FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — With the Best Sapper Competition just two weeks away, local competitors said they are diligently preparing their bodies and minds for the intense challenge. The 17th Lt. Gen.

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 ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (April 29, 2025) — Soldiers descended from a Chinook CH-47 onto the grounds of Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, as the crowd cheered for the competitors beginning their journey into ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree awarding the 35th Engineer Sapper regiment the honorary name "Guards".

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Army Sgt. Maj. Russel Hull, senior enlisted leader of 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd ...

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 ...

SATURDAY HERE ON CHANNEL EIGHT. TRAVIS LEE MEANS TOTAL COVERAGE. A SCARBOROUGH NATIVE SERVING IN THE ARMY IS BEING RECOGNIZED AS "BEST SAPPER" -- AFTER WINNING A GRUELING COMPETITION THIS PAST WEEK.

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 ...