A U.S. Marine with 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group cleans the Beach Receiving Kit-Light equipment at a fuel farm during training with Naval Facilities Engineering and ...

"I picked combat engineer as my [specialty] when I joined," the 21-year-old Marine said. "It wasn't my first choice, but I couldn't do reconnaissance, because I was color blind.

Modern computing has significantly improved the design and build processes of naval architecture and marine engineering, but limited data is holding it back from advancing even further.