The 11th Engineer Company Air Mobile is based in Schaarsbergen near Arnhem and consists of engineer explorers, advanced search teams, engineer platoons and a construction machine group. The company performs engineering tasks such as mobility and counter-mobility support. Mobility support means that the engineers ensure that their own troops can move undisturbed by, for example, detecting improvised explosives (IEDs), clearing mines or building bridges. In counter mobility, the engineers disrupt the movement of the enemy by, for example, constructing obstacles. The engineer company operates integrated with the infantry battalions. A special feature: the engineer explorers can also dive, making them particularly suitable for use on, in and around the water. The engineer reconnaissance groups and the advanced search teams are assigned to the EARS platoon (Engineers Advanced Reconnaissance and Search).
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