MOS 12B Combat Engineer

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[-sapper]

Engineers lead the way, to all the future engineers stay safe out there.

[jasonsweeney]

you can get a waiver on the ASVAB for this MOS, and what they dont tell you is that the method of clearing a minefield involves sticking a pole in the ground to see if there is resistance...

[alicemerchant]

God bless them!
My dad, William Catherwood was a Combat Engineer in Patton's Third Army, 150th, Company C. during WW2.
Thank you and love you forever.

[jtisgr]

The combat engineer museum at Leonard Wood is badass!!! I encourage anyone to check it out if they can.

[LongJourneys]

They didn't have all the fancy computer stuff and vehicles when I was in, but I bet that 90% of the job is still just digging holes and pounding pickets.

[lukethepotatoking]

Future 12b here, looking forward to it
Update: I MADE IT MY DUDES!

[RoofTop-b]

Graduated osut Dec 10th as a 12b. I absolutely love it.

[combatsapper]

I will always be a very proud combat engineer…..yeah I was lied to as well but after it’s all said and done i will never have it any other way

[rogerhess]

Nice to see the recruiting command finally portrayed and "Honest" descriptions of what a 12B actually does. My recruiter in 1977 glossed over so many essential roles, Stayed with with it for a year then volunteer for E.O.D; best thing I ever did!

[thomasandersen]

My father was a 1LT when he got out, but was a 12A in Germany when it was West Germany, post-'Nam. Re-mapped southern W Germany for the first time since WW2. Airborne-qualified, 9th Engineers, out of Achafeenberg (sp), W Germany. (Now we call them CEBs).

We built my folks house together - he was the "foreman" over me and paid subcontractors.

The only 12 series thing we didn't do together was explosive demo - only 8 pound sledgehammers for demo... but, he did mention to me as he aged, that when they built all the bridges up over the Rhine, that they had demo charges in them, preset to be blown in the event of the massive Russian tank invasion anticipated. Thankfully, those charges weren't needed.

Thank you to all Army COE.

[thewolf]

You had me at "make it difficult for the enemy"

[Tactical_autist]

Hey thats me at 1:50 on the right side

[DapperSapper]

Soliders in the 12B MOS should be ready for the following:

Pointless formations
Countless layouts
Demo ranges maybe once a year
Being infantry's bitch
A lot of picket pounding
And a lot of hurry up, shut the fuck up, and wait

Basically, other than picket pounding, every pointless Army cliche except for your fucking job.

SAPPERS LEAD THE WAY, HOOAH!

[jrod]

Simplified version:

You want something built call the 12B’s

Need something blown up call the 12b’s

Need some bodies stacked call the 12b’s

Infantry May lead the way but Engineers clear the way.

[ZumbieGuy]

Never saw the video the recruiters showed you when signing up. I just enlisted in 12B because I thought it’d be a decent combat MOS. When I went through they didn’t have these armored vehicles classes, just MOUT and demo. I guess it’s just a few more weeks of shitty Missouri

Just a heads up to all you future sappers out there, you’ll basically just be infantry when dismounted but you also will pound pickets for hours on end

[A_Dongle]

2:10 That was my units convoy back in 2012

[sethwilliams]

Rangers lead the way, combat engineers make sure the Rangers don't step on a mine. 12B is arguably the most important job in the entire Army.

[sheldonbrunn]

I was in the 14th engineer battalion, fort ord california, 1974-1977, 12B

[guyh.]

This job requires that you need to learn is basic hand tools.... such as C-4! Ha ha ha ha! As a 21B, my 12Bs were class acts. When everyone else stops or retreats, it's always the call "ENGINEERS FORWARD!" Essayons!

[williamcooper]

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