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Combat engineers enable infantry commanders, Soldiers

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. -- Rounding out the Army's three engineering disciplines, combat engineers, also known as "Sappers," enable the maneuverability of forces by applying mobility, counter-mobility, ...
Military Times

What does it take to be an Army combat engineer?

“Becoming a combat engineer has always been in my mind, but I understand that it’s a very difficult field especially for physical fitness and as a woman,” Reddit user BrpBap wrote in a post. Combat ...
Army Times

How autonomous tech can make combat engineering safer

A robotic Assault Breacher Vehicle cleared mines during a 2022 combined arms breach exercise at Yakima Training Center in Washington state. (Jen Judson/Staff) The challenges faced by combat engineers ...
Army Times

Army’s Best Sapper Competition to feature all-female team among other ‘firsts’

Combat Engineer Paratroopers from across the 82nd Airborne Division train for the Best Sapper competition, Feb. 12, 2020, on Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Different explosive charges are one of many ...
El Paso Times

What's a sapper? Army combat engineers clear way for maneuver battalions, slow down enemy

Four young soldiers from Fort Bliss’ 16th Engineer Battalion survived three days of mental and physical tests to be named the best sappers at the installation and the 1st Armored Division. What is a ...
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UI Sophomore First Female to Become Combat Engineer with Iowa National Guard

Until recently, about 10 percent of military positions - those in combat roles - had been closed to women. That all changed on December 3rd last year, when Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced those ...
KING5

Combat engineering train-up at JBLM helps soldiers push their limits

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — A new train-up within the 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) is preparing soldiers for the US Army's elite Sapper Leader Course ...
Marine Corps Times

Marine ground combat arms unit gets its first woman commander

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Michelle I. Macander, left, incoming commanding officer of 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, receives the colors from Lt. Col. Christopher M. Haar, ...
Fox Carolina

Multiple gather for 100th anniversary celebration of 174th Combat Engineer Company

WELLFORD, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Multiple people gathered on Sunday to celebrate the 100th year anniversary of the 174th Combat Engineer Company, South Carolina National Guard. The company was ...
abc27

Celebrating combat engineers in the Midstate during ‘Engineers Week’

(WHTM)– This week is “Engineers Week” and we have some in the Midstate who might not be the first you think of – when someone mentions engineers. We’re talking about combat engineers from the 382nd ...
The National Interest

DARPA Wants to Turn Infantry Into Instant Combat Engineers

DARPA has a plan to turn regular U.S. infantry into instant combat engineers—but without all the heavy equipment such as armored bulldozers. The Pentagon’s pet research agency is looking for ...