The winners of the Best Sapper Competition might look a little ... the prestigious - and rigorous - annual competition of Army combat engineers at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers July 5, 2023. McTighe’s previous operational assignments began at Fort Drum, New York, from 2002–05, where as a Sapper platoon leader he deployed with the 2-14th ...

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.

The refugees still cannot return to their homes after Syria’s liberation from IS (outlawed in Russia) terrorists, because many areas are mined, and the Syrian army lacks combat engineers.