Army Engineer School and Regiment, EBOLC is an intense 20-week program that will challenge newly commissioned Army Engineer Officers physically and mentally. The course provides all newly commissioned Engineer Officers with the technical and tactical knowledge and skills that are essential to success as a platoon leader. Class 03-15 began on 5 January 2015 and will end on 27 May 2015. This page is
intended to share their story with family, friends, and loved ones. Information regarding the 554th Engineer Battalion (the organization responsible for training new Engineering Officers):
Constituted on 5 May 1942 as the 354th Engineers and was redesignated
1 August 1942 as the 354th Engineer General Service Regiment. The 354th Engineer General Service Regiment (colored) was activated 20 September 1942 at Camp Maxey, Texas and was later inactivated on 6 November 1945 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. It was redesignated as the 554th Engineer Battalion on 25 February 1954 and activated as such on 15 November 1954 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. The battalion was inactivated on 26 March 1963 at Fort Leonard Wood and activated on
1 February 1966 at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Following the Vietnam War the battalion was inactivated 1 March 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington. The 554th Engineer Battalion was transferred on 7 November 1986 to the Training and Doctrine Command and organized at Fort Belvoir, Virginia to train engineer officers. In 1988 the battalion moved to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri with the United States Engineer School. On 20 June 2008 the 554th Engineer Battalion amalgamated with the 577th Engineer Battalion and expanded its mission to include training officers and advanced individual trainees. Today, the battalion continues its proud heritage of training engineer Soldiers and leaders.
