Is there a infantry engineering role where you go into combat ?
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Category: Internal career mobility
Date asked: Thursday, June 10, 2021
Last reviewed: Thursday, June 10, 2021
Jen C.
Reservist Brigade SO2 SPS
Hi, thank you for your question. Royal Engineers are often referred to as Combat Engineers. Everyone who joins the army is trained to be a soldier first. As a Royal Engineer you might find yourself in a combat situation but your role in what you're doing would be different - you may be demolishing a bridge, or laying a bridge to enable the infantry to do their job. The army is like a working clock - every cog (the capbadges/roles etc) works to make that clock (the army) work to the best of its ability.
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