Military engineering of the United States
The Corps of Engineers ran the United States Military Academy until 1866 and served as the first American college with an engineering-based curriculum.
[2] Throughout the early 19th century, military engineers in the Army Corps built brick and masonry seacoast fortifications.
With the advancement of warfare technology, the Army Corps of Engineers had to expand their knowledge of building bridges and facilities capable of handling heavier artillery.
Innovative equipment, including armored engineering vehicles that had to be capable of navigating ashore from landing craft, was developed for the allied forces’ amphibious operations.
Guerilla warfare on opposing sides in addition to unfamiliar territories and diverse, treacherous topography of foreign land required more mapping and logistic skills than before.
Hundreds of miles of roads were laid and landing pads for the newly developed military helicopters were cleared from acres of jungle.
[5] After the United States Air Force separated from the Army in 1947, military engineers found much success in the Cold War against the Soviet Union.
Engineers constructed airfields for heavy bombers, launch facilities for intercontinental ballistic missiles, and radar installations to increase communication.
[7] According to Department of Defense STEM officials, social networking, poor credit history, and a lack of interest in engineering contribute to the shortage.
United States government careers and positions require a significant level of private information to be kept out of public knowledge.
According to the Department of Defense, the population of those with poor credit in the early 21st century scores is large, with student debt being a contributing factor.
According to the Department of Defense, nearly half of engineering graduates in the United States are foreign born, resulting in ineligibility.
A large-scale project includes the construction, maintenance, and operation of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway on the east and gulf coasts of the United States.
[11] Another large-scale project carried out by the Army Corps of Engineers is the construction of Hartwell Lake on the border of Georgia and South Carolina.
Shore Infrastructure Logistics Center (SILC): Positions at this command execute program priorities through creating procedures, and overseeing the CEUs.
Coast Guard Headquarters: Serve in the Office of Civil Engineering directly influencing enterprise level policy, program, and organizational management initiatives.
Their mission is to assist the Department of Defense with the safe re-deployment of containerized cargo as well as the storage and segregation of hazardous materials.
The Coast Guard's was responsible to ensure that hazardous material was properly prepared and inspected for shipment and re-entry to U.S. ports.
