Editing Combat engineer (section)

==Combat engineer organization==

Combat engineers play a key role in all armed forces of the world. They are invariably found closely integrated into the force structure of divisions, combat brigades, and smaller fighting units. 

=== Combat support formations ===
In many countries, combat engineers provide [[combat support]] members of a broader military engineering corps or branch. Other nations have distinct combat engineering corps or branches; they are separate from other types of military engineers. The Danish military engineers' corps, for example, is almost entirely organized into one regiment of combat engineers, simply named [[Ingeniørregimentet]] ("The Engineering Regiment"). 

=== Combat arms formations ===
Combat engineer battalions are usually a part of a [[brigade combat team]]. During the [[War in Afghanistan]] and the 2003–2011 [[Iraq War]], the U.S. Army tasked its combat engineers with [[route clearance]] missions designed to counter rising threats of [[improvised explosive device]]s (IEDs). To increase the effectiveness of these units, EOD and mechanic teams were typically embedded with the combat engineer platoon. Due to rising IED threats, the U.S. Army sends some combat engineers to complete Explosive Ordnance Clearance Agent training.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wood.army.mil/ENGRMAG/PDFs%20for%20Apr-Jun%2005/Clark.pdf|publisher=US Army|title=Explosive Ordnance Clearance Agent|website=army.mil|year=2005|access-date=16 December 2014|archive-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017214756/http://www.wood.army.mil/ENGRMAG/PDFs%20for%20Apr-Jun%2005/Clark.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Special operations units ===
Individual combat engineers are often assigned as a component of both covert and overt [[Direct action (military)|direct action]] [[special operations]] teams. For example, the [[active duty]] [[United States Army Special Forces|US Army Special Forces]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Special Forces Engineer Sergeant |url=https://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/career-match/mechanics-engineering/design-develop/18c-special-forces-engineer-sergeant.html |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=goarmy.com}}</ref> and its two [[Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces|reserve components]], the [[19th Special Forces Group|19th SFG]] and [[20th Special Forces Group|20th SFG]] of the US [[Army National Guard]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Army National Guard |url=https://www.nationalguard.com/18c-special-forces-engineer-sergeant |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=www.nationalguard.com}}</ref> employ combat engineer sergeants designated by [[United States military occupation code|MOS]] 18C. A [[Green Berets]] [[United States Army Special Forces#Basic Element – SF Operational Detachment-A (SFODA) composition|Operational Detachment Alpha]], more commonly known as an "A-Team",<ref>{{Cite web |title=On The Ground - What Are The Special Forces? {{!}} Campaign Against Terror {{!}} FRONTLINE {{!}} PBS |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/campaign/ground/specialforces.html |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=www.pbs.org}}</ref> typically consists of 12 men, two of whom are combat engineer sergeants.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Army National Guard |url=https://www.nationalguard.com/special-forces-detachment-structure |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=www.nationalguard.com}}</ref>

Another example is the Israeli [[Yahalom (IDF)|Yahalom]] unit, which is a special operations engineering unit, that possess the abilities of sabotage, demolition of explosives and [[tunnel warfare]].