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 ...
An Army soldier won the top leadership award at Sapper school, then her husband did too. 1st Lts. Rachel and Samuel Kicklighter are combat engineer officers stationed at U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria, in ...
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 ...
A Hawaii-based combat engineer became ‘triple-tabbed’ by completing three of the Army’s most demanding courses, Ranger and Sapper school, and a Hawaii-based Jungle course. Earning all three is rare ...
Alan O’Hagan, Sapper whose career included a hair-raising operation during the Korean War – obituary
Major Alan O’Hagan, who has died aged 99, was a Royal Engineer involved in perilous service during the Korean War when he infiltrated Chinese lines and entered a tunnel the enemy had built into a ...
Best Sapper competitors may be low on energy and sleep, but not on determination - they have pushed through seven Sapper Stakes events and are getting ready to begin Phase V this evening at Fort ...
Combat Engineer Paratroopers from across the 82nd Airborne Division train for the Best Sapper competition, Feb. 12, 2020, on Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Different explosive charges are one of many ...
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 ...
Best Sapper teams from across the Army set out to demonstrate their combat engineer skills during the 12th annual Lieutenant General Robert B. Flowers Best Sapper Competition, held April 16-18, at ...
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 ...
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 ...
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