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Combat engineer, construction management, general engineer - Marine Officer

*This is job post for an active duty or reserve Marine Officer. You must be willing to join the Marine Corps as an officer. See below for more details.

Must be at least 18 years old at time of application
Must not have reached 28th birthday at time of commissioning (freshman-juniors= your college graduation day; seniors-graduates= the day you complete Officer Candidate School)
Must be a citizen of the United States
Must pass a physical examination
Must pass a three mile timed run, max effort pull ups, and max effort crunches to the standards set by your gender and age group
Must have a bachelor’s degree or be a full-time student at a regionally or nationally accredited college or university
Must attend and graduate from Officer Candidates School (OCS) (www.marineofficer.com)

Please note, that you are first and foremost a Marine, then your job. This means that job selection is not guaranteed- it is earned based on performance and aptitude. Captain Krygier will explain this in more depth during your interview.

Due to the breadth of tasks in the engineer occupational field, each mission you receive may bring a new challenge. Engineering is both a combined arms and a combat support function. It is divided into four distinct areas: mobility, countermobility, survivability and general engineering. You will be responsible for training your platoon to ensure it can accomplish all of the numerous tasks required of an engineer platoon. Regardless of where you go in the engineer community, many of the training requirements are identical. The Combat Engineer must maintain a proficiency in route reconnaissance, demolitions, mine and countermine warfare, obstacle emplacement, breaching, and construction. You will be responsible for accomplishing a training plan that will ensure your platoon will succeed when called upon. Additionally, the secondary mission of Combat Engineers is to serve as a provisional rifle platoon, thus requiring you to train your platoon in infantry skills. The Combat Engineer MOS is available to all lieutenants although female Marines may not serve in the Combat Engineer Battalions. You must be at least a class two swimmer and have confidence in your abilities in an environment where an entire battalion’s success may rely on your MOS proficiency and military skills.

Your first tour/contract:

Whether assigned to a Combat Engineer Battalion, Engineer Support Battalion, or Marine Wing Support Squadron, you will be a leader of Marines. 

 

The Combat Engineer Battalion (CEB): The Marine Corps currently has two active Combat Engineer Battalions embedded in the First and Second Marine Divisions. The 1st CEB is located at Camp Pendleton, California; 2nd CEB is located at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Additionally, there is a reinforced Combat Engineer Company in the Combat Assault Battalion in support of the 3d Marine Division at Okinawa, Japan. Lieutenants in a CEB serve as platoon commanders in support of an infantry battalion that may include deploying with a Battalion Landing Team of a Marine Expeditionary Unit. In this billet, you will serve as both a platoon commander and as the infantry battalion commander’s engineer officer. You will be responsible for employing your platoon and engineer equipment in support of the battalion’s scheme of maneuver whether performing a route reconnaissance to ensure trafficability of the battalion’s assets, breaching obstacles to maintain the unit’s momentum, or developing and emplacing an obstacle barrier plan for the battalion’s defense. Additionally, you may find yourself performing explosive breaching and providing mobility to an infantry unit in an urban environment.

 

The Engineer Support Battalion (ESB): The Marine Corps has three Engineer Support Battalions, one in each Force Service Support Group (FSSG). The 7th ESB is located at Camp Pendleton, the 8th ESB is located at Camp Lejeune, and the 9th ESB is located in Okinawa. In an ESB, a lieutenant may serve as a line company platoon commander or a heavy equipment platoon commander. Deployments from an ESB are normally conducted in company size elements. These deployments are typically construction oriented and may include horizontal or vertical construction, concrete, or lumber projects. Engineer skills are always in demand. You may find yourself as detachment commander of a reinforced platoon conducting construction in a humanitarian aid mission. Lieutenants in an ESB may also serve as platoon commanders in support of a MEU Service Support Group that will include deploying with a MEU. The secondary mission of the ESBs is to reinforce the CEBs. 

 

The Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS): Combat Engineers serve in the Engineer Division in a MWSS. This division consists of three platoons: one heavy equipment platoon, one utilities platoon, and one combat engineer platoon. The engineers of an MWSS are capable of duplicating the majority of the ESB tasks and have the additional capabilities of constructing expeditionary airfields and refueling aircraft. 

The Aviation Combat Element (ACE) is a vital “deep battlespace shaping force” to the Marine Expeditionary Brigade / Marine Expeditionary Force commander during contingencies. The MWSS plays a significant role in providing mobility to the ACE. Thus, a lieutenant serving in an MWSS may be rapidly deployed to a real world conflict at a moment’s notice.