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The
Royal Australian Engineers (RAE) is a Corps of the Australian
Army (although the word corps does not appear in their
name or on their badge). The Engineer Corps is ranked
4th in seniority of the Corps, behind the Staff Cadets,
Armoured and Artillery Corps. The Corps was formed by
the amalgamation of the various engineer corps of the
States and territories of Australia.
The
motto of the Royal Australian Engineers is Ubique, meaning
everywhere, a motto shared with RAE's parent corps,
the Royal Engineers. Their cap badge holds the motto
Honi soit qui mal y pence (Evil be to him who evil thinks).
The
Engineers also adopted the Royal Engineers practice
of calling their private soldiers "Sappers",
in recognition of the fact that the very earliest engineers
had been primarily concerned with driving saps (tunnels)
both towards the enemy lines, and underneath fortifications.
The
Corps provides combat engineering, construction and
other technical support to the Australian Defence Force.
One of the objectives of the corps is mobility and counter
mobility. That is providing mobility to friendly forces
while denying movement to enemy forces. Engineers are
able to conduct tasks including penetrating minefields,
locating and disarming booby traps, purifying water
and building roads and bridges.
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