The winners of the Best Sapper Competition might look a little familiar because, well, this is their second year in a row winning the prestigious — and rigorous — annual competition of Army ...

Captains Joseph Palazini and Matthew Cushing took first place in the Army's 16th annual Best Sapper Competition at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

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., April ...

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 ...

He is part of a two-person team representing the 111th Engineer Battalion in Austin, scheduled to compete against 49 other teams April 19-22.

But it's not all about the demo. Sapper Stakes is about teamwork ... "All combat engineer units have a (secondary mission requirement) to fight as infantry," Moore said.

CAMP DODGE, Iowa – Engineers from the 402nd Company, 389th Battalion, from Des Moines, Iowa, conducted Sapper Stakes at Camp Dodge, Iowa, Aug. 27-28. The purpose of the training was to test the ...

The 1138th Engineer Company (Sappers) spent the day training at the demo range at Fort Leonard Wood as part of its annual training. (Image capture by Spc. Sarah Lepescu) FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo.