169th Engineer Battalion
| 169th Engineer Battalion | |
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| Active | 1943-46 1947–72 1986 – present |
| Country |
 United States
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| Branch | Army |
| Type | Engineer |
| Motto(s) | Mind and Hand |
| Engagements | Vietnam |
| Decorations | Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class Meritorious Unit Commendation (3) |
| Website | Official 169th Engineer Battalion website |
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The battalion is currently part of the U.S. Army Engineer School, headquartered at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and is a subordinate unit to the 1st Engineer Brigade. The battalion mainly conducts advanced individual training for engineering vertical skills and specialty engineering skills.
Mission: The 169th Engineer Battalion continuously transforms basic combat training (BCT) graduates, prior service, and military occupation specialty-trained (MOS-T) reclassification Soldiers at Fort Leonard Wood, MO; Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport, MS; Sheppard Air Force Base, TX; Goodfellow Air Force Base, TX; and Panama City, FL into technically and tactically competent, values based, teamwork-oriented career management field (CMF) 12 (12D, 12K, 12M, 12R, 12T, 12Q, 12Y and 12W). Ensures Soldiers are prepared to contribute on day one in their first unit of assignment.
Vision: 169th Engineer Battalion is a cohesive, professional, ethical learning and adapting organization which conducts safe, high quality on a daily basis. Its members are goal-oriented, mutually supporting, forward-thinking problem solvers who work hard to maintain a high standard of excellence. Its graduates are properly led and trained from arrival through graduation and are fully prepared for duty upon departure. Permanent party and students are "better" when they leave than when they arrive.
Shortly after the battalion was formed in 1943 at Camp Beale, California, it first saw combat during the Allied Invasion of Italy in September 1944. The battalion fought its way up the Italian Peninsula. After the capture of Rome, the 169th played a significant role in the seven-month campaign to push the Nazi Army through the Apennines and out of the Po Valley of Northern Italy. Throughout their campaign in Italy, the soldiers of the 169th cleared minefields and tank obstacles, destroyed enemy bunkers, cleared roadways, built many bridges to replace those destroyed by the retreating enemy, removed barbwire obstacles, built enemy prisoner of war compounds, and fought as Infantry when the need arose. The battalion received the Rome, North Apennines, and the Po Valley campaign streamers as a result of their courageous service in Italy during World War II.
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