List of United States Army Corps of Engineers chiefs of engineers
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| Chief of Engineers of the United States Army | |
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| Department of the Army | |
| Reports to | Secretary of the Army Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) |
| Seat | The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Appointer | The president with Senate advice and consent |
| Term length | Four years |
| Constituting instrument | Template:UnitedStatesCode |
| Formation | April 1776 |
| First holder | LTC Rufus Putnam |
| Website | Official website |
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The chief of engineers is a principal United States Army staff officer at The Pentagon. The chief advises the Army on engineering matters, and serves as the Army's topographer and proponent for real estate and other related engineering programs. The chief of engineers is the senior service engineer for the Department of Defense, responsible for integrating all aspects of combat, general and geospatial engineering across the Joint Force.
The chief of engineers also commands the United States Army Corps of Engineers. As commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the chief of engineers leads a major Army command that is the world's largest public engineering, design, and construction management agency. This office defines policy and guidance, and it plans direction for the organizations within the Corps. The chief of engineers is currently a lieutenant general billet but in the past has been held by field grade officers as low as major. Civilian oversight of the chief of engineers is provided by the assistant secretary of the Army for civil works.
A pair of golden castle pins, a graduation gift, was given to Major General Leif J. Sverdrup by General of the Army Douglas MacArthur in 1945, as MacArthur thought Sverdrup was more deserving to wear them. Sverdrup gave them to the chief of engineers in 1975. Every chief of engineers since then has worn MacArthur's pins.
Chiefs of engineers
See also
References
^ a: Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Office of History. "Commanders of the Corps of Engineers". United States Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Acting Chief of Engineers". U.S. Army Office of the Chief of Engineers. 20 July 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lieutenant General Scott A. Spellmon". United States Army Corps of Engineers. 10 September 2020. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Promotion iho MG William "Butch" H. Graham, USACE Change of Command and Retirement iho LTG Scott A. Spellmon". DVIDS. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
External links
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