FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — Of the four permanent individual skill tabs authorized for wear by the U.S. Army, one is earned exclusively at Fort Leonard Wood — the Sapper Tab. The only way to earn the ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — It’s about to go down. Competitors vying for the title of Best Sapper have arrived at Fort Leonard Wood and are ready for their first event at 5 p.m. April 19, 2024, in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The winners of the Best Sapper Competition might look a little familiar because, well, this is their second year in a row winning ...

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 ...

When the U.S. Army needs to figure out how to move soldiers, it calls in the sappers — an elite group of combat engineers who know how to do anything the Army asks of them. And one Fairfax County, ...

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 ...

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 ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — Cadet Nickalus Johnson, a Gruver native, is slated to compete in the 17th Best Sapper Competition, to be held April 19 through 22 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Johnson is ...

WAPPAPELLO, Mo. -- To a passerby, it would have looked like 40 or so Missouri National Guard Soldiers were actually storming an occupied city building. The Citizen-Soldiers were dressed in full battle ...