Engineer School commandant visits British counterparts

By U.S. Army Europe Engineer DivisionFebruary 25, 2015

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TIDWORTH, England -- Brig. Gen. Anthony Funkhouser, the commandant of the U.S. Army Engineer School, visited the Royal Engineers at Swinton Barracks, here, Feb. 24.

During the visit, Funkhouser observed a capabilities demonstration of the Titan Armoured Vehicle Launch Bridge and met with the U.S. Army's English engineer counterparts from the 22nd Engineer Regiment.

U.S. Army Europe's Engineer Division provides Army engineer expertise to Army Europe commanders, staff, units and sister services, and synchronizes engineer effort across the theater in order to fulfill requirements of the USAREUR campaign plan.

Engineers provide engineer staff estimates; coordinate theater engineer assets; exercises troop construction; establishes Forward Operating Site (FOS) Bases and FOS facility standards; and coordinates environment, and real estate agreement requirements.

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