Military Engineering A Timeless Profession 1775-Present

摘要

In the following pages, you will find some intriguing "retro" articles from the Engineer Regiment's past. These interesting articles were incorporated into this issue in support of the ENFORCE theme, "A Timeless Profession." The articles span the years of 1924-1979 and include items from past issues of what is now Engineer, The Professional Bulletin of Army Engineers—which was first published in 1971 —and The Military Engineer—first published by the Society of American Military Engineers in 1920. You will find some timeless principles of military engineering from those who fought the fight, including studies on improvised explosive devices from World War I, base camp construction in World War II, training engineers in the Vietnam era, and some institutional regimental history.