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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, ...
Daily Journal

National Guard engineers train using explosives at Camp Atterbury

Explosions and gunshots echoed across the field. Deep inside one of the training ranges at Camp Atterbury, members of the Indiana National Guard 776 Brigade Engineer Battalion were engaging in various ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Canadian combat engineers to train Ukrainians in Poland

WARSAW, PolandWARSAW, Poland — Canada will deploy approximately 40 combat engineers to NATO ally Poland to train Ukrainian sappers in de-mining, engineer reconnaissance and explosives, the Canadian ...
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Biggest Explosion on JBLM in over a Decade

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash.— U.S. Soldiers, assigned to ‘Badger’ Company, 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, recently conducted heavy ...
Yahoo

What's a 'sapper'? Fort Stewart soldiers among the U.S. Army's best combat engineers

Rafael Eirea-Lamberto, a combat engineer for the 9th Engineer Battalion at Fort Stewart, studies a set of instructions as his teammates wrap rope around rope. The group is immersed in an exercise ...
IGN

Combat Engineers

Combat Engineers are a squad of specialized infantry trained in explosives removal, demolition, construction, fieldcraft, and other support activities. They are not trained combat troops, although ...