United States Army

Engineers integrate water survival drills into initial entry training

Soldiers training to be 12C Bridge Crewmembers with Fort Leonard Wood’s 1st Engineer Brigade, are now learning combat water ...
United States Army

Sapper Leader Course: forging elite combat-ready engineers since 1985

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

Using technology, Army moves combat engineers from the breach to save lives

FORT HOOD, Texas — Clearing the path to the front lines of combat only has about a 50% survivability rate for Army combat engineers. Challenged to improve that, Fort Hood’s 36th Engineer Brigade ...
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 ...
First Coast News

Female combat recruit turns self in after deserting

One of the first women to sign up to become an Army combat engineer turned herself in when she was classified as a deserter after being absent without leave for 30 days. Pvt. Erika Lopez surrendered ...
Jane's Information Group

Australian Army trains on new combat engineering vehicles

The new ABV features the M1 Abrams box-shaped hull and weighs 50 tonnes. (Commonwealth of Australia) An initial group of Australian Army soldiers have started operations and maintenance training on ...