"Medics teach Advanced Medical Techniques class, which is a part of Sapper Leader Course's Program of Instruction. They are invaluable members of the Sapper team," said Capt. Matvey Vikhrov, Sapper ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (Jan. 27, 2014) -- Twenty-five-year-old 1st Lt. Katherine Baumann loves to be challenged and decided there would be no limits to what she could learn and experience with a ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. -- The Sapper Leader Course has been molding superior Army engineer leaders since 1985. Now, Marine Capt. Kathryn Neff has put her mark on the elite school's history -- not once ...

Sergeant Hailey Falk is the Army’s first enlisted female Soldier to graduate from the rigorous Sapper Leader Course at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, since the program’s inception in 1985. Falk, 23, ...

U.S. Army Reserve combat engineer Soldiers from the 374th Engineer Company (Sapper), headquartered in Concord, Calif., conduct a rappel training from a 100-foot tower, July 19, during a two-week field ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. – While the majority of Soldiers who wear the Sapper tab on their shoulder also sport the engineer castle on their dress blues, not all do. “The course is designed to train ...

A Hawaii-based soldier has completed a rare feat: graduating from three demanding courses to earn her Ranger, Sapper and Jungle tabs. First Lt. Mackenzie Corcoran with the 29th Brigade Engineer ...

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 ...

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 ...