Special Forces Engineer Sergeant
Job Overview
As a Special Forces Engineer Sergeant, you’ll become a member of the Green Berets, one of the most highly skilled Soldiers in the world. You will serve on construction projects, building critical infrastructure and creating bridges, buildings, and field barricades. As a demolitions specialist, you’ll carry out demolition raids against strategic enemy targets like railroads, fuel depots, and bridges, destroying critical components of infrastructure to give our Soldiers a tactical advantage.
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Last verified: 2026-08-14
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Required in practice. Recruiting sites do not print a job-by-job rule, but this specialty needs access to classified information, and federal personnel-security rules (32 CFR 117.10 and the SEAD-4 adjudicative guidelines) limit security clearances to U.S. citizens. Verified August 2026.
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