The US Army's Sapper Leader Course is a strenuous 28-day leadership development course for soldiers — especially combat engineers — that evaluates their ability to apply advanced techniques like troop leading procedures, demolitions, waterborne operations, and mountaineering operations while leading troops in combat scenarios. Those that successfully complete the course are awarded the coveted Sapper tab. | Coffee or Die

Sapper Leader's Course Marines with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion and 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion conduct training during the Sapper Leader's Course. This three-week-long course helps improve the Marines’ ability to conduct patrols, demolitions and demolition breachings. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Frank Webb) | 1st Marine Division

Soldiers from the 59th CEC-A sharpened their combat engineering skills during an explosive demolition training at Fort Cavazos on April 3. Using M17A1 charges on cement targets, they practiced breaching techniques essential to mobility, counter-mobility, and survivability on the battlefield. 📹 Spc. Brandi Frizzell and Pfc. Patrick Connery #IIIArmoredCorps | 36th Engineer Brigade | U.S. Army | U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) | 7th MPAD | III Armored Corps

The 147th RTI recent combat engineer exercise at Camp James A Garfield's demolition range provided hands-on training in prepping and detonating explosives. | Ohio National Guard

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