Combat Engineer System Quiz

Engineer System in a Division

• The primary role of the Engineer System in a division is to facilitate maneuver and protection of the force by providing mobility, countermobility, and survivability.

Combined Arms Concept

• The Combined Arms concept consists of five elements: maneuver, firepower, intelligence, protection, and sustainment.

Engineer System Capabilities

• The Engineer System provides mobility by clearing and breaching obstacles, and by building and maintaining roads and bridges.
• It provides countermobility by emplacing obstacles, and by denying terrain to the enemy.
• The Engineer System provides survivability by detecting and neutralizing improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and by conducting route clearance.
• It provides essential information to all division systems by conducting reconnaissance and surveillance.

Test your knowledge of the divisional and non-divisional elements of the Combat Engineer System. Explore the role of engineers in providing support to maneuvering elements, reinforcing terrain, and establishing unit relationships in the context of Combined Arms*.