7th Engineer Battalion (United States)
| 7th Engineer Battalion | |
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Coat of arms
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| Active | 1861 |
| Country |
 United States
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| Branch | US Army Corps of Engineers |
| Size | Battalion |
| Garrison/HQ | Fort Drum |
| Nickname(s) | Hammer |
| Motto(s) | Seven Times Tested By Fire |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
LTC Jones |
| Notable commanders |
Michael N. Clancy |
Michael N. Clancy
Mark Quander
Christopher Barron
Richard Pannel
Don T. Riley
Hugo J. Stark
Clement Flagler
Meriwether Lewis Walker
Lewis M. Adams
Daniel D. Pullen
The 7th Engineer Battalion is a unit of the United States Army located at Fort Drum, New York. This battalion falls under the 10th Mountain Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team.
The 7th Engineer Battalion was reactivated on 27 October 2006 at Fort Drum, New York under the 20th Engineer Brigade. The Battalion and its assigned companies deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in 2009, for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. In Iraq, the battalion provided tactical construction in support of United States Division - South, partnered with the Iraqi Army's 10th and 14th Field Engineer Regiments, and enhanced the civil capacity of Iraq via technical support for reconstruction projects. In Afghanistan, battalion soldiers conducted route clearance operations and provided firefighting support in the southern and eastern provinces, in support of NATO security operations. The battalion deployed again to eastern Afghanistan to conduct route clearance operations from October 2011 to October 2012.
On 17 October 2014, the 7th Engineer Battalion converted to become the 7th Brigade Engineer Battalion. This task organization includes the 630th Clearance Company, the Brigade's Military Intelligence Company, and the Brigade's Signal Company.
The battalion traces its history to a unit organized on 31 December 1861 in the Regular Army at Washington D.C., from new and existing companies of engineers as a provisional engineer battalion (constituted 28 July 1866 as the Battalion of Engineers)
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