FORT CHAFFEE, Ark. -- Orange cones and white tape marked the finish line for the culminating race of Sapper Stakes 2015, a gauntlet of events referred to only as the X-Mile. A total of six Army ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rafael Eirea-Lamberto, a combat engineer for the 9th Engineer Battalion at Fort Stewart, studies a set of instructions as his ...

Of the four permanent individual skill tabs authorized for wear by the U.S. Army, one is earned exclusively at Fort Leonard ...

U.S. Army Reserve combat engineer Soldiers from the 374th Engineer Company (Sapper), headquartered in Concord, Calif., conduct a rappel training from a 100-foot tower, July 19, during a two-week field ...

For the third time in a row, two soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division have been named the Army's Best Sappers. Capt. Jason Bahmer and Sgt. 1st Class David Rizo on Thursday claimed the top spot in ...

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 ...

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 ...