Of the four permanent individual skill tabs authorized for wear by the U.S. Army, one is earned exclusively at Fort Leonard ...

WASHINGTON — In the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the term sapper carries weight. For 250 years, sappers have served as elite combat engineers, supporting frontline infantry in every war throughout ...

Rafael Eirea-Lamberto, a combat engineer for the 9th Engineer Battalion at Fort Stewart, studies a set of instructions as his teammates wrap rope around rope. The group is immersed in an exercise ...

Carrying nearly 80-pound packs while moving from obstacle to obstacle over a 14-mile course, 10 two-person military teams kicked off day one of the three-day Best Sapper competition Wednesday at Fort ...

For the third time in a row, two soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division have been named the Army's Best Sappers. Capt. Jason Bahmer and Sgt. 1st Class David Rizo on Thursday claimed the top spot in ...

Women are not allowed to serve in certain combat occupations -- but that's not stopping female engineers from taking on the grueling 28-day Sapper Leader Course, becoming Sapper qualified and wearing ...

Memories of a Sapper, Royal Engineers Part One — TA Call-up 1/9/39 - 248th Field Company, Bedford to Iraq in 1941. Part one of an oral history interview with the Hon. Alderman Bill Astle conducted by ...

U.S. Army Reserve combat engineer Soldiers from the 374th Engineer Company (Sapper), headquartered in Concord, Calif., conduct a rappel training from a 100-foot tower, July 19, during a two-week field ...

The Army announced Friday that the service's first female enlisted soldier has graduated from the physically challenging Sapper Leader Course. Sgt. Hailey Falk, who is assigned to B Company, 39th ...

Memories of a Sapper, Royal Engineers Part Two — From Iraq to Egypt (posted to 50th Northumbrian Division) and Operation Husky, the Invasion of Sicily 10th July 1943. Part two of an oral history ...