combat engineer

collocation in English

meaningsofcombatandengineer

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combat
noun
uk
/ˈkɒm.bæt/us
/ˈkɑːm.bæt/
a fight, especially during ...
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engineer
noun[C]
uk
/ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪər/us
/ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪr/
a person whose job is to design or build machines, engines, or electrical equipment, or things such as roads, railways, or bridges, using ...
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(Definition ofcombatandengineerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Graduating in 1831, 49th in a class of 113, he chose to become acombatengineer.
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His primary military specialty iscombatengineerand his secondary military specialty is infantry artillery.
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But later in the war they were found extremely successful forcombatengineerunits, rescue, etc.
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He was acombatengineerofficer before earning the rank of major.
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The engineer regiment is the basiccombatengineerunit, analogous to an infantry battalion.
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Cavalry was reduced, artillery and signals commands were formed, andcombatengineersupport was expanded to a full pioneer battalion.
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Each mechanized brigade group contains three infantry battalions, an armoured regiment, an artillery regiment, and acombatengineerregiment.
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They are attached to the brigade and provide close-support, field artillery and integralcombatengineersupport.
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Cavalry was reduced, artillery and signals commands were formed, andcombatengineersupport was expanded to a full battalion.
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Artillery and signals commands were formed, andcombatengineersupport was expanded to a full pioneer battalion.
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It received artillery and signals commands, andcombatengineersupport was expanded to a full pioneer battalion.
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These components included two infantry battalions, one armor battalion, one field artillery battalion, acombatengineerbattalion and a support services battalion.
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Due to being a newcombatengineerunit many of the veterans of the 1431st engineer company deployed with the unit.
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The player, a marinecombatengineerwho discovers the hellish device, must fight his way through the base to reach the doctor, chased by demons.
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Other units integrated into the brigade are an additional military police battalion, acombatengineer battalion and several more combat support and combat service support elements.
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Over the course of the war, other changes took place, including the formation of artillery and signals commands and the enlargement ofcombatengineersupport to a full pioneer battalion.
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In artillery batteries, this appointment is known as battery sergeant-major, while in units with a cavalry heritage (armoured,combatengineer, and signals "squadrons"), the term is squadron sergeant-major.
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