U.S. Army Engineer School

U.S. Army Engineer School (USAES)
Active 1778 – present
Country United States United States
Allegiance United States Army
Branch Regular Army
Type TRADOC school
Role Generate military engineer capabilities for the U.S. Army
Garrison/HQ Fort Leonard Wood
Motto Essayons (Let Us Try)
Colors Scarlet and White
Commanders
Commandant Brigadier General James H. Raymer

The United States Army Engineer School (USAES) is located at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Originally founded as a School of Engineering by General Headquarters Orders, Valley Forge on 9 June 1778,[1] the U.S. Army Engineer School provides training that develops a wide variety of engineering skills including: combat engineer, bridging, construction, geospatial, topography, diving, and firefighting.

USAES defines its mission as:

Synchronize and integrate the Doctrine, Organization, Training, Material, Leader Development, Personnel, and Facilities (DOTMLPF) domains to ensure the Engineer Regiment is prepared to provide engineer support now and into the future.[2]

History

As with the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the Engineer School traces its roots to the American Revolution. General Headquarters Orders, Valley Forge, dated 9 June 1778 read 3 Captains and 9 Lieutenants are wanted to officer the Company of Sappers. As the Corps will be a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, it opens a prospect to such gentlemen as enter it... Shortly after the publishing of the order, the "school" moved to the river fortifications at West Point. With the end of the war and the mustering out of the Army, the school closed. However, the Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers was constituted a military school and was reopened at the same location in 1794. For four years it constituted a school of application for new engineers and artillerymen. Closing in 1798, due to a fire which destroyed many facilities, the engineers were without a school for three years.

In 1801, the War Department revived the school, and Major Jonathan Williams became its superintendent. Less than a year later, Congress authorized the Corps of Engineers and constituted it at West Point as a military academy. For the next 64 years, the Military Academy was under the supervision of the Corps. Although the curriculum was heavily laced with engineering subjects, the Academy commissioned officers into all branches of the service. Following the American Civil War (1861–1865), supervision of the Academy passed to the War Department.

When the Engineer Battalion took station at Willets Point in 1866, Engineer leaders saw the opportunity to develop a school oriented exclusively to engineers. From 1868 to 1885, an informal School of Application existed. Part of this effort involved the creation of the Essayons Club. This was an informal group which met during the winter months and presented professional engineer papers. In 1885, the School of Application received formal recognition by the War Department. In 1890, the name was changed to United States Engineer School.

In 1901, the School moved from Willets Point (later renamed Fort Totten) to Washington Barracks in Washington D.C. and was renamed the Engineer School of Application. This name lasted only a few years. In 1904, the name was changed back to the Engineer School. The Engineer School remained at Washington Barracks for the next 19 years, although it closed from time to time because of a shortage of officers, or national emergencies. In 1909, certain courses associated with the field army moved to Ft. Leavenworth, and the Army Field Engineer School opened in 1910. That school, a part of the Army Service Schools, closed in 1916. The First World War forced a closing of the Engineer School as the instructors and students were needed to officer the expanding engineer force. The school resumed its instruction in 1920, but at a different location. Washington Barracks was transferred to the General Staff College and the Engineer School moved to Camp A. A. Humphreys, south of Mount Vernon, in Virginia. This was a WWI camp built on land acquired by the War Department in 1912. The original name for the tract was Belvoir. In 1935, Camp Humphreys was renamed Fort Belvoir.[3]

After 68 years, in 1988, the home of the Engineer School was moved to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri "due to a shortage of land for training at Fort Belvoir" [3] The move also allowed engineer training of officers, warrant officers and enlisted to be conducted in the same location.[4]

USAES and Engineer Regiment Symbology.[5]

The distinctive insignia for the U.S. Army Engineer School was approved by the War Department on June 27, 1929. It had been used on diplomas and stationery since 1924. Scarlet and white are the colors of the Engineers. Scarlet represents the shared heritage with the Artillery. From 1794 to 1802, the Engineers were part of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers. White is the traditional color of the Infantry. Its use on the shield reflects the Engineers’ secondary mission of fighting as infantry. Above the shield is the “Lamp of Knowledge”. The lamps represents the Engineer Schools mission to train and educate.

Under the shield is the motto of the Engineers-Essayons. It is a French term which means “Let us strive”, “Let us try”. The use of this term reflects the contributions of French Engineers to the Nation’s struggle for independence and the influence of the French Engineers on the early development of the Corps.

The castle symbolizes the classical role of Engineers as those who build fortifications and those who breach their walls. The castle has been used by the Corps since 1840, when it was adopted as a device on the uniform of the Cadets of the United States Military Academy.

Organization

The U.S. Army Engineer School is composed of Headquarters staff, the Directorate of Training and Leader Development, the Directorate of Environmental Integration, 1st Engineer Brigade, the Counter Explosive Hazards Center and the Engineer Personnel Development Office.

Command

As of 2015, the Commandant of the U.S. Army Engineer School is Brigadier General James H. Raymer. The Regimental Command Sergeant Major is CSM Bradley J. Houston. The Regimental Chief Warrant Officer is CW5 John F. Fobish

U.S. Army Engineer School Commandants

Image Name Period of Office
 Colonel Jonathan Williams 1802–1812
 Brigadier General Joseph Gardner Swift 1812–1817
 Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer 1817–1833
 Brigadier General Rene' E. De Russy 1833–1838
 Major General Richard Delafield 1838–1845 & 1856–1861
 Brigadier General Henry Brewerton 1845–1852
 Colonel Robert Edward Lee 1852–1855
 Major General John G. Barnard 1855–1856
 Captain Pierre G. T. Beauregard 1861
 Lieutenant Colonel Alexander H. Bowman 1861–1864
 Major General Zealous B. Tower 1864
 Brigadier General George Washington Cullum 1864–1866
 Major James C. Duane 1866–1868
 Major Henry Larcum Abbot 1868–1886
 Major Cyrus B. Comstock 1886–1887
 Major William R. King 1887–1895
 Major William T. Rossell 1895
 Major John G. D. Knight 1895–1901
 Major William M. Black 1901–1903
 Major Edward Burr 1903–1906
 Major Eben Eveleth Winslow 1906–1907
 Major William Campbell Langfitt 1907–1910
 Major William Jones Barden 1910–1913
 Major Joseph Ernst Kuhn 1913–1914
 Major William Preston Wooten 1914–1916
 Major Gustave Rudolph Lukesh 1916
 Major General Mason Mathews Patrick 1916–1917 & 1921
 Colonel William Wright Harts 1917
 Brigadier General Henry Jervey 1917
 Colonel Frederic Vaughn Abbot 1917–1918
 Colonel Richard Park 1918
 Brigadier General Charles William Kutz 1918
 Colonel Jay Johnson Morrow 1919
 Major General Clement A. F. Flagler 1919–1920
 Brigadier General William Dunward Conner 1920
 Colonel Meriwether Lewis Walker 1920–1921
 Major General Mason M. Patrick 1921
 Colonel James Albert Woodruff 1921–1924
 Colonel Harry Burgess 1924
 Colonel Sherwood Alfred Cheney 1924–1925
 Colonel Edward Murphy Markham 1925–1929
 Colonel Edward Hugh Schulz 1929–1933
 Colonel George Redfield Spalding 1933–1935
 Colonel Laurance V. Frazier 1935–1936
 Colonel Julian Larcombe Schley 1936–1937
 Colonel Thomas Mathew Robins 1938–1939
 Colonel James Alexander O'Connor 1939–1940
 Brigadier General Roscoe Campbell Crawford 1940–1943
 Colonel Xenophon Herbert Price 1943–1944
 Brigadier General Edwin H. Marks 1944
 Brigadier General Gordon Russell Young 1944
 Brigadier General Dwight Frederick Johns 1944–1945
 Brigadier General Patrick Henry Timothy, Jr. 1936–1937
 Major General Francis B. Wilby 1945–1946
 Colonel Willis Edward Teale 1946–1947
Major General William Morris Hoge, Jr. 1947–1948
 Major General Douglas Lafayette Weart 1948–1951
 Major General Stanley Lonzo Scott 1951
 Major General A. W. Pence 1951–1954 (Died in office)
 Major General Louis W. Prentiss 1954–1956
 Major General David H. Tulley 1956–1958
 Major General Gerald E. Galloway 1958–1960
 Major General Walter K. Wilson, Jr. 1960–1961
 Major General Stephen R. Hanmer 1961–1962
 Major General Lawrence J. Lincoln 1962–1963
 Major General William F. Cassidy 1963–1965
 Major General Frederick J. Clarke 1965–1966
 Major General Robert F. Seedlock 1966–1967
 Major General Arthur William Oberbeck 1968
 Major General George H. Walker 1968–1969
 Major General William C. Gribble, Jr. 1969–1970
 Major General Robert R. Ploger 1970–1973
 Major General Harold R. Parfitt 1973–1975
 Major General James A. Johnson 1975–1977
 Major General James L. Kelly 1977–1980
 Major General Max W. Noah 1980–1982
 Major General James Neal Ellis 1982–1984
 Major General Richard S. Kem 1984–1987
 Major General William H. Reno 1987–1988
 Major General Daniel R. Schroeder 1988–1991
 Major General Daniel W. Christman 1991–1993
 Major General Joe N. Ballard 1993–1995
 Major General Clair F. Gill 1995–1997
 Major General Robert B. Flowers 1997–2000
 Major General Anders B. Aadland 2000–2002
 Major General Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr. 2002–2004
 Major General Randal Castro 2004–2006
 Major General William H. McCoy 2006–2007
 Brigadier General Gregg Martin 2007–2008
 Colonel Robert A. Tipton 2008–2009
 Brigadier General Bryan G. Watson 2009–2011
 Brigadier General Peter “Duke” DeLuca 2011–2013
 Brigadier General Anthony C. Funkhouser 2013-2015
 Brigadier General James H. Raymer 2015 -

U.S. Army Engineer School and Engineer Regimental Command Sergeants Major

Image Name Period of Office
SGM Frederick W. Gerber 1867–1875
SGM A.M. Wagner 1961–1962
SGM G.F. Humphreys 1962–1964
SGM M.H. Philips 1964–1966
SGM A.M. Wagner Jan-Mar 1966
SGM M.H. Philips 1966-1968
SGM Harry W. Dawson Mar-Jul 1968
CSM Griffith A. Jones 1968–1969
CSM M.H. Philips 1969–1971
CSM H. Salazar 1971–1973
CSM Adriano W. Benini 1973–1975
CSM Robert G. Cady 1975–1977
CSM Lucion L. Cowart 1977–1979
CSM Frederick J. Eisenbart 1979–1981
CSM Marvin L. Knowles 1981–1982
CSM Orville W. Troesch Jr. 1982–1984
CSM C.T. Tucker 1984–1986
CSM M. Lee 1986–1988
 CSM Acie Gardner 1986–1991
 CSM W. E. Woodall 1991–1992
 CSM Richard N. Wilson 1992–1993
 CSM Roy L. Burns 1993–1996
 CSM Julius Nutter 1996–1997
 CSM Robert M. Dils 1997–1999
 CSM Arthur Laughlin 1999–2000
 CSM Robert R. Robinson II 2000–2002
 CSM William D. McDaniel Jr. 2002–2003
 CSM Clinton J. Pearson 2003–2008
 CSM Robert J. Wells 2008–2011
 CSM Terrence W. Murphy 2011–2013
 CSM Butler J. Kendrick Jr. 2013 - 2015
 CSM Bradley J. Houston 2015 -

U.S. Army Engineer Regimental Chief Warrant Officers

Image Name Period of Office
 CW5 Robert K. Lamphear 2007–2011
 CW5 Scott R. Owens 2011 - 2015
 CW5 John F. Fobish 2015 -

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ "The United States Army | Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri | U.S. Army Engineer School". wood.army.mil. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
  2. ↑ "The United States Army | U.S. Army Engineer School". wood.army.mil. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
  3. 1 2 "Post-World War II: 1946-Present". belvoir.army.mil. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
  4. ↑ History of Fort Leonard Wood. Dr. Larry Roberts, Maneuver Support, pages 4-6, Summer 2008Template:Publisher-missing
  5. ↑ http://www.wood.army.mil/usaes/library/documents/History_USAES_Crest.pdf
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