Senior Army leaders have opened the combat engineer military occupational specialty ... The only engineer MOS that was closed to women was 12B, combat engineer. Odierno made it clear that the ...

There is also a Reddit MegaThread that addresses many other questions for those interested in pursuing a career as a combat engineer. User imcquill explains the MOS in depth, writing ...

Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion detonate ... force structure review known as Marine Corps Force 2025, she said. Ending the infantry assault Marine MOS will allow the Corps to reallocate ...

"I think it's a fantastic thing that we've opened up the combat engineer ... for all military specialties." The first enlisted women began reporting to her Engineer Squadron in January, said ...

Load-bearing jobs are those in infantry, reconnaissance, force reconnaissance, combat engineer ... in Marine Corps infantry, those marked by 03–. “These standards are specific to an MOS ...

Rampton/Marine Corps) For Lt. Col ... When the ban on women in combat roles was lifted, the combat engineer MOS had plenty of senior women ready to take on the roles previously denied them.

Erika Lopez, one of the first women to sign up to become an Army combat engineer, is now considered ... She has covered the military for Military Times since 2005, and has embedded with U.S ...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 19, 2015) -- Military Occupational Specialty, or MOS 12B, Combat Engineer is now open to all female enlisted Soldiers of all components, according to Army ...

EASTOVER, S.C. - With combat roles recently being opened to female Soldiers, the South Carolina National Guard currently has the first females to attend a combat military occupational specialty ...