Editing Combat engineer (section)

=== 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>