814th Engineer Company (AFB)
"Whatever the Job"
The 814th Engineer Company is an active-duty company from Fort Polk, La.
The 814th was originally constituted on 11 July 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 511th Engineer Light Pontoon Company. It was activated 10 August 1942 at Camp Bowie, Texas.
The 511th was inactivated 28 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey following World War II.
The unit was redesignated 23 November 1954 as the 814th Engineer Company and allotted to the Regular Army. The unit was activated 17 January 1955 in Germany and redesignated the 814th Engineer Company (AFB) in 1976. The unit was inactivated 15 October 1992 in Hanau, Germany but has since been reactivated.
The 814th is capableof bridging a 200-meter-wide body of water withits 42 bridge bays.
