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The 2nd Engineer Battalion is an engineering battalion in the United States Army which can trace its lineage back to 1861. ==Lineage== Organized 31 December 1861 in the Regular Army at Washington, D.C., from new and existing companies of engineers as a provisional engineer battalion (constituted 28 July 1866 as the Battalion of Engineers) Expanded 14 March-7 June 1901 to form the 1st and 2d Battalions of Engineers (1st Battalion of Engineers—hereafter separate lineage) 2d Battalion of Engineers expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 1 July-1 August 1916 as the 2d Regiment of Engineers 2d Regiment of Engineers expanded 21 May-20 June 1917 to form the 2d, 4th, and 5th Regiments of Engineers (4th and 5th Regiments of Engineers—hereafter separate lineages) 2d Regiment of Engineers redesignated 29 August 1917 as the 2d Engineers Assigned in September 1917 to the 2d Division (later redesignated as the 2nd Infantry Division (United States)) 1st Battalion, 2d Engineers, reorganized and redesignated 16 October 1939 as the 2d Engineer Battalion (remainder of regiment disbanded) Redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 2d Engineer Combat Battalion Redesignated 1 March 1954 as the 2d Engineer Battalion Inactivated 15 June 2005 in Korea Headquarters and Headquarters Company activated 16 October 2008 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico (Support Company concurrently constituted and activated) Inactivated 30 April 2015 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico〔http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_28023893/2nd-engineer-battalion-says-its-final-goodbyes-wsmr〕 Activated 10 June 2015 at Fort Bliss, Texas as part of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2nd Engineer Battalion (United States)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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