Army opens 20,563 engineering positions to women

Military Occupational Specialty, or MOS, 12B, Combat Engineer is now open to all female enlisted Soldiers of all components, according to Army Directive 2015-27.

The June 16 directive from Army Secretary John M. McHugh makes available 20,563 additional positions for women and opens the last of the 16 engineer MOSs, which were closed to women. The only positions not open to women in engineering are in certain special operations units.

Female officers were previously assigned as combat engineers "to provide a support network for junior female Soldiers and to offer advice to the unit's male leadership," said McHugh, who signed Army Directive 2014-16, June 17, 2014, making that happen.


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