Civil engineeringCivil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewage systems, pipelines, structural components of buildings, and railways. Civil engineering is traditionally broken into a number of sub-disciplines.
Combat engineerA combat engineer (also called pioneer or sapper) is a type of soldier who performs military engineering tasks in support of land forces combat operations. Combat engineers perform a variety of military engineering, tunnel and mine warfare tasks, as well as construction and demolition duties in and out of combat zones. Combat engineers facilitate the mobility of friendly forces while impeding that of the enemy.
Pioneer (military)A pioneer () is a soldier employed to perform engineering and construction tasks. The term is in principle similar to sapper or combat engineer. Pioneers were originally part of the artillery branch of European armies. Subsequently, they formed part of the engineering branch, the logistic branch, part of the infantry, or even comprised a branch in their own right.
SapperA sapper, also called a combat engineer, is a combatant or soldier who performs a variety of military engineering duties, such as breaching fortifications, demolitions, bridge-building, laying or clearing minefields, preparing field defenses, and road and airfield construction and repair. Sappers are also trained and equipped to serve secondarily as provisional infantry.
SoldierA soldier is a person who is a member of an army. A soldier can be a conscripted or volunteer enlisted person, a non-commissioned officer, a warrant officer, or an officer.
Military communicationsMessages within armed forces United States Army Signal Corps switchboard operators in the 1940s Military communications or military signals involve all aspects of communications, or conveyance of information, by armed forces.
School of Military EngineeringSchool of Military Engineering may refer to a training institution for military engineering such as: Royal School of Military Engineering of the British ArmyCanadian Forces School of Military Engineering of both the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air ForceCollege of Military Engineering, Pune of the Indian ArmyMilitary College of Engineering, Risalpur of the Pakistani ArmySri Lanka School of Military Engineering of the Sri Lanka Army of the New Zealand ArmyMilitary Eng…
Military academyHigher education institution operated by or for the militaryA graduation parade of the Royal Military College, DuntroonArmenian soldiers at the Vazgen Sargsyan Military University in 2013A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps. It normally provides education in a military environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned.
CBRN defenseChemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense (CBRN defense) or nuclear, biological, and chemical protection (NBC protection) is a class of protective measures taken in situations where chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (including terrorism) hazards may be present. CBRN defense consists of CBRN passive protection, over-pressure suits, contamination avoidance, and weapons of mass destruction mitigation.
Military supply-chain managementMilitary supply-chain management is a cross-functional approach to procuring, producing, and deliveringproducts and services for military materiel applications. Military supply chain management includes sub-suppliers, suppliers, internal information and funds flow. TerminologyA supply involves the procurement, distribution, maintenance while in storage, and salvage of supplies, including the determination of kind and quantity of supplies.
LogisticsLogistics is the part of supply chain management that deals with the efficient forward and reverse flow of goods, services, and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumption according to the needs of customers.
NATOIntergovernmental military allianceThe North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an intergovernmentalmilitary alliance between 32 member states (thirty in Europe and two in North America). Founded in the aftermath of World War II, NATO was established with the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949. The organization serves as a system of collective security and deterrence, whereby its independent members agree to defend each-other from attack by any outside party.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.