92nd Engineer Battalion

The distinctive unit insignia (DUI) is directly related to the battalion's history. The four points of the diamond represent the four campaigns in which the battalion participated during World War II. The cross is symbolic of the royal arms of Italy, the country in which the four campaigns took place. The colors of the crest, scarlet and white, are the colors of the Army Corps of Engineers. GLORIA AD CAPUT VENIRE is the battalion motto and translated means GLORY IN ACHIEVEMENT. Approved on 19 January 1956, the Coat of Arms consists of two crossed bamboo poles, an upright sword as well as a green disk with gold star in the center, placed above the scarlet and white shield with the black diamond symbol in the center. This represents the unit's war service in Vietnam. According to The Institute of Heraldry, "The crossed bamboo poles symbolize the general support, rebuilding and construction projects of the 92d Engineer Battalion. The green disc alludes to the tropical region and the five-pointed star represents the four Meritorious Unit Commendations and the Vietnamese Civil Action Medal awarded the unit." ==Battalion motto==

Glory in Achievement – LTC Harry W. Lombard, Commander of the 92D Engineer Battalion, in 1967, recorded this definition in the battalion records, of the meaning associated with the motto. "A word is shallow, a promise unfullfilled, a battle never won until the object we have sought is ours. Then there is success, and glory in achievement. This is our goal: Our words, commands; each promise is kept; the battle won. In peace and war it is not the task at hand that matters but the manner in which it is undertaken. When any group puts forth their all in a combined effort, and by so doing accomplishes its mission, it has attained the highest honor – Glory in Achievement." ==Unit history==

The 92nd Engineer General Service Regiment was constituted an inactive unit of the Regular Army, effective 1 October 1933, as the 51st Engineer Battalion (Separate). The unit was redesignated on 1 January 1938, as the 92nd Engineer Battalion and activated on 1 May 1941 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. The enlisted cadre for the 92nd Engineer Battalion was furnished by the 41st Engineer Regiment and numbered 49 men. The unit was manned with Black soliders. The officers were drawn from the Regular Army and members of the Officers Reserve Corps on active duty. In March 1942, soldiers of Company D assigned to Camp Joseph T, Robinson, Arkansas got into an altercation with white Military and Little Rock policemen. The civilian police shot and killed Sergeant Thomas P Foster who was attempting to investigate a pervious police beating of one of his engineers. A grand jury declined to charge anyone for the killing. The unit was reorganized and redesignated, effective 22 May 1942, as the 92nd Engineer Regiment (General Service). On 1 July 1942, the organization sailed aboard the USAT Thomas H. Barry from the New York Port of Embarkation. Landing in Scotland on 13 July, the regiment was assigned to Southern Base Section of SOS, ETOUSA, with station near Taunton, Somerset, in southwestern England. The regiment was the first American unit in that part of Britain. On 1 August 1942, the unit designation was changed to 92nd Engineer General Service Regiment. The regiment sailed from Scotland arriving at Oran, Algeria, in French North Africa on 16 February 1943, and was assigned to the Mediterranean Base Section. In April the unit was attached to the Fifth Army Invasion Training Center in preparation for the Sicily and Salerno operations. From 2 May 1967 through 27 July 1972, the battalion distinguished itself in 14 campaigns: These elements of the 92nd, the only deployed engineer battalion in the Army at that time, built what was to be the U.S. and coalition forces’ initial base camp, staging area and port for debarkation of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. Prior to the battalion's arrival, the camps were essentially open fields with few buildings, no electricity, no running water or adequate drainage. At Kandahar, unexploded ordnance and nightly rocket attacks on the base from enemy forces were common. The runways were cratered from aerial attacks and littered with destroyed aircraft, significantly degrading air operations and presenting a significant threat from unexploded ordnance. There was no waste incineration or sanitary waste-water treatment. All of these issues were corrected. Additionally, the battalion organized and conducted quarry operations near the airport providing material for rapid runway repair and road building. In January 2005, the battalion deployed to Baghdad in support of OIF 04-06 to provide general construction engineering and chemical force protection support. 92nd completed 276 construction missions, including the construction of an Iraqi tank gunnery range, a headquarters and airfield complex for the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, numerous battalion and brigade headquarters SEA Huts and the repair of over 100 IED craters. 92nd Engineer Battalion – HHC, FSC, 526, 984, 554, 36th DET – February 2013 to November 2013 Most recently, the Black Diamonds deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom 13, to conduct retrograde operations and reduce the Army's footprint in Afghanistan. As the second engineer battalion to be part of the CENTCOM Materiel Retrograde Element (CMRE) mission, the 92nd Engineer Battalion completed over fifteen engineer work requests and contributed to the closure or transfer of two Tactical Infrastructures, nine Tactical Bases, and one Operational Base with focus in Regional Command's South, Southwest and West. Forward Support Company completed over twenty-eight Combat Logistic Patrols covering over 4,000 miles in RC South, served more than 25,000 meals to fellow Black Diamonds and mechanical support at six different locations. 526th Horizontal Construction Engineers, 554th Vertical Construction Engineers, and 984th Horizontal Construction Engineers deconstruction efforts directly contributed to the CMRE mission to retrograde with a focus to consolidate troops and equipment in Afghanistan. 526 Gladiators completed projects at five bases stretching across RC's South and Southwest. 554 Assassins completed projects at seven bases stretching across RC's South, Southwest and West. 984 Warriors completed projects at seven bases stretching across RC's South and Southwest. ==Company lineage==

526th Engineer Company Campaign participation credit World War II • Rhineland • Central Europe Korean War • UN Offensive • CCF Intervention • First UN Counteroffensive • CCF Spring Offensive • UN Summer–Fall Offensive • Second Korean Winter • Korea, Summer–Fall 1952 • Third Korean Winter • Korea, Summer 1953 File:526th_Engineer_Company.png| 984th Engineer Company Campaign participation credit ----Operation Enduring Freedom----- World War II • Rhineland Korean War • First UN Counteroffensive • CCF Spring Offensive • UN Summer–Fall Offensive • Second Korean Winter • Korea, Summer–Fall 1952 • Third Korean Winter • Korea, Summer 1953 Vietnam War • Counteroffensive Phase VI • Tet 69/Counteroffensive • Summer–Fall 1969 • Winter–Spring 1970 • Sanctuary Counteroffensive • Counteroffensive Phase VII • Consolidation I • Consolidation II File:984th_Horizontal_Construction_Engineer_Company.png| File:984th_Engineer_Company_Photo.jpg| 554th Engineer Company Campaign participation credit World War II :Northern France :Rhineland :Ardennes-Alsace :Central Europe Vietnam War :Counteroffensive, Phase II :Counteroffensive, Phase III File:554th_Vertical_Construction_Engineer_Company.png|554th Vertical Construction Engineer Company Icon File:554th_Engineer_Company_Photo.jpg|554th Engineer Company Photo 530th Engineer Company Campaign participation credit World War II :Sicily :Naples–Foggia :Rome–Arno :North Apennines File:530th_Route_Clearance_Company_Icon.png|530th Route Clearance Company Icon File:4th_platoon_-530th_EN_CO.jpg|4th Platoon blows-in-place a found IED during a clearance mission to the dangerous Ganjitsu Kalay village, near the AF-Pak border File:Expert_Sapper_-_530th.jpg|530th Soldiers negotiate a 400-meter buddy team poncho raft swim as part of the Expert Sapper Competition ==Detachments==

36th Engineer Detachment THE CAN DO CREW Campaign participation credit Korean War • Third Korean Winter • Korea, Summer 1953 Vietnam War • Defense • Counteroffensive • Counteroffensive Phase II • Counteroffensive Phase III • Tet 69/Counteroffensive • Counteroffensive Phase IV • Counteroffensive Phase V • Counteroffensive Phase VI 514th Firefighter Detachment Campaign participation credit World War II • Normandy • Northern France Vietnam War • Counteroffensive Phase II • Counteroffensive Phase III • Tet Counteroffensive • Counteroffensive Phase IV • Counteroffensive Phase V • Counteroffensive Phase VI • Tet 69/Counteroffensive • Summer–Fall 1969 • Winter–Spring 1970 • Sanctuary Counteroffensive • Counteroffensive Phase VII File:514th Firefighters.jpg|514th Firefighter Detachment ran in the Ft Stewart, Red Cross 5K on 1 March. SGT Rodriguez, SPC Carnes, and SPC Hardy all completed the run in turn-out gear File:514th_firefighters_92nd.jpg|514th Firefighters at Red Cross Run ==See also==