Engineer Professional Bulletin

Published August 6, 2026

A System at Risk:
America's Strategic Vulnerability in GPS

By Lieutenant Colonel David Paddock, Captain Bradley Warren, and Dr. Bhiksha Ramakrishnan

While GPS has underpinned America's military dominance since the Gulf War, near-peer adversaries now possess the capabilities to degrade or destroy this critical space-based network in an opening conflict. To prevent catastrophic tactical blindness, military innovators are leveraging advanced AI and groundbreaking biological brain-cell research to pioneer radical, un-jammable alternatives. Discover how the U.S. military plans to navigate the dark battlefields of tomorrow when the satellites above suddenly go silent.

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Published July 24, 2026

By Engineers, For Engineers:
Reflecting on 20 Years of JEOC

By Captain Michelle Kokoski and Mr. Ed Lefler

For two decades, the Joint Engineer Operations Course (JEOC) has served as the vital bridge transforming service engineers into a unified, multidomain force ready to tackle modern battlefield complexities. As geopolitical landscapes shift, this elite, engineer-designed program has updated its curriculum to focus on critical Indo-Pacific operations, offering unprecedented opportunities for career growth and joint-service collaboration. Read on to discover how you can join this legacy of leadership, gain invaluable JPME points, or even shape the future as a course facilitator.

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12G AIT Transformation
to 12N ASI

By Captain Zachary Towne

The 12G (Quarry Operations Specialist) MOS suffers from chronically low enrollment and functional redundancy with the 12N (Horizontal Construction Engineer) MOS. To optimize training pipelines and preserve critical material production capabilities for Large-Scale Combat Operations (LSCO), the Army should convert the 12G MOS into an Additional Skill Identifier (ASI) available to 12N Soldiers across all Army components.

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Published April 21, 2026

Rethinking Survivability

By Captain Jonathan Taylor

This article challenges Army engineers to move beyond traditional survivability practices that emphasize side protection from artillery, arguing that the proliferation of reconnaissance and attack drones in the Russia-Ukraine War has fundamentally altered the calculus of what makes vehicles and artillery positions survivable on the modern battlefield. Captain Taylor demonstrates how conventional earthworks—often constructed without overhead cover and leaving conspicuous signatures visible from the air—have become inadequate or even counterproductive against UAV threats, requiring engineers to critically assess whether concealment or cover better serves survivability in each specific operational context.

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