WEBVTT 00:01.340 --> 00:04.030 Since 1775 . The engineer regiment has 00:04.039 --> 00:06.261 served the nation in war time and peace 00:06.261 --> 00:08.760 today . Around 64,000 engineer soldiers 00:08.770 --> 00:10.937 continue to build on the tradition set 00:10.937 --> 00:12.937 on the battlefields of the American 00:12.937 --> 00:14.826 revolution providing breaching dr 00:14.826 --> 00:16.881 clearance , construction of fighting 00:16.881 --> 00:18.714 positions , power and overcoming 00:18.714 --> 00:20.048 obstacles of any kind . 01:32.639 --> 01:34.639 The history of the US Army Corps of 01:34.639 --> 01:36.528 Engineers is deeply rooted in the 01:36.528 --> 01:38.750 nation's waterway transportation system 01:38.750 --> 01:40.750 and military construction . Today , 01:40.750 --> 01:42.750 more than 38,500 civilians and more 01:42.750 --> 01:44.750 than 900 soldiers carry out the U A 01:44.750 --> 01:46.528 mission which has expanded from 01:46.528 --> 01:48.306 navigation to also include risk 01:48.306 --> 01:50.583 mitigation , environmental stewardship , 01:50.583 --> 01:50.239 environmental regulations , natural 01:50.250 --> 01:52.028 resources management , disaster 01:52.028 --> 01:54.194 response and constructing state of the 01:54.194 --> 01:56.194 art facilities for the nation's war 01:56.194 --> 01:58.361 fighters . The army Corps of Engineers 01:58.361 --> 02:00.139 who are by the way , the finest 02:00.139 --> 01:59.879 engineers in the world .