fortifications and are all trained to support bridge operations.
Actually, its the RANGERS that "lead the way". Combat Engineers "clear the way" so the Rangers can do their thing. 2nd Inf Div, 2nd Combat Engineers, Camp Castle, Korea 1981-1982!
I was a corpsman with Marine engineers. I was always happy to help with the explosives part, even though it was total bullshit that I didn't get explosive pay.
Be safe! My son was part of the 819th, FOB Apache, 2012 - 2013. Know that if/when you come under fire, training WILL kick in and you WILL kick ass!!! Thanks so much for what you do!
Don’t forget that combat engineers go as far back as the days of the Roman legions. Roman troops were known for building bridges and fortifications, while being able to pick up sword and shield and fight effectively in combat.
In Denmark we're called pioneers, because we make it possible for the infantry to advance, which is often done by sneaking in on key locations and blowing up infrastructure, in advance of a major offensive. When the infantry is advancing, we're up there ready with our explosives and rifles, when the infantry are sleeping... We are out deploying mines or obstacles in the cover of night ^^ We got a guy who used to be infantry, according to him we're getting a lot less sleep, but at the same time we do get "off" time.... In that there's not much for us to do, once the infantry decides to dig in - at that point we just occupy a flank and standby for new orders.
That’s because most of don’t really do our assigned duties. Doesn’t take a genius to fill hescos, and smack nails into wood, you can get pretty much anyone to do it. I’m a 12W and what we do when we deploy is basically get attached to a combat engineer unit, and do their dirty work. In theory we’re supposed to build these little mobile hand made bunkers, and big ass ditches for Brads and abrams to pop in and out of. We’ve got the carpenters and stuff in one platoon, the heavy equipment guys for the ditches, a third with a random mix of spare guys with the weird MOS to pull security then a headquarters section that’s supposed to have their own gear but doesn’t.
Actually I think the term sapper goes back way further than wwi as you mentioned. It actually has medieval origins. During a castle siege sappers would try to dig under a castle wall to weaken it until it collapsed. It's also where we get the terms undermine and underpin.
I'll never forget trying to drive pickets through the thin soil and hitting rock while in Germany. We'd spend 24 hours laying out a minefield, just to spend another night picking them all up after the mock battle. Yes, a very physically demanding MOS. The only bridge I touched was the Bailey we built in 12B school. 12C's were the dedicated bridge builders when I was in.
My favorite army engineering feat has to be back when Rome was at war with Carthage, who was the naval super power at the time. Rome had a limited navy but because their engineering legions they were able to construct an entire fleet from scratch in a short amount of time to face the Carthaginian fleet, not only that but they ended up out numbering the Carthaginian fleet as well. Btw since fleets typically suffered high losses in battle they ended up pulling this off multiple times!
My son was part of a Sapper squad, did route clearance. Not a day went by that I didn't pray for his (his squad's and all our military's) safe return. I still wear a red shirt on Fridays. Sapper comes from the French word, sappeur. It means to zig zag all over the frickin' place, making the enemy think that they're drunk and not a threat.
My father was an Army Combat Engineer in the Pacific during WW2. He cleared beaches for the Marine Corps on Guam. Was also involve in a lot of cave fighting on both Guam and Okinawa.
Thanks for teaching me more about the military. I always end up with vets and it is helpful to become more knowledgeable of the branches, sayings, jobs, etc.
Essayons! 12B from 2006-2014. I still miss it. Important distinction is that Combat Engineers basically specialize in mobility and counter-mobility. Mobility may include building bridges, clearing minefields and wire obstacles, breaching, route clearance, and route recon which includes verifying the capabilities or a road like grade of hills, sharpness of corners and weight capacity of bridges. Counter-mobility includes emplacing mine fields/wire obstacles, blowing up bridges, blowing up roads, etc. On top of that we are capable of everything infantry does. This is why engineers lead the way.
I just got my 12B MOS today with airborne school included in my contract. I sign/swear in this Friday and the expected ship out date they gave me is the 18th of Feb and I start basic/training Feb 28th I will serve my country with pride and determination to get the job done Hooah!
Honestly you are probably going to Charlie Company 31st EN BN, if you go there your AIT will be easy, if you go to Bravo Company 31st, may god have mercy on your soul
My great uncle was a combat engineer with the First Cavalry in WWII. He didn't like to talk about it, but when he did it basically sounded like infantry that could blow shit to hell
First video on my recommendations! Was happy too watch. I signed up as EOD specialist and Combat Diver for the Canadian Armed Forces. waiting for next the course to go for training.
I spent a brief time in a pioneer unit in the Norwegian Royal Guards in the late '90s. We learned to build various obstacles, and some basic demolitions.
Enjoyed my tour of duty in the 9th Engineers Aburg Germany , 14th Engineers Fort Ord Ca , 820th Engineers San Pablo California , 6 years and performed my job with professionalism and honor.
I can remember that we had A&B or A&O platoons. Assault and Battery or Assault and Obstacle, but the official name was Mobility and Counter Mobility platoon, or MCM. Still liked the A&B name.
@@noah3762 that the funny part, the line platoons show up in the motorpool mondays, then the Nintendo Olympics the rest of the week, while we were fixing AVLBs, Miclics, ACES, see trucks. Or seeing who could move a caulk block with the end of the bridge without crushing it
@@SgtTank i thought it was one was always working, the rest broken. Still runnings them as a two man crew dig refuel pull plates tighten lines trade out crew was the bast way to run them. 8th eng did that at NTC once and just shocked everyone.
My unit's AVLB's were so old the serial numbers on two of them were '00007' and '00009'. No joke. The infantry and armor get the money first and what's left over went to us cannon fodder engineers.
Negative the Marines are not first in battle check out semper lie on TH-cam and youll see whos first to fight its none other then the daddy of them all yours truly the US ARMY.
DRAFTED, 1958-1960 US Army Hq&HQ Co. 27th Engineer Batt. (Combat) Support 101st Airborne, General Westmoreland. Ft Campbell Ky. Mos. designation Then 443.10, Battalion Machinist. Was a Machinist in Civilian life. Responsible for Duce and a Half, Mobile Machine Shop. Best job in the military. Main responsibilities. Make Ashtrays out of Diesel Engine Pistons, Swagger Sticks out of pool Ques, Brass Gear shift knobs for officers Jeeps. :O) We did a lot of neat stuff in Engr. basic training. Explosives training was one of the coolest. We blew up everything that didn't move! :O) We built a Timber Trestle bridge with all new material. Next week blew it up into bran new, tooth picks.
Combat Engineers are grunts with Explosives.. armed the same as infantry and pull their own security, attack enemy strong points and fortify the battlefield!
@@mettugran it was 21b when i joined. I think it wad 2009 or 2010 when they switched it to 12b. I personally think some staff officer was dyslexic and inverted the numbers and the rest of it just had to go along with it. Thats kinda how the army works. Anyways take care buddy. God bless.👍🇺🇸🍺🍺🇺🇸👍
@@nicholasemerson9852 DA changed it from 12B to 21B in 2003 -- while I was in Kuwait with the 3rd ID, waiting to cross the berm into Iraq -- and then changed it back to 12B around the time you said, which did nothing but confuse a lot of people. The reason was because before 2003, some engineering MOS's started with 12 but others started with 21, like engineer officer, which had always been 21A. So DA changed them all to 21 so they would all be the same, but then went backsies a few years later and changed them all to 12 instead.
"Infantry leads the way... after the Engineers have made sure it's safe!" Hey, I was 11B in Active Duty and then a 12B in Reserves, so there. There's also a webcomic about Reserve Engineers that get sent to Iraq, called "BOHICA Blues".
Marine sappers don’t eat crayons, they eat C4. C4 stands for “Crayons - level 4” or “Composition Crayons 4” after all, right? Lol! 😉 Semper Fi Devil Dogs!
I have a Honorable Discharge with TxANG, 12B. Learned that able to accomplish multiple tasks. 12B are within the Corp of Engineers, am Very Thankful have had received their training.
Former infantryman 0311 from Marine Corp. now a SSG in SFAB as a explosives hazard advisor(89D/12B slot). I was in a sapper company and 12B don’t build shit except wire obstacles which is also a basic infantry task. A sapper company embeds with infantry as enablers for breaching, and booby trap clearance. I’m a master breacher so as a squad leader I’d take my squad and become a 3rd or 4th squad in an infantry plt and we go fuck shit up and breach when needed. Until then while acting sqdldr I’d jsut be I the fight until we have an obstacle. They have 12C now that build bridges and 12N are the guys you are thinking about that builds fortifications and such things. YUT
Here we are at misery, Ft Leonard Wood. "File from the left, column left," said the Sergeant, We didn't know we could. We're gonna to be Engineers, for our Uncle Sam. So, we can fight those World War Twos, Koreas, Vietnams. [Chorus] Cause we are, Mountain Movers - Mountain Movers, Castle on fire. Weapons and equipment and man-power. Yeeaah! Nothing is too hard for us and nothing can't be done. Just tell us where we have to go, we'll do it on the run. [Chorus ends] Hey, Mr President, tell us that we can. Fight for freedom and liberate oppressed lands. Over hill, over dale, we hit the dusty trail. Drive on Sergeant, you we'll never fail. [Chorus] [Cadence with marching background] Drill Instructor: Left, left, left right. Troops: Always first! Drill Instructor: Left, left, left, right. Troops: Bridge the gap! Drill Instructor: Left, left, left, right. Troops: Breech the wall! Drill Instructor: Left, left, left, right. Troops: Shoot to kill! [Cadence and Marching Fades] Drill Instructor: Left, left, left, right. Left, left, left, right. Left, left, left, right. Engineer's Song (C) by William Cooper
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I would like to see a deeper dive into the Sappers, it's an elite school with a high attrition rate. These guys don't get enough credit by a long shot and they're held in the same regard as someone that has a Ranger tab; even higher by those that wear both Ranger/Sapper.
Have a look at the 79th Armoured Brigade "Hobart's Funnies". I do need to visit the Royal Engineers Museum in Chatham (but it's in Chatham, yuk!) If you want a fine example of Cromwellian sapper handiwork, look no further than Corfe Castle in Dorset (not far from TE Lawrence's House at Cloud's Hill and The Tank Museum, Bovington.) There you go Cappy, that's your summer holiday sorted.
Was a C series and we had our sappers and when in Iraq we pulled security, recon, cleared a few rooms and mine detection. So, just cause your a charlie doesn't mean your not a combat engineer..
I’m a Seabee andddd that pretty much outlines exactly what we do lmaoooo just we’re not EOD shit we actually have enough people in our branch for that job haha
Joshua Clay Im 28 and currently considering changing fields from the automotive repair industry. In your opinion would that be kind of old to enlist? I’ve been considering a couple Seabee rates.
Sappers are an ancient concept, maybe even from the Roman age, they dig under walls to... well... undermine it. They use rotting carcasses and stuff them under said tunnels under the walls and then ignite the methane build up to make it go boom. Or simply enough, just burn the props that hold the tunnel walls to cave it in, bringing down the fortification walls.
It’s a little diff in sapper unit. I’m prior Marine 0311 infantry rifleman. In a sapper unit it’s directly embedded with maneuver elements ie. infantry platoons. Making use of manual, ballistic, explosive and thermal breach methods. I myself am a master breacher and subterranean breacher as well. Sapper units don’t do route clearance and act as infantry squads embedded and fight the fight allowing mobility and assaults to gain footholds and follow on assaults. 💪🏽
I wish you had some footage of ww2 combat engineers. My grandfather was a T5 in the U.S. Army and died during an ambush in Rambouilet, France. He is buried in France.
I’m a combat engineer, we don’t do much building besides wire obstacles. We mostly do movements, breaches, and assault missions. Every 12B is an engineer, but not every engineer is a 12B
It’s the other way around
@@iPepy There are other engineer MOS designations so it’s correct as is.
I served with a 12bravo who was attached to my squad as a backfill. Those guys are experts in explosives, really good dudes in my experience who have a lot of pride in their job.
Essayons
Sappers lead the way
@kloic 1 before that too. The Roman soldier was half combat engineer half infantry.
@kloic 1 i beg to differ. Check out the battle of Alseia or more importantly the battle of Dyrrachium. Both caeser and pompey constructed more than trenches and pikes. The amount of walls, battlements, fortified camps would have been astounding to medieval Europeans. They did it with precision and efficiency that just didnt exists in medieval times in my opinion.
@kloic 1 not modern combat engineering yes. But ancient world combat engineering it most certainly was.
Combat engineers are essentially infantry with explosives training. Sappers become expects in field expedient explosives and advanced demolitions. I went to both Ranger and Sapper schools. I can tell you sapper school was harder. It requires more brain work and problem solving with small units tactics.
Most construction is taken care of by constitution engineers, we primarily only do basic fortifications and are all trained to support bridge operations.
THANK YOU! Being both 1st element and support is mind numbingly difficult lol.
And that’s why Engineers lead the way.
Pog
Sea bees are the guys that ask the marines, "What took you so long?"
20th Brigade! I was 37th Combat Engineers (C)(A) back in the ‘90’s (when they were under the 20th).
Actually, its the RANGERS that "lead the way".
Combat Engineers "clear the way" so the Rangers can do their thing.
2nd Inf Div, 2nd Combat Engineers, Camp Castle, Korea 1981-1982!
Essayons
the good old combat engineers, or as we like to call them "Drunks with Explosives!"
I have a shirt that says exactly that
drunkards with dynamite
I was a corpsman with Marine engineers. I was always happy to help with the explosives part, even though it was total bullshit that I didn't get explosive pay.
Drunkards with dynamite.
Pogs
Proud SAPPER DADDY
You got that big boy tab ? Right on!
I like the video I’m a 12B in a route clearance company right now actually
Awesome man keep up the good work !
Ooooo what unit my man? I’m 3id
Be safe! My son was part of the 819th, FOB Apache, 2012 - 2013.
Know that if/when you come under fire, training WILL kick in and you WILL kick ass!!!
Thanks so much for what you do!
Thank you for risking your life to protect your fellows soldiers and all the civilians back home
Don’t forget that combat engineers go as far back as the days of the Roman legions. Roman troops were known for building bridges and fortifications, while being able to pick up sword and shield and fight effectively in combat.
In Denmark we're called pioneers, because we make it possible for the infantry to advance, which is often done by sneaking in on key locations and blowing up infrastructure, in advance of a major offensive.
When the infantry is advancing, we're up there ready with our explosives and rifles, when the infantry are sleeping... We are out deploying mines or obstacles in the cover of night ^^
We got a guy who used to be infantry, according to him we're getting a lot less sleep, but at the same time we do get "off" time.... In that there's not much for us to do, once the infantry decides to dig in - at that point we just occupy a flank and standby for new orders.
My engineer unit was way different, we never built shit and acted more in line with an infantry unit that happen to have explosives
What unit were you in?
So a bunch of crackheads with bombs?
@@iguessthisisnowmyname2258 basically XD
That’s because most of don’t really do our assigned duties. Doesn’t take a genius to fill hescos, and smack nails into wood, you can get pretty much anyone to do it. I’m a 12W and what we do when we deploy is basically get attached to a combat engineer unit, and do their dirty work. In theory we’re supposed to build these little mobile hand made bunkers, and big ass ditches for Brads and abrams to pop in and out of. We’ve got the carpenters and stuff in one platoon, the heavy equipment guys for the ditches, a third with a random mix of spare guys with the weird MOS to pull security then a headquarters section that’s supposed to have their own gear but doesn’t.
Our Engrs in Fiji will revert to infantry ops if there is no specific Engr role to fulfill....
Always good to see combat engineers in the spot light.
Thanks for keeping vintage films the proper 4x3 aspect ratio!
our editor Rebecca is great at keeping the footage looking good
Actually I think the term sapper goes back way further than wwi as you mentioned. It actually has medieval origins. During a castle siege sappers would try to dig under a castle wall to weaken it until it collapsed. It's also where we get the terms undermine and underpin.
It's origins is French and comes from their word (sapier) for undermining or to breach a wall or fortification.
Engineer: Spy is sapp'n mah dispenser!!
SPahS SaPpiNG MY SenTrY!!
yUR AH looooNG wAy frOom fRance!
"Broadly speaking, sappers are equally at home building things as they are blowing them up."
Sounded familiar
Halo Reach quote right?
@@nothinggood2696 yep
I was a Combat Engineer in the 80's. It was a hard MOS. Concertina, bridges, etc. . Building them was exhausting work,
I'll never forget trying to drive pickets through the thin soil and hitting rock while in Germany. We'd spend 24 hours laying out a minefield, just to spend another night picking them all up after the mock battle. Yes, a very physically demanding MOS. The only bridge I touched was the Bailey we built in 12B school. 12C's were the dedicated bridge builders when I was in.
@@tomservo5347 I was stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood. Ugh! We went back to the same training sites I spent building bridges in AIT.
My favorite army engineering feat has to be back when Rome was at war with Carthage, who was the naval super power at the time.
Rome had a limited navy but because their engineering legions they were able to construct an entire fleet from scratch in a short amount of time to face the Carthaginian fleet, not only that but they ended up out numbering the Carthaginian fleet as well. Btw since fleets typically suffered high losses in battle they ended up pulling this off multiple times!
Sounds fucking awesome
My son was part of a Sapper squad, did route clearance. Not a day went by that I didn't pray for his (his squad's and all our military's) safe return. I still wear a red shirt on Fridays.
Sapper comes from the French word, sappeur. It means to zig zag all over the frickin' place, making the enemy think that they're drunk and not a threat.
It's possible we were really drunk.
My unit earned the nickname gypsy from the other units while in afghanistan because were were all over eastern Afghanistan.
My father was an Army Combat Engineer in the Pacific during WW2. He cleared beaches for the Marine Corps on Guam. Was also involve in a lot of cave fighting on both Guam and Okinawa.
Forgotten weapons actually did an episode on a shovel bayonet awhile ago.
The trowel bayonet,very useful for the time period
Thanks for teaching me more about the military. I always end up with vets and it is helpful to become more knowledgeable of the branches, sayings, jobs, etc.
A 12 Fox veteran myself. Drove M548 ammo carrier and M728 CEV while at Fort Stewart GA in the late eighties. Good times!
Miss those tank gunneries!
I was also a 12F at Hood from 94 to about 96, then we all changed to 12Bs..no regrets, was the best!!
Essayons! 12B from 2006-2014. I still miss it. Important distinction is that Combat Engineers basically specialize in mobility and counter-mobility. Mobility may include building bridges, clearing minefields and wire obstacles, breaching, route clearance, and route recon which includes verifying the capabilities or a road like grade of hills, sharpness of corners and weight capacity of bridges. Counter-mobility includes emplacing mine fields/wire obstacles, blowing up bridges, blowing up roads, etc. On top of that we are capable of everything infantry does. This is why engineers lead the way.
In the civil war they had shovels attached to guns...
“Spade bayonets”
The “Forgotten Weapons” channel on here has a great video about them
I just got my 12B MOS today with airborne school included in my contract. I sign/swear in this Friday and the expected ship out date they gave me is the 18th of Feb and I start basic/training Feb 28th
I will serve my country with pride and determination to get the job done Hooah!
Honestly you are probably going to Charlie Company 31st EN BN, if you go there your AIT will be easy, if you go to Bravo Company 31st, may god have mercy on your soul
@@matthewdavis6346 😂 well either way I'll have to get through it
ah yes, fort lost in the woods. delta dragons best company
@@Tatertots1911 oh god ur one of those weirdos
Im currently in Delta 31st
Delta dragons. So far they are the best haha! Bravo picks up in january. My cycle ends on valentines day
I got out of basic In October I was a d35 down in Leonardwood just remember st range 33"if you fall in the hole you become part of range 33"
“Rifle with a shovel attached” *trowel bayonet wants to know your location*
12B here. Route Clearance Afghanistan 2014-2015. Anyone with a TBI give this comment a like.
thanks for watching and for the job well done over there
Imperator Augustus Sappers Lead The Way
Pog
we sure do got TBI lol XD
10-11 OEF Kandahar/ Ghazni Sappers Lead the Way
My great uncle was a combat engineer with the First Cavalry in WWII. He didn't like to talk about it, but when he did it basically sounded like infantry that could blow shit to hell
Ah yes. 12B. I remember my time in the army as a combat landscaper.
First video on my recommendations! Was happy too watch. I signed up as EOD specialist and Combat Diver for the Canadian Armed Forces. waiting for next the course to go for training.
Congrats! Starting my BMQ soon for RegF Combat Engineer! Hoping to go Combat Diver myself
Good luck man, i signed op for pantser combat engineer in the dutch armed forces, good luck. I heard diving was an nice job
So pumped, become a 12b soon leave for basic in July
Enjoy garrison fellow combat landscaper
Sorry to hear that bro. I could not breath once it got to be june at FLW
@Greg Roy lol from Michigan so used to very hot summers as it can get up to 100 degrees her in the summer sometimes lol
I spent a brief time in a pioneer unit in the Norwegian Royal Guards in the late '90s. We learned to build various obstacles, and some basic demolitions.
🎵My father was a miner in the upper Malamute. My mother was a waitress in a house of ill repute.🎵
1:43 improvised Bangers!🔥
Let's be honest, Bangalore torpedoes are glorified pipe bombs.
Enjoyed my tour of duty in the 9th Engineers Aburg Germany , 14th Engineers Fort Ord Ca , 820th Engineers San Pablo California , 6 years and performed my job with professionalism and honor.
I can remember that we had A&B or A&O platoons. Assault and Battery or Assault and Obstacle, but the official name was Mobility and Counter Mobility platoon, or MCM. Still liked the A&B name.
Brett J A&O also stands for Assholes and Overweights ! 😂
@@noah3762 that the funny part, the line platoons show up in the motorpool mondays, then the Nintendo Olympics the rest of the week, while we were fixing AVLBs, Miclics, ACES, see trucks. Or seeing who could move a caulk block with the end of the bridge without crushing it
@@SgtTank i thought it was one was always working, the rest broken. Still runnings them as a two man crew dig refuel pull plates tighten lines trade out crew was the bast way to run them. 8th eng did that at NTC once and just shocked everyone.
Proud to have been a Sapper in the Corps of Royal Engineers UBIQUE
Just enlisted as a 12 Bravo. Cannot wait for training.
Thanks for showing us 12Bs some love. God knows the Army doesnt 😂
Essayons
My unit's AVLB's were so old the serial numbers on two of them were '00007' and '00009'. No joke. The infantry and armor get the money first and what's left over went to us cannon fodder engineers.
Got offered with 12B but I still choose 11B before enlisting .No regrets but still respect these guys.💪
The Marines may be first to the battle but they call the Engineers when they run into a problem. ESSEYONS!
Negative the Marines are not first in battle check out semper lie on TH-cam and youll see whos first to fight its none other then the daddy of them all yours truly the US ARMY.
DRAFTED, 1958-1960 US Army Hq&HQ Co.
27th Engineer Batt. (Combat)
Support 101st Airborne, General Westmoreland. Ft Campbell Ky.
Mos. designation Then 443.10,
Battalion Machinist.
Was a Machinist in Civilian life.
Responsible for Duce and a Half, Mobile Machine Shop.
Best job in the military. Main responsibilities. Make Ashtrays out of Diesel Engine Pistons, Swagger Sticks out of pool Ques, Brass Gear shift knobs for officers Jeeps. :O)
We did a lot of neat stuff in Engr. basic training. Explosives training was one of the coolest. We blew up everything that didn't move! :O)
We built a Timber Trestle bridge with all new material. Next week blew it up into bran new, tooth picks.
Combat Engineers are grunts with Explosives.. armed the same as infantry and pull their own security, attack enemy strong points and fortify the battlefield!
Former 21b/12b RCP (Route clearance platoon) OEF. ESSAYONS.
Hope you liked the video ! Engineers clear the way
@@Taskandpurpose loved it. Thank you for taking the time to make it. Much appreciated.
Nicholas Emerson
So few know of that 21b tho👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
@@mettugran it was 21b when i joined. I think it wad 2009 or 2010 when they switched it to 12b. I personally think some staff officer was dyslexic and inverted the numbers and the rest of it just had to go along with it. Thats kinda how the army works. Anyways take care buddy. God bless.👍🇺🇸🍺🍺🇺🇸👍
@@nicholasemerson9852 DA changed it from 12B to 21B in 2003 -- while I was in Kuwait with the 3rd ID, waiting to cross the berm into Iraq -- and then changed it back to 12B around the time you said, which did nothing but confuse a lot of people. The reason was because before 2003, some engineering MOS's started with 12 but others started with 21, like engineer officer, which had always been 21A. So DA changed them all to 21 so they would all be the same, but then went backsies a few years later and changed them all to 12 instead.
"Infantry leads the way... after the Engineers have made sure it's safe!" Hey, I was 11B in Active Duty and then a 12B in Reserves, so there.
There's also a webcomic about Reserve Engineers that get sent to Iraq, called "BOHICA Blues".
Our cadence went 'Pick up your weapon and follow me, we lead the infantry.'
ENGINEERS CLEAR THE WAY! ESSAYONS! 🏰🏰🏰🏰
Surprised that the Marines, the guys who eat crayons, have their own sappers. :p
Well, someone has to make the crayons from shit they find.
Honestly, if you can eat crayons, you are the supeiour soilder.
Marine sappers don’t eat crayons, they eat C4. C4 stands for “Crayons - level 4” or “Composition Crayons 4” after all, right? Lol! 😉 Semper Fi Devil Dogs!
Thanks great MOS. 1975-1978 81-82 DAV 2nd D, 5th Div (Mech) ,Yankee Div NG
Proud to be a Sapper
“Ubique”
🇬🇧
REspect [from a British Sapper - we are trained etc. differently - First sappers specifically in Britain were noted in 1066 I believe ]
I've heard that William the Bastard carried prefab fortifications with him during his invasion.👍
Im just about to join 12B! Sounds really fun and good to me
I have a Honorable Discharge with TxANG, 12B. Learned that able to accomplish multiple tasks. 12B are within the Corp of Engineers, am Very Thankful have had received their training.
So glad I chose this mos. I am a sound engineer I create sounds and shape them, I ship out to basic February 8th
Former infantryman 0311 from Marine Corp. now a SSG in SFAB as a explosives hazard advisor(89D/12B slot). I was in a sapper company and 12B don’t build shit except wire obstacles which is also a basic infantry task. A sapper company embeds with infantry as enablers for breaching, and booby trap clearance. I’m a master breacher so as a squad leader I’d take my squad and become a 3rd or 4th squad in an infantry plt and we go fuck shit up and breach when needed. Until then while acting sqdldr I’d jsut be I the fight until we have an obstacle. They have 12C now that build bridges and 12N are the guys you are thinking about that builds fortifications and such things. YUT
12N shipping dec 29th to fort Leonardwood I cant wait baby 🤘
ajgray21 fuckin pog
PimpdaddyG97 you mad you low iq incest fuck? 12N is a bad ass ducking job and he can transfer to the civilian side and make fucking bank!
That’s dope as fuck man, I’m a 12N my self and it is truly one of the best things I have ever done! Engineers pave the motherfucking wave
Ah combat engineer use throughout history, tunnelling castle walls, trenches used in the New Zealand wars by the Maori.
Hell ya! Cant wait for osut in june
best of luck in boot camp , keep your head down and follow the orders being shouted at you and you'll be good
@@Taskandpurpose ok thanks!
0351 here and damn those engineers. The ones we had always fell out with the apobs and they said they "knew" how to use a smaw. They could hit shit.
if college fall through for me, i've already decided that this is what i'm doing.
Don’t waste your time an money that you probably don’t have with college.
Military will put you thru college after you do some time. Good luck !
We lead the way ! Man I miss it sometimes
I love how they changed it to 21b and back just to avoid confusion
0:40 *happy but muffled Death Korps of Krieg noises*
"Look at this wonderful bridge I made."
"Oh, that's pretty cool."
"Yeah...wanna see me blow it up?"
x+5
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x+2!
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Pablo.gonzales has left the game
Wait is pablo Gonzales a boy? Coz I’ve seen him twice and thought he was a normal player
Here we are at misery,
Ft Leonard Wood.
"File from the left, column left," said the Sergeant,
We didn't know we could.
We're gonna to be Engineers, for our Uncle Sam.
So, we can fight those World War Twos, Koreas, Vietnams.
[Chorus]
Cause we are, Mountain Movers - Mountain Movers, Castle on fire.
Weapons and equipment and man-power.
Yeeaah!
Nothing is too hard for us and nothing can't be done.
Just tell us where we have to go, we'll do it on the run.
[Chorus ends]
Hey, Mr President, tell us that we can.
Fight for freedom and liberate oppressed lands.
Over hill, over dale, we hit the dusty trail.
Drive on Sergeant, you we'll never fail.
[Chorus]
[Cadence with marching background]
Drill Instructor:
Left, left, left right.
Troops:
Always first!
Drill Instructor:
Left, left, left, right.
Troops:
Bridge the gap!
Drill Instructor:
Left, left, left, right.
Troops:
Breech the wall!
Drill Instructor:
Left, left, left, right.
Troops:
Shoot to kill!
[Cadence and Marching Fades]
Drill Instructor:
Left, left, left, right.
Left, left, left, right.
Left, left, left, right.
Engineer's Song
(C)
by William Cooper
Nice to see us get credit. 302 nd. Eng. Btl. 77 the division.
I trained with a bunch of 12 Bravo's, me being a 12 Charlie they always have me shit 😂 Good guys, the lot of them
GOD ( Father, Son,Holy Spirit) Bless Army, Marine Corps Combat Engineers and Navy SeaBees..... SAPPER SUPERINTENSIFIED!!🇺🇸🦅🗽🔫🗡️⚔️💣💥🔥☠️💀
Hell yaw! thanks for watching man
@@Taskandpurpose , Please and Thank You, Keep On Keeping On making such Awesome Possum Videos like these. I AM a 50 Year Old Veteran of The Marine Corps and Army, a Widower, Grandfather, and a aficionado of all things Military. I really and truly appreciate Your Service in The Army, and, I enjoy having an education on the I2( Information and Intelligence) that comes with these videos. I AM going to recommend to My Identical Twin Brother , a Former MARINE 0311/0321( Infantry Rifleman and Reconnaissance Marine) that He subscribe to Task & Purpose, and get and stay abreast on MKO ( Military Knowledge). Rodriguez, Out!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🗽🔫❤️🗡️⚔️💣💥🔥☠️💀
12B in wildflecken 76 to 79
Worked hard played hard
54th co D
I would like to see a deeper dive into the Sappers, it's an elite school with a high attrition rate. These guys don't get enough credit by a long shot and they're held in the same regard as someone that has a Ranger tab; even higher by those that wear both Ranger/Sapper.
Once a sapper always a sapper.
From Australia
Why’d I let my recruiter talk me out of this. 😂
Why did I let MEPS talk me into this... LOL
Have a look at the 79th Armoured Brigade "Hobart's Funnies". I do need to visit the Royal Engineers Museum in Chatham (but it's in Chatham, yuk!) If you want a fine example of Cromwellian sapper handiwork, look no further than Corfe Castle in Dorset (not far from TE Lawrence's House at Cloud's Hill and The Tank Museum, Bovington.) There you go Cappy, that's your summer holiday sorted.
Best military channel I’ve seen 🙌🏻
Sappers Lead the Way baby
this channel is a blast
Was a C series and we had our sappers and when in Iraq we pulled security, recon, cleared a few rooms and mine detection. So, just cause your a charlie doesn't mean your not a combat engineer..
proud seabee
They deserve there own video !
@@Taskandpurpose get on it!
This is gold my favorite
You showed a clip of a miclic when you were talking about Bangalore torpedos
I’m a Seabee andddd that pretty much outlines exactly what we do lmaoooo just we’re not EOD shit we actually have enough people in our branch for that job haha
Joshua Clay what rate do you have and how do you like it?
SlowCarFast. I am a CM, and I really enjoy it ! Thanks for asking
Joshua Clay Im 28 and currently considering changing fields from the automotive repair industry. In your opinion would that be kind of old to enlist? I’ve been considering a couple Seabee rates.
I was a SW '90-'94. Loved my time as a Seabee. Can Do.
I am surprisesed the course is so short.
In World War II, engineers blew bridges to slow down the German advance during the Battle of the Bulge.
Great vid 👍
I started as a 12B, 4 yrs army, then went to the navy and became a Seabee 5 more years
Thats what I did in the Army Engineer/Airborne.
i was in the 571st sapper company, we did a lot of route clearance in Afghanistan
An APOB and a Bangalore torpedo are two completely different things
Spy sapping my sentry!
Watching this before shipping to osut 12B
Essayons 💯
Don't forget about the great grandfather of the sapper, the Petardiers.
My team leader is sapper tabbed as a Pfc at Bragg.
Sappers are an ancient concept, maybe even from the Roman age, they dig under walls to... well... undermine it. They use rotting carcasses and stuff them under said tunnels under the walls and then ignite the methane build up to make it go boom. Or simply enough, just burn the props that hold the tunnel walls to cave it in, bringing down the fortification walls.
Maybe make a video about Seabees, hoorah
It’s a little diff in sapper unit. I’m prior Marine 0311 infantry rifleman. In a sapper unit it’s directly embedded with maneuver elements ie. infantry platoons. Making use of manual, ballistic, explosive and thermal breach methods. I myself am a master breacher and subterranean breacher as well. Sapper units don’t do route clearance and act as infantry squads embedded and fight the fight allowing mobility and assaults to gain footholds and follow on assaults. 💪🏽
glad i found your channel Thumbs up and Sub
0:44 does anyone actually remember when we did that with the m1873 trowel bayonet
@Mark Patino why not it was a piece of kit that did it's job well enough, merry Christmas man
I wish you had some footage of ww2 combat engineers. My grandfather was a T5 in the U.S. Army and died during an ambush in Rambouilet, France. He is buried in France.