United States Army Corps of Engineers
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is both a direct reporting unit (DRU) and the military engineering branch of the United States Army that has three primary mission areas: Engineer Regiment, military construction, and civil works. USACE has 37,000 civilian and military personnel, making it one of the world's largest public engineering, design, and construction management agencies. The USACE workforce is approximately 97% civilian, 3% active duty military. The civilian workforce is primarily located in the United States, Europe and in select Middle East office locations. Civilians do not function as active duty military and are not required to be in active war and combat zones, however volunteer opportunities do exist for civilians to do so.
The headquarters of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District in Norfolk, Virginia
Olmsted Locks and Dam on the Ohio River in Olmsted, Illinois, was under construction for over 20 years under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' watch; it opened in 2018.
Celebratory proceedings in 2006 for the opening of a new women's center in Iraq, constructed by the Corps of Engineers
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredge Tauracavor 3 in New York Harbor
Military engineering is loosely defined as the art, science, and practice of designing and building military works and maintaining lines of military transport and military communications. Military engineers are also responsible for logistics behind military tactics. Modern military engineering differs from civil engineering. In the 20th and 21st centuries, military engineering also includes CBRN defense and other engineering disciplines such as mechanical and electrical engineering techniques.
Military engineer training in Ukraine, 2017
Aerial view of Mulberry harbour "B" (27 October 1944)
US Combat Engineer setting a charge (1944)
Working dress of the Royal Military Artificers in Gibraltar, 1795