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., ...

Gen. Robert B. Flowers Best Sapper Competition April 25-28, 2025, at Fort Leonard Wood. The four-day challenge will showcase many capabilities of the Army’s combat engineers, commonly called ...

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 ...