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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, ...
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Soldiers exposed to new combat realities with expanded training

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A trainee from the 198th Infantry Brigade low crawls through an obstacle at Fort Moore, Georgia. (Capt. Stephanie Snyder/U.S. Army ...
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Sapper Leader Course: forging elite combat-ready engineers since 1985

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — Of the four permanent individual skill tabs authorized for wear by the U.S. Army, one is earned exclusively at Fort Leonard Wood — the Sapper Tab. The only way to earn the ...
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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 ...
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Missouri's Fort Leonard Wood will graduate thousands more soldiers from basic training

An increase in Army recruitment and enlistment has led to five more basic combat training companies at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, and a 30% increase in soldiers training there. The Army has ...
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Fort Sill and Fort Leonard Wood to add 4 basic training companies

As the Army appears to be turning the corner in its years-long recruiting challenges, two new boot camp sites will start creating even more soldiers this fall. Basic combat training at Fort Sill, ...
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BEHIND THE SCENES with U.S. Marine Corps Combat Engineers

In todays TRAINING REPORT we join Combat Engineers with Marine Wing Support Squadron 273, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, ...