combat engineering

combat engineering
Those engineering tasks that assist the tactical and/or operational commander to “shape” the battlespace by enhancing mobility, creating the space and time necessary to generate mass and speed while protecting the force and denying mobility and key terrain to the enemy. These tasks include breaching, bridging, and emplacement of obstacles to deny mobility to the enemy.

Military dictionary. 2000.

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