Latest ""
Best sappers: Army combat engineers win back-to-back honors
The duo beat out 100 other pairs from 23 Army installations and 46 battalions in a competition designed to “punch them in the face.”
By Zamone Perez
Demolition, explosives facility planned at Vermont National Guard site
Having such a site in Vermont means that soldiers won’t have to travel to New York for training, the Guard said.
Best pics of the week: June 7, 2020
Frontline Photos: Military members training and participating in operations around the world
Army’s Best Sapper Competition to feature all-female team among other ‘firsts’
Capt. Hilary Thomas and 1st Lt. Alyvia Orsini, both with the 21st Brigade, 3rd Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, will comprise the first all-female team of combat engineers to participate in the three-day competition.
By Dylan Gresik
The horrifying purpose of Special Atomic Demolition Munition units: ‘We all knew it was a one-way mission, a suicide mission’
You might not have realized they ever made A-bombs small enough for one man to carry, but they did.
By Paul Srubas, Green Bay (Wis.) Press-Gazette via the AP
First enlisted woman earns her Sapper tab
The Army's first enlisted female Sapper school graduate put on her tab Dec. 7.
Commentary: ‘I saw something world-class, something special’
From the POW Crawl to the dreaded X-Mile Run, combat engineers pushed it to the limit, says a spectator — and Sapper dad — who tells this story of guts and glory.
By Mac Warner
Fort Campbell engineers take top honors at Best Sapper competition
Capt. Rudy Chelednik and Sgt. 1st Class Robert Clark beat out 40 other teams over the three-day competition to take the title of the Army's best Sappers.
The Army’s Best Sapper Competition is getting a new name
The competition kicks off on Monday.
By Charlsy Panzino
Sappers test first-ever load carrier designed for paratroopers
Researchers are designing the system with feedback from paratroopers who tested it.
By Todd South