205th Engineer Battalion | |
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Country | United States |
Branch | Louisiana Army National Guard |
Type | Engineer Battalion |
Role | Combat Support |
Size | Battalion |
Garrison/HQ | Bogalusa, Louisiana (Headquarters) |
Motto(s) | COME WHAT WILL |
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The 205th Engineer Battalion is an engineer battalion of the Louisiana Army National Guard. It is part of one of the 225th Engineer Brigade, one of largest engineer brigades in the United States Army National Guard. The 205th Engineer Battalion is headquartered in Bogalusa, LA in Washington Parish with the remaining companies and detachments located in St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Ascension, and Jefferson parishes. The battalion provides command and control to plan integrate, and direct execution of three to five assigned engineer companies and one Forward Support Company (FSC) to provide mobility in support application or focused logistics.
The 205th Engineer Battalion consists of a Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Forward Support Company and four Engineer companies. The following is the current units of the 205th Engineer Battalion, Combat Heavy and their locations:
HHC
Provides command and control to plan, integrate, and direct execution of three to five assigned engineer companies and one forward support company (FSC) to provide mobility in support application or focused logistics
FSC
To provide direct and habitual combat sustainment support to the engineer battalion in the engineer brigade
922nd
To plan, conduct, prepare, and provide construction support equipment and personnel for concrete mixing/pouring as part of major horizontal and vertical construction projects such as highways, storage facilities, airfields and base camp construction
843rd
To plan conduct, prepare and provide construction support equipment and personnel for bituminous mixing, paving and major horizontal construction projects such as highways, storage facilities and airfields
2225th
To provide command and control of Multi Role Bridge Company that are necessary to conduct missions such as temporary bridge emplacements, fortification of existing bridges and engineer support for water crossings.
1021st
To provide command and control of three to five vertical engineer platoons that provide specific engineering support to logic region (LR) 1-4. Construct base camps and interment facilities as well as construct, repair, maintain other vertical infrastructures in support of the corps or division and maneuver brigade combat team (BCT)