911th Engineer Company

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Official logo of the 911th Engineer Company
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The 911th Engineer Company (Technical Rescue), formerly the MDW (Military District of Washington) Engineer Company, is the only combat engineer company in the United States Army that specializes in Urban Search and Rescue (USAR). It is located at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, and is best known for its response to the attack on the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.

The 911th is assigned to the 12th Aviation Battalion, itself a subordinate Headquarters of the Military District of Washington. The company specializes in collapsed structure, vertical, confined space, and mine rescue. It regularly trains with local, state, and federal first responders in the National Capital Region as a valuable contributor to the joint homeland defense organization, the Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region. It was redesignated as the 911th Engineer Company on September 11th, 2006, in memory of its historic role in the war on terror.

Homer McElvoy, an Arlington Co. Firefighter, is seen talking to a member of the 911th Engineer Company during a rescue exercise in and around the Memorial Tunnel in Gallagher, W.Va., June 13, 2006, conducted by the Center for National Response.
Homer McElvoy, an Arlington Co. Firefighter, is seen talking to a member of the 911th Engineer Company during a rescue exercise in and around the Memorial Tunnel in Gallagher, W.Va., June 13, 2006, conducted by the Center for National Response.
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