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 ...

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 ...

FORT CAVAZOS, Texas — The 18th annual Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers Best Sapper Competition was held April 25-28 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, with 35 two-person teams. The Best Sapper Competition is ...

“When our Nation needs a tough job done, they call the Army. When our Army needs a tough job done, they call on the SAPPERS,” the saying by Lt. General Robert B. Flowers goes. “Sappers,” also known as ...

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 ...

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 ...

"If you're not an experienced sapper, you can go on a mission, but you may not come back," jokes Andriy, the commander of a platoon of Ukrainian sappers. We are meeting with Andriy, whose call sign is ...

Capts. Matthew Cushing and Joseph Palazini disassembled and assembled a M2 .50-caliber machine gun on April 21 during the 2024 Best Sapper Competition. (Melissa Buckley/Army) The winners of the Best ...