15th Engineer Battalion

15th Engineer Battalion: Drive On

The 15th Engineer Battalion commands and controls the execution of general engineering operations in garrison and deployed environments in order to support the operational commander. The units of the 15th Engineer Battalion each play a distinctive and critical role in battalion operations in locations throughout Europe. The Soldier, civilian and engineer teams of the 15th Engineer Battalion take pride in the mission embodied in their motto: "Drive On". The Battalion is headquartered in Grafenwoehr, Germany, with units located throughout Europe.

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Units

Headquarters and Headquarters Company
The Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 15th Engineer Battalion, is headquartered in Grafenwoehr, Germany.
500th Engineer Company
The 500th Engineer Company, 15th Engineer Battalion, safely executes horizontal construction missions in support of the higher headquarters. On order, the company deploys worldwide to execute combat horizontal construction mission in support of theater operations. Follow Us:
534th Engineer Company
The 534th Engineer Company, 15th Engineer Battalion is headquartered in Grafenwoehr, Germany.
Forward Support Company
The Forward Support Company, 15th Engineer Battalion, is headquartered in Grafenwoehr, Germany.
902nd Engineer Company
The 902nd Engineer Company, 15th Engineer Battalion, "Gladiators" are a disciplined, cohesive, technically proficient and tactically lethal team that is trained and ready to deploy worldwide in order to conduct vertical construction and selected combat engineer missions. The Gladiators of the 902nd Engineer Company are guided by three pillars: professionalism, training and Esprit de Corps. The foundation of these pillars and guiding force behind all of our accomplishments is discipline. Our Soldiers have the discipline to do the right thing all of the time, never sacrifice standards and expect the same of their peers, subordinates and superiors. Follow Us:

Battalion History

1916
Constituted in 1916 as an Engineer Regiment in the Enlisted Reserve Corps, the 15th Engineer Battalion can trace its military lineage back almost a century. Today, headquartered in Grafenwoehr, Germany, the 15th Engineer Battalion is comprised of four subordinate companies and one engineer detachment. The Soldiers, civilians and engineers of the battalion provide various supportive duties to Army units, including construction, engineering and mechanical work on other Army projects.
Lineage 1916-2008
- Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Enlisted Reserve Corps as an Engineer regiment
- Organized 5 May 1917 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the 5th Reserve Engineers
- Ordered into active military service 21 May-6 June 1917 at Oakmont, Pennsylvania
- Redesignated 9 June 1917 as the 5th Regiment of Engineers
- Redesignated 8 August 1917 as the 15th Engineers and allotted to the National Army
- Demobilized 15 May 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio
- Reconstituted 25 August 1921 in the Regular Army as the 15th Engineers Assigned 24 March 1923 to the 9th Division (later redesignated as the 9th Infantry Division)
- Redesignated 1 July 1940 as the 15th Engineer Battalion
- Activated 1 August 1940 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 15th Engineer Combat Battalion
- Inactivated 30 November 1946 in Germany
- Activated 12 July 1948 at Fort Dix, New Jersey
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 May 1954 as the 15th Engineer Battalion
- Inactivated 31 January 1962 at Fort Carson, Colorado
- Activated 1 February 1966 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Inactivated 25 September 1969 in Hawaii
- Activated 21 June 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Inactivated 15 April 1991 at Fort Lewis, Washington, and relieved from assignment to the 9th Infantry Division
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company activated 16 July 2008 in Germany (Support Company concurrently constituted and activated)

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