416th Engineer Command
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The 416th Theater Engineer Command (TEC) is a United States Army Reserve
unit that conducts theater-level engineer operations for US Army Central Command, US Army Southern Command, supports continental U.S. – based engineer requirements as directed, and is prepared to participate in Joint and Combined regional contingency operations. It is also the higher command headquarters for the US Army Facility Engineer Group.
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As an operational command, the 416th has brigades and other assigned units with approximately 10,000 Soldiers located throughout the United Sates. These units include the .
The Command was formed in the in 1950, and served Iraq during the Gulf War and Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. 416th Soldiers have assisted with construction missions and supported joint exercises in the Honduras, Costa Rica, .
The 416th has deployed numerous detachments from the US Army Facility Engineer Group since the beginning of the Global War on Terror
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United States Army Reserve
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unit that conducts theater-level engineer operations for US Army Central Command, US Army Southern Command, supports continental U.S. – based engineer requirements as directed, and is prepared to participate in Joint and Combined regional contingency operations. It is also the higher command headquarters for the US Army Facility Engineer Group.
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The 416th Engineer Command provides theater-level engineer support to the Combatant Commander in the event of a contingency operation. It is designed to command hundreds of engineer units and thousands of Soldiers in a war fighting capacity. The Command has historical training relationships in South and Central America, Southwest Asia, and provides direct support to the US Army Central Command. Until mobilized, the 416th ENCOM is under operational control of the Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of EngineersUnited States Army Corps of Engineers
The United States Army Corps of Engineers is a federal agency and a major Army command made up of some 38,000 civilian and military personnel, making it the world's largest public engineering, design and construction management agency...
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As an operational command, the 416th has brigades and other assigned units with approximately 10,000 Soldiers located throughout the United Sates. These units include the .
The Command was formed in the in 1950, and served Iraq during the Gulf War and Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. 416th Soldiers have assisted with construction missions and supported joint exercises in the Honduras, Costa Rica, .
The 416th has deployed numerous detachments from the US Army Facility Engineer Group since the beginning of the Global War on Terror
War on Terror
The War on Terror is a term commonly applied to an international military campaign led by the United States and the United Kingdom with the support of other North Atlantic Treaty Organisation as well as non-NATO countries...
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