What is the average day in the life of a combat engineer in the 75th ranger regiment?

2018-10-31T13:11:23-04:00

I know i shouldnt be able to get much information about this, but im gonna try to get some at least. I was informed by another individual that his rasp instructors said that there is a good chance of being placed in a shop somewhere for 21b. Its hard to find good information on the realities of what i will be doing when i make it into the regiment. I dont expect to be constantly jumping out of helicopters or blowing things up, but i dont plan on going in to an elite unit just to be somebody elses job either. Now I am realistic, so i do figure i will be doing that very thing sometimes. But im wondering how much actual combat engineer work i will doing on a daily basis. Thank you for your time on this.

Response by SPC Elijah J. Henry, MBA made Oct 31 at 2018 2:28 PM

2018-10-31T14:28:42-04:00

Good question. By the way, I'm tracking that the current MOS for Combat Engineer is 12B, not 21B.

Response by SGM Bill Frazer made Nov 1 at 2018 1:08 PM

2018-11-01T13:08:48-04:00

Why would a combat engineer be in a shop, if their job is to eliminate obstacles, etc?

Response by SGT Dylan Epp made Nov 4 at 2018 10:06 PM

2018-11-04T22:06:39-05:00

You’ll end up in E co. More than likely building structures and doors for breaching and training. You’d work for the battalion master breacher and engineer (Ssg/SFC and CPT). You would get a chance to go to Ranger and Sapper school then master breacher. But, in all honesty we never took the engineers out on target cause we have our own eod techs on every mission. But you never know what will happen. Are you trying to reclass as a engineer and go to batt? If you stay 25U I can guarantee that as long as there’s a war you’d get to go on target as an RTO.