Combat Engineer Life Expectancy. Combat engineers perform a variety of military engineering, tunnel and mine warfare tasks as well as construction and demolition duties in and out of combat zones. Air force pararescuemen and a simulated 'survivor.
Today, with all the advances in technology and the body armor we wear, it is somewhere around 6 months, but i've passed that twice over now. Combat engineers facilitate the mobility of friendly forces while impeding that of the enemy. Is 88m a heavy mos?
2nd Brigade Combat Team Soldiers train on CBRNE tasks
The amount of pay depends on years of service as well as army rank (see table, below). A combat engineer is a glorified grunt with the avg life expectancy of 12 minutes during combat. During vietnam it was around ten seconds. Army motor transport operator (mos 88m) are responsible for safely and securely transporting people and cargo.
