🏰 Yesterday kicked off the first day of the Best Sapper Competition! This year XVIII Airborne Corps has 15 teams competing for the title. Great job to all the competitors for their hard work and for showing us the strength of Sappers! Essayons! 82nd Airborne Division 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) 10th Mountain Division 20th Engineer Brigade 3rd Infantry Division Best Sapper Competition U.S. Army Fort Leonard Wood | XVIII Airborne Corps

45K views · 625 reactions | What did the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division - Air Assault ⛩️ Best Sapper Team go through to bring home the trophy again ? Check out this video to learn about the training, hard work and surprises in the competition from the first back-to-back winning team with the same competitors in Best Sapper Competition history! #Rakkasans #BestSapper #airassault | 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) | Facebook

What is a sapper? For 250 years, sappers have served as elite U.S. Army combat engineers, supporting frontline infantry in every war throughout American history. The Sapper Leader Course tests the limits of human endurance, and only the best make it through and wear the tab. This year we celebrate 250 years of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and 40 years of the Sapper Leader Course. Check out this video to hear from our Soldiers what it takes to become an Army Sapper, graduate Sapper School, an