Military Occupational Specialty, or MOS 12B, Combat Engineer is now open to all female enlisted Soldiers of all components, according to Army Directive 2015-27.

Soldiers in MOS 12B are expected to be proficient at a wide-variety of tasks, including demolitions, route and mine clearing, constructing fighting positions, erecting fixed and floating bridges ...

The only engineer MOS that was closed to women was 12B, combat engineer. Odierno made it clear that the decision to open positions to women was made by the defense secretary 18 months ago.

If you're an Army armor officer (12B) looking for a job, check out your skills and the civilian jobs they're suited for, based on the Military.com MOS Skills Translator. Army, 12B, Army Armor ...