Lts. Christopher Barrett and Bryce Sullenger were declared the Army's top combat engineers after several days of grueling ...

On the first day of the Army's most elite combat engineering competition, the winning team made an error that could have ...

A team cuts steel with an exothermic torch during the Best Sapper Competition at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. (Michael Curtis/Army) Dozens of soldiers will compete in the Army’s 2018 Best Sapper ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- "Class, attention! The Sapper Creed!," said Texas Guardsmen and class 08-16 Sapper Leader Course honor graduate 2nd Lt. Ethan McIntosh. The room thundered as 23 course graduates ...

In a profession defined by standards, discipline, and leading from the front, Sgt. Maj. Russell Hull of the 3rd Infantry ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The winners of the Best Sapper Competition might look a little familiar because, well, this is their second year in a row winning ...

The 2025 Best Sapper Competition ended with a two-man team of Army Rangers coming in first, and in so doing, completing a near-sweep of major Army combat contests in 2025 by the elite unit, but it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Hawaii-based soldier has completed a rare feat: graduating from three demanding courses to earn her Ranger, Sapper and Jungle ...

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 ...

Soldiers scaled cliffs, rapelled, ruck marched, swam, ran, and besides all that, they built explosives, detonated them and simulated clearing an airfield during the recent Best Sapper Competition.

When Capt. Natalie Mallue graduated from Fort Benning in April 2017, she became only the sixth female to pass Ranger School. PHOENIX -- The end was in sight. Long days of little food and sleep ...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — A new train-up within the 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) is preparing soldiers for the US Army's elite Sapper Leader Course ...