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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Best Sapper competitors may be low on energy and sleep, but not on determination - they have pushed through seven Sapper Stakes events and are getting ready to begin Phase V this evening at Fort ...

Best Sapper teams from across the Army set out to demonstrate their combat engineer skills during the 12th annual Lieutenant General Robert B. Flowers Best Sapper Competition, held April 16-18, at ...

Women are not allowed to serve in certain combat occupations -- but that's not stopping female engineers from taking on the grueling 28-day Sapper Leader Course, becoming Sapper qualified and wearing ...

"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 ...