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Post by owyhee on Jun 2, 2015 12:00:57 GMT -6
It was my experience that army engineers and particularly sappers were used in many different situations. Jack of all trades and master of none I guess. I worked as both a Sapper and a combat engineer assigned to a heavy battalion. Mines, IEDs, clearance and obstruction, route recon and basic assault demolition and patrol were all things handled by Sappers. Labor on road construction, bridge construction and demolition, school and lodging construction (nation building) were all things I did as a combat engineer. It was great fun as we worked with a wide variety of military personnel. I did work with Airforce SP's and Marine grunts in Panama. I took a couple turns pulling duty at the Tropical Test Center. I actually worked on the detail that did the AN-PVS7's in the jungle. I loved what I did but wouldn't do it again.
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Post by quincannon on Jun 2, 2015 12:26:11 GMT -6
Our sapper test concept unit was the 13th Engineer Battalion in the 7th ID. Based on those results we converted the 65th in the 25th ID and activated the 41st and 96th in the 10th MD and 6th ID respectively and the 229th in the 29th ID of the VAARNG
Although they were stationed at Ord most of the concept testing was done at Hunter Liggett, with some at Camp Roberts
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Post by Yan Taylor on Jun 2, 2015 12:36:47 GMT -6
The Royal Engineers cover all bases, but are grouped together under one service.
Ian.
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Post by quincannon on Jun 2, 2015 12:54:26 GMT -6
Your RE is what we would call a Corps Regiment Ian. It is a branch by another name
For instance the 10th MASH (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) here at Carson is an independent unit under the operational control of the 43rd Sustainment Brigade, but their regimental affiliation is with the Army Medical Corps Regiment. Being medical though they answer to Army Medical Command for everything dealing with the practice and administration of medicine. The MASH in reality is a deployable administrative holding unit. All of the doctors and nurses assigned, and most of the enlisted medical personnel of the unit work day to day at Evans Army Community Hospital as do medical personnel assigned to the 4th Infantry Division and 10th Special Forces Group to supplement AMC people assigned to the hospital. That gives us much better medical service. They will go to the field and train on usually a once a quarter basis. When it comes time for their unit to deploy those personnel go back to their unit and deploy with it. There is no better training for combat than to work in an emergency room at a hospital.
Engineers in the U S Army are also affiliated with the Corps of Engineers Regiment, again a branch by a different name. The battalions and separate companies of the CE are all designated numerically, but show their regimental affiliation with the CE by the insignia they wear above the right breast pocket on the dress and service uniforms.
Among our corps regiments are Signal, Quartermaster, Transportation, and various other combat support and combat service support branches. The branch administers, the corps regiment is stylized fiction.
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Post by fred on Jun 2, 2015 15:05:35 GMT -6
PVT Shade, Samuel S. – b. Jonestown, PA, 1847. Blue eyes, light hair; 5’ 8¾” tall. Company C. Had been a schoolteacher. In the army less than one year. Enlisted August 3, 1875. Listed number 38 in “June Returns, Alterations… Killed in action.”
There is no crime in being a "Custer guy." I am as well; but I am also a "Benteen guy" and a "Reno guy."
The problem you will see-- here and elsewhere-- as I am sure you have already seen, is that people distort things and play their favorites at the expense of others. If you hate Reno, fine; if you hate Benteen, fine; if you hate Custer, fine. Just support your arguments with data, evidence, facts, understanding, common sense, and intelligence. Be willing to learn as well as teach. That has always been the problem, here and elsewhere: people are too intent upon teaching, not learning.
I hope you stay and contribute for a long, long time. I already like you: you have been a soldier.
Best wishes, Fred.
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Post by quincannon on Jun 2, 2015 15:39:08 GMT -6
Yes Fred, He has been a soldier, but he is Sapper minded, which is close enough to the Holy of Holies for me, because Sappers are Light Infantrymen who can read and write, and we need all the help in my particular community that we can get.
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Post by Gerry on Jun 4, 2015 7:55:30 GMT -6
On a side note my last name is Shade and it has been said in my family as long as I can remember that Sam Shade was a cousin of ours at the LBH. I am still trying to absolutely verify this. From the returns of the 7th Cavalry October 1875. Assignment of Company C recruits, arrived October 21, 1875 at Fort A. Lincoln #33 Samuel S. Shade Attachments:
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Post by tubman13 on Jun 4, 2015 13:04:15 GMT -6
Gerry, good to hear form you. Hope to see you in about three weeks. Do you have the returns from Company I, looking for a Baltimore boy.
Regards, Tom
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Post by Gerry on Jun 4, 2015 13:41:32 GMT -6
Gerry, good to hear form you. Hope to see you in about three weeks. Do you have the returns from Company I, looking for a Baltimore boy. Regards, Tom Hi Tom, Looking forward to meeting up with you on the Little Horn. The following is the Company I recruits arriving on FAL Oct 21, 1875. Gerry Attachments:
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Post by tubman13 on Jun 4, 2015 13:51:39 GMT -6
Thanks Gerry, hope to see you soon. Steve and I are hoping to float the river as well.
Regards, Tom
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Post by dave on Jun 4, 2015 14:32:19 GMT -6
Tom Have you got your swimmies? Regards Dave
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