Army - Corps of Engineers (U.S.)

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image by Tom Gregg, 16 June 1998

• Organizational Color
• Vessel Flag
• Division Engineer Pennant
• District Engineer Pennant

See also:

• Chief of Engineers
• 18th Engineering Group
• 130th Engineering Brigade
• Engineer School
• Engineer Training Center
• U.S. Army flags
• Army Organizational, Rank, and Positional Flags List
• United States of America

Organizational Color

Organizational Color, The Corps of Engineers. The Corps of Engineers is classed as a "whole-branch" regiment (rather like the British Royal Artillery) and as such it has its own organizational color. The separate TOE battalions of the Corps have similar colors, with their own shields, crests, mottos and designations. The Corps' one-word motto, ESSAYONS, is repeated on both sides of the motto scroll. Red and white are the Corps of Engineers branch colors.
Tom Gregg, 16 June 1998

Vessel Flag

image by Tom Gregg, 10 July 1998

Vessel Flag, Corps of Engineers. This flag is also authorized to be flown on land by Corps of Engineers facilities that are not located on Army installations.
Tom Gregg, 10 July 1998

It dates from the early part of this century. Originally intended for vessels it is now used by divisions, districts, laboratories, offices and facilities of that corps. See AR 840-10 Chapter 7-7 for full details.
James J. Ferrigan III, 14 July 1998

Division Engineer Pennant

image by Joe McMillan, 28 May 2000

Engineer Regulation 840-1-1 provides that a division or district engineer may authorize the flying of a pennant to denote his or her presence aboard a vessel. Only one such pennant may be flown at a time; if the division and district engineers are both aboard the same vessel, only the division engineer's pennant is displayed. The pennants are 29 x 45 inches. If a general officer of the Army is aboard, his flag is flown instead of the division or district engineer's pennant.

Division Engineer pennant: vertical stripes of red (9 inches wide), white (15 inches wide), and blue, with a red Engineer castle measuring 7.37 x 12 inches centered on the white.

The colors are specified as Old Glory red (Cable #70180 on the Standard Color Card of America) and National Flag blue (Cable #70077).

Joe McMillan, 28 May 2000

District Engineer Pennant

image by Joe McMillan, 28 May 2000

District Engineer pennant: white with the Engineer castle in red, its centerline located 14.5 inches from the hoist.
Joe McMillan, 28 May 2000