Re: Mines 8 (!)

You wrote: 
>
>Not that I'm an engineer expert or anything but there is a particular 
breed >of engineer called EOD, that receives training in dealing with 
that sort of >stuff.  Sure regular engineers are trained to recover the 
mines that they >laid, but at least in peacetime anything trickier is 
left to EOD. Though >they might learn a bit more in the engineer 
advanced NCO course. (there is >an advanced engineer course that I read 
about where you learn more high >speed stuff, but maybe there's a 12B 
on the list taht can shed some light on >it. Of course in wartime you 
get everyone and their mother tinkering with >stuff if need be, 
sometimes unsuccessfully. :(

*Checks most recent orders*

Yeah, I qualify.  12B10.  Only high-speed neato course I know of is 
Sapper Leader Course, which don' teach EOD.  And the EOD wierdos are 
Ordnance Corps, not COE, IIRC.

John M. Atkinson