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554th Ranger, Sapper train-up prepares Soldiers for schools

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — Company B, 554th Engineer Battalion, has developed and implemented a formalized Army Ranger and Sapper train-up program to assist service members in preparing for the rigors ...
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West Point cadets compete to earn slots at top-class training programs

WEST POINT, N.Y. (Oct. 25, 2012) -- It's not a summer vacation most people would fight for but for future Army officers, this is an opportunity of a lifetime. More than 300 U.S. Military Academy ...
KING5

Combat engineering train-up at JBLM helps soldiers push their limits

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 ...
Idaho State Journal

Local National Guardsman graduates with top honors from Sapper Leader Course

A 25-year-old Pocatello man who’s in the local Idaho National Guard recently beat the odds by graduating from the Sapper Leader Course at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Pfc. Mitchel Haber, who recently ...
Stars and Stripes

Army soldiers will put skills to the test in challenging ‘Best Sapper’ competition at Fort Leonard Wood

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 ...
Savannah Morning News

What's a 'sapper'? Fort Stewart soldiers among the U.S. Army's best combat engineers

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 ...