One of the unique aspects of military engineering is combat engineering. Combat engineering is the application of engineering concepts and principles to shape the physical environment for advantage during combat operations.
Combat engineering incorporates elements of all of the different general engineering specialties. Military engineers have to deal with difficulties on the battlefield to tackle any sort of obstacle or meet any kind of need, from decontamination to bridging to building base housing. So a military engineering background offers a lead in to almost any sort of civilian engineering career.