Two thoughts, first years ago I was reading a book (do not remember name) about the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. At the end of the book it picked one engineer company that was disbanded after the war and listed every single piece of equipment they turned in. Last item was Sherman tank platoon with crews. I have never seen any MTOE that has tanks in the engineers.
Second back before I got out of the guard I was told that if something major happened we were expected to report to the nearest armory even if it was not our own. They would try to get us back to our unit but it could take time. What would they call that I wounder? In my case I was a EOD Sergeant and the nearest unit was Combat Engineers, how quick would they be to get rid of the explosives experience I had? Also my brother lived near me and he was a tank platoon sergeant what would they even do with him?
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