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 ...

The winners of the Best Sapper Competition might look a little familiar because, well, this is their second year in a row winning the prestigious — and rigorous — annual competition of Army combat ...

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 ...

Combat engineers in the Army, also known as “Sappers,” will compete for the “Best Sapper” title at the 18th Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers Sapper Competition at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Friday through ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CHARLESTON, W. Va. — Private 1st Class William Farkas, 17, attached to the 119th Engineer Company, 1092nd Engineer Battalion, with the West Virginia National Guard, has become the youngest ever ...

In late March, two Army officers will become the first-all female team to compete in a grueling competition to select the best sappers from the entire service. Capt. Hilary Thomas and 1st Lt. Alyvia ...

Capts. Matthew Cushing and Joseph Palazini disassembled and assembled a M2 .50-caliber machine gun on April 21 during the 2024 Best Sapper Competition. (Melissa Buckley/Army) The winners of the Best ...