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307th Engineer Regiment (307th EN)
307th Airborne Engineer Battalion (307th AEB)
307th Engineer Battalion (307th EN)
Active1917–present
Country United States
Branch United States Army
TypeAirborne forces
Role Airborne Engineers
SizeBattalion
Part of 3rd Brigade,
82nd Airborne Division
Garrison/HQFort Liberty
Motto(s)I maintain the right.
Anniversaries5 August, 1917
EngagementsWorld War I


World War II


Vietnam War
United States invasion of Grenada
Persian Gulf War
Iraq War
War in Afghanistan
Insignia
Identification
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Beret flashes of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, 505th Infantry Regiment]]

The 307th Engineer Battalion, formerly the 307th Engineer Regiment and 307th Airborne Engineering Battalion, was established 5 August 1917 in the National Army as a unit of the 82nd Infantry Division.[1] It is currently assigned to 3rd Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division.[2]

307th Engineer Battalion commemorates crossing of the Waal River
307th Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division uses a metal detector to search the floor of a house for hidden weapon cache during a raid in Tall Afar
307th Engineer Battalion Conducts Human Terrain Mapping Near Mohammad Abad

The battalion is headquartered out of Fort Liberty, North Carolina and served in major conflicts in World War I and World War II to include the battle of Meuse-Agonne and the Operation Overlord respectively.[1][3] It later served in the Vietnam War as a deployed unit to Detroit to quell civil unrest and in Vietnam in support of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Its most recent operations were during the United States invasion of Grenada, the Persian Gulf War, and the Iraq War and the War in Afghanistan.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "307th Engineer Battalion | Lineage and Honors | U.S. Army Center of Military History (CMH)". history.army.mil. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  2. ^ a b "307th Engineer Battalion". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
  3. ^ "307th AEB". www.usairborne.be. Retrieved 2024-06-10.