How Combat Engineers Have The Best And Worst Job

as a former Combat Engineer you just accepted you are not a grunt but always do grunt things.

[Confish]

Do you have a patreon or anything similar to that? I watch pretty much all of your videos when they come out and i want to support you more if possible

[disgruntledenlisted]

"we're infantry that can do math" -my senior drill sgt

[MrWilson]

I'm infantry and I honestly didn't know that POG meant person other than grunt. I've always seen it used towards anyone that isn't combat arms.

[terrylee]

Only difference between a grunt and a combat engineer is: The engineer has license to blow things up

[Mrklly]

Combat Engineers are honestly the most underrated and unappreciated MOS in the military. Essayons to my fellow Sappers !

[Snailmailers]

You make a good point about engineers being in a protected class and getting more access to schools. A lot of engineers get absolutely stacked with tabs, badges, and certifications bc they can justify needing to go to combat schools to be able to support combat things and also going to technical schools to be able to do technical things

[travisjacobs]

I had an infantry LT. that hated me and had zero respect for engineers. I threw him on his ass in 29 palms during pre development training because he tried to cross an intersection before I cleared it. Saved him from a training IED. 6 months later, in Afghanistan, when I was being promoted, he told me it would be be his honor to pin me to LCPL. Do your job well, and you will be respected.

[kenokeez]

As a 12B veteran from Ft Leonardwood you explained that perfectly . Thanks for the truth that was so needed to hear plus had me laughing from memories. Thanks for serving as well my brutha 🔥

[bearieroblox]

As a combat engineer I can attest that I’ve only ever done grunt shit

[lou]

Combat Engineers aren't grunts or pogs, they're Sappers. Sappers will usually conduct missions grunts can't take on due to their lack of knowledge of demolitions and route clearing.

[Everything_is_a_lie]

I would say our EOD team we had while deployed were in a similar position cause they went on pretty much every patrol outside our cop.

[ragingvigilanty]

Thanks T-SPLY. I choose this MOS and I’m getting ready to leave to Missouri for basic in 16 days, thanks for the great videos of what is going to happen at my MOS school.

[tonyvillella]

I was a 12B40 in Viet Nam 68-69, 15th Combat Engineers, 9th Infantry Division.
When asked what I did, I would tell them the same thing as the Infantry, since we were assigned to the 3/39th and went on missions with them. My job was to blow shit up and destroy whatever was in our way. Booby traps, mines and what nots. Interesting time.

[waterbornesapper]

I don't know. I disagree about combat engineers not being able to function without the grunts. We can grunt and we can sapper. Put enough of us anywhere and pretty much any job or mission will get accomplished, with or without the grunts. But they are appreciated for what they do. That's just less work that we have to do. lol

[guyring]

I was 12B combat engineer and reenlisted 11B Infantry and there was little to no difference . 12B is a Grunt with C-4 & a shovel! 12B should get CIB & EIB . I road marched just as much as I did in the infantry to. 12B is highly skilled infantryman!

[dashhuber]

I did three tours as a 12b in a Combat Engineer battalion (no 12c, or 12f in battalion). Was attached to Infantry three times, and Cav once. My third tour was 27 months (580 days of stop loss on that one).

I have never met a single infantry man (officer, or enlisted) who didn't love us. When we get attached it is determined by who we get attached to, how we get broken up. Platoon level means one Engineer Squad gets attached to an infantry platoon. Company level means an engineer platoon gets attached to each company etc. We pull guard, and patrol with our assigned unit, and are under the overall command of the infantry officer one step up the chain (usually).

Never heard of an infantry platoon leader, or platoon sgt who was mad when the Army says "I am giving you a squad of 12 guys with C4, and standard infantry load out. Use them."

I got out because the 12b tours just kept growing. First tour was 12 months, 11 in Iraq 1 in Kuwait, I hate cleaning vehicles. Second was 19 months all Iraq, and final was 27 all Afghanistan. With 6 month turn arounds in the states. 03-06 in Iraq, 06-08 in Afghanistan. Four months after I ETS'd my unit was deployed again.

[kristiand]

Im actually going into the army as a combat engineer,

[TheVorshevsky]

Since you were a Combat Engineer. It would be interesting if you discuss about Units of Measurement used in US Army for future videos. I understand US Citizens use Imperial System for their daily lives, whilst the rest of the world use Metric, but in the US Armed Forces...?
Things can get interesting if US Soldiers were deployed abroad, many questions:
- Do soldiers taught Metric system (especially Engineers)?
- What if for some reason US need to colaborate with Armed Forces that uses Metric (let's just say NATO members)?
-And so on...
And no, please don't start Imperial vs Metric war on the comments, this is purely educational.

[timmatherly]

When I was an Engineer, we cleared the way so the grunts could do their thing.

[powerup]

Have you ever read "Starship Trooper"? In there they quote the unofficial motto of the Combat Engineer. "First we dig em, then we die in em."