2/95 Assault Pioneer Singleton, NSW, Australia  He is an
INFANTRYMAN with special training. His trade lineage goes back
over 2000 years when a Roman General described him as “one of a
body of foot soldiers, marching in advance with spaces to
prepare the roads for the main body”.  He still uses a shovel or
an axe or a more sophisticated tool like power saws or
Theodolite survey instruments. He can build a bridge, a house or
a latrine. He can blow up the same bridge and booby trap the
house and the latrine with fiendish skills. He lives in danger
but works with caution.  He can operate the latest assault boat
and motor launch, Or build a raft out of logs and barrels. He
can lead an attack with a Bangalore Torpedo, Or be the last man
out in a withdrawal while blowing a crater. He can smoke out an
entrenched enemy with a flame thrower or a pole charge.  All
these things he can do, or he can lay down his tools, pick-up
his rifle and fight as an – INFANTRYMAN. That is an ASSAULT
PIONEER.  In Australia, they are kno