299th Engineer Battalion

The 299th Engineer Battalion was first constituted on 23 March 1943 in the Army of the United States and activated on 1 May 1943 at Camp White, Oregon. During World War II, the battalion provided vital combat engineering support in campaigns across the European Theater, including the Rhineland and Central Europe operations. Reactivated and inactivated several times throughout its history, the unit has served in various capacities, including construction, bridging, and route clearance missions. In recent decades, the 299th Engineer Battalion has supported operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, continuing its tradition of providing essential engineering capabilities to the U.S. Army.