#Combat Engineers

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U.S. Marines from Combat Engineer Platoon, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, place explosives on a Ba'ath Party Regime symbol outside of the Qalatsukar Secret Police Station on April 7, 2003.

(Photo by: Sgt. Zachary Bathon)

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This song is dedicated to all the Combat Engineers out there.

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Gurkhas and the art of speedy battlefield bridge construction

[giannic]

John Creighton, not the astronaut, but rather Johnny of Alphaville, of the mean streets. Former US Army combat engineer, AG battalion staff clerk, regimental pay clerk, infantry support. 101st Airborne Division, Screaming Eagles, Third Infantry Division, & other NG units.

[sappersarge]

May 19, 2024 my last drill with the Virginia National Guard. 26 years of service and moving on to the Texas Reserves

[hamdun888]

Being Courageous and Re-Opening One's Heart

A number of years ago, I was brought into a VA Hospital to deliver a series of heart and mind communication workshops. And I remember one particular session … Prior to beginning, as I stood at the entrance to the room greeting participants as they arrived, I met two combat engineers who, it was very clear, were “volun-told” to be there. At the start of the program, one of these combat…

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dei and doc, all lazy sketches

[yeetthatkolibri]

Quick Elster painting before going to bed

[captain-price-unofficially]

An Israeli bulldozer knocks down a wall only to come to face-to-face with a Hamas RPG team which promptly blasts the operator's cab.

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more engineer agent yuri

[stale-cornflakes]

Warm up doodle yippee!

Inspired by this post

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You know, i REALLY love the AAHW members, and there are a lot of little details connected to them in MC12 that i also love to look for lolo So I'd like to share a few with you because firstly, it's interesting, and secondly, in my opinion, agents get way less attention than they deserve.. I hope you enjoy it :]

Well, the big guys in this episode are shown to be very aggressive (as half mags are supposed to be, even though they technically aren't same half mags from the game), but the first half mag, on the contrary, pushes the agent back, and the engineer who sees this immediately follows them too. This way the big guy gives his smaller colleagues a little more time before they horribly die

And then, this engineer, I noticed how he was looking down and his hand was shaking. My schizo theory is that he is clearly afraid of heights. Ironically, it is him that Sanford will eventually throw into the abyss. Poor guy..

And also, this agent who is holding his face. I have two thoughts about him, maybe he's just tired of everything that's going on around him, or maybe he's so tired of everything that he managed to cry off-camera, after which he wiped his face. Don't be mean to him, each of us has a limit of feelings :[ But as soon as he saw Sanford, he immediately adjusted his glasses

And also this little fella! I don't know why, but I find it funny how after the engineer got hit in the face with a shield, this agent carefully looks out to see what's going on down there

Well, that's all I have to show for now. I'm sure there are more little details I could go into, but I'll leave that to the other 5 AAHW agents fans. I don't want to take all their work away hehe

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How the Army recovers an 8-tonne armoured personnel carrier from a froze...

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living weapon whumpee who's never known anything but pain and violence.

their existence hurts. they were made to be effective, not happy, and their masters decided that keeping them in constant pain provided better results. they're wilder, more unpredictable, and the pain keeps them from thinking straight enough to question anything.

they're only given painkillers, only allowed a respite from their seemingly endless suffering, after a successful mission. it keeps them loyal, and most importantly, teaches their brain to associate acts of violence with relief and rewards.

everyone they've ever met has treated them as a tool, a monster, or both. they don't know how to be anything else.

that is until they're rampaging through a village, destroying, killing, whatever their masters demand of them. whatever will give them a few blissful hours of numbness.

one of the villagers steps out of a ruined building and looks them straight in the eyes. whumpee expects fear, hatred, disgust, the things they see in the faces of every person who's ever crossed their path. but they see something completely different.

compassion.

whumpee is so stunned, they don't think to move or do anything at all as the villager steps closer, gently reaching out a hand to cup whumpee's face.

"oh, poor thing." they murmur, taking in the creature in front of them - part human, part animal, part machine. "they've done a number on you, huh?"

whumpee blinks at them. pain continues to course through their body, but the gentle hand on their cheek distracts them, even if just a little. all the indistinct noise in their foggy, addled mind finally goes quiet.

caretaker had stepped out in front of the being destroying their home with the intention to get through to it or die trying, and the expectation to absolutely die trying.

they did not at all expect the seemingly feral mishmash of metal, fur, and flesh to lean so heavily into their touch that they nearly collapsed into caretaker's arms.