The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: The Backbone of America
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in its entirety is a branch of the military that is part of the Army’s regimental system. The Engineer Regiment is comprised of numerous types of engineers to include constructions, combat and emergency services and geospatial specialties. A testament of the fortitude has been proven from the corps inception back in 1775.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was first established on 16 June 1775 by the Continental Congress. Although the outfit was small initially with chief engineer Richard Gridley and two assistants, their tasks were not. Richard Gridley lived on to the age of 85. By the time he died in 1795 at Stoughton Village, near Boston, Massachusetts, he had seen the Corps of Engineers formally established by resolution of Congress on March 11, 1779, in the form of a staff and three companies of sappers and miners. But Richard Gridley was the first engineer, The U.S. Army Engineers- Fighting Elite, (1967). The first Engineers set the example for future generations. Army Engineers, including veterans, easily demonstrate their solidarity with pride, Colonel Michael Morgan, USA (2007). Since the beginning, Engineers have adapted to hardships and improved all shortcomings to accomplish every mission America has given them. Today the Engineer Corps is the second oldest corps in the Army, the Infantry being the first. As a regiment with over 230 years of history, the Engineer Corps has consistently proven how important this branch of the military has become. A stake has been claimed in every conflict from the American Revolution to the current operations in the Middle East and around the world. The Engineer Corps confidentially ...
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...rs across the broad spectrum are a testament to what people should strive to be. Engineers have proven that through integrity, tenacity, and dedication a country can be formed. Engineers will always be ready for the next mission. They wait only for someone to let them try. Essayons!
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Charles Keller started his military career in 1890 (Arrasmith, 2011). He first retired in 1923 after 33 years of outstanding service (Historical Vignette, 2004). In 1940, during World War II, General Keller was recalled to active duty. Upon his second retirement in 1943, he was recognized as the oldest Army officer on active duty during war (Historical Vignette, 2004). This paper provides additional information about his works and contributions in the field of United States Army Engineers.
A month after graduating from high school in June of 1940, young Othal T. Parsons joined the army to "serve my country, beat the draft, and become a bigshot." He was lured by the Army recruiting posters clarioning "I WANT YOU." Parsons worked his way up through four different armored divisions as an enlisted man until he became Second Lieutenant Othal T. Parsons, Mortar Pla...
...uire engineers to have a higher degree of education, like if they want to work as the head technician the requirement goes from a bachelor’s to a master’s degree. Every year that the engineers work they are required to do certain tests to make sure that they are proficient with the equipment that they use in there labs.
The 18th Engineer Brigade served in Vietnam during the Vietnam War from July 1965 until they deactivated in September of 1971. The Brigade’s first responsibility was to oversee all Army Engineering operations in Vietnam until late 1966 establishment of the U.S. Army Engineer Command in Vietnam. The Brigade had many challenges that they needed to overcome. Those challenges included lack of experienced engineers, lack of funding, lack of supplies, as well as overcoming the challenges that the weather created.
There are eleven basic types of engineering each with their own subcategories that the careers specialize in. The one that interests me the most, mechanical engineering, utilizes multiple categories of engineering but mostly focuses on moving parts. Because mechanical engineering uses more concepts of the other sub-categories of engineering than any other, it is a very flexible career that no employers can go without (Constant). This article is all about engineering and gives a decent overview of most of its branches and fundamentals.
The word engineer comes from the latin word ingeniare. ingeniare means construct or craftsmanship. Ever since the beginning of time we have had engineers. Engineering is the combination of math and science , solving world problems to help better the world around us. Being an engineer takes a lot of knowledge, creativity, and hard work. A typical engineer can clearly see a problem and is capable of fining a solution. A senior engineer or engineering manager usually doesnt do as much technical work, but usally lot of managing. Some of the first official engineers were military engineers. They were employed by the goverment to build such things as roads, bridges, and weapons. US mililary Academy at Westpoint was the first school to offer an education in enginnering. Engineering is a very broad field. Engineers are always at a high demand, we could never have enough brilliant minds making the world better. Engineers are needed everywhere. Engineering managers have to have a bachelor's degree or higher, they usually direct and seek solutions to problems and are sometimes called executi...
Engineers are valuable assets to any company because they think analytically. Engineers may advance to become technical specialists or to supervise a staff or team of engineers and technicians. Some eventually become engineering managers or enter other managerial or sales jobs.
An engineer is the person who build, design and maintains machines, engine or public works. It is very important to have engineer in the society or country. This is because they are the person who responsible to invent things and create new technology. There are many type of engineer in this world. For example, mechanical engineer, chemical engineer, electrical engineer and biomedical engineer. Each field of engineering has their own role and specific work. The engineer must cooperate to each other to solve the problem of society. They cannot work on their own or selfish in facing or solving the problem. So, an engineer must good in teamwork. The soft skills is very important. Every engineer must know how to work together or other people will
* Engineers must be able to work as part of a team. The ability to
Engineer dates back to 1325 when an engine’er, someone who operates an engine, was referred to by a conductor as an engineer. (Ford)
I want you to think back to what might be the greatest invention ever. Dependant upon how well you know your history you could possibly say the wheel, the car, the airplane, the television, the autonomous robot. All of these are great ideas that have different eras in history, but they all have something in common, these creations were all invented by engineers. Do not get the misconception that engineers have been around since the dawn of time but the concept of engineering itself has. Those great revolutionaries all had ideas and solved problems which are still qualities that engineers of this day and age use. Webster defines engineering as, “the work of designing and creating large structures or new products or systems by using scientific methods.” Those people created new products so they would today be considered engineers, but they are slightly different. What makes them different is the field that they would be considered a part of. The broadest one of the oldest forms is mechanical engineering, which is my future profession.
Engineering is one of the oldest professions. About 4400 years ago Imhotep, the first documented engineer , built a famous stepped pyramid of King Zoser located at Saqqarah. With simple equipment and mathematics Imhotep built a monument that is standing to this day. For him greatest contribution to engineering was the discovery of the art of building with material such as stones. The people that followed him carried engineering to remarkable heights using human brain which gave them skill and imagination. Thanks to Vitruvius' De Architiectura which was published 1AD in Rome which survived and gave us a look at engineering education in ancient times.
Engineering has been around since the early ages of man. The wheel was thanks to primitive engineering, as was the light bulb and telephone. Engineering has served many developing countries and helped those in need. For example, prosthetic arms serve those without necessary limbs, the WaterWheel-created by Wello- aids people in developing countries as they carry large amounts of water.
It seems that every era from ancient times to modern times has engineers playing a strong role in the development of society; they build many structures that identify that culture and time period. Engineers create something out of an idea; they fill a need and fulfill a dream such as a skyscraper that no one thought would ever be possible. “Scientists investigate that which already is; engineers create that which has never been” (Albert Einstein).