Video by Sgt. Gregory Menke | Defense Media Activity - Army Productions | 04.27.2025
FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (June 4, 2025) – Competitors in the 2025 Best Sapper Competition pushed through Day Two. Grueling events designed to test physical endurance, mental toughness, and combat engineering proficiency. From ruck marches and demolitions to technical lanes, teams demonstrated grit and determination as they vied for the title of Best Sapper. (U.S. Army video by [SGT Gregory Menke.)...
Video by Sgt. Woodlyne Escarne | Defense Media Activity - Army Productions | 04.27.2025
U.S. Army combat engineers compete in the 2025 Best Sapper Competition on Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, April 25-29, 2025. The five-day event challenges Sapper teams through a series of grueling tasks including marksmanship and demolition operations. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Woodlyne Escarne)...
Video by Pfc. Elijah Campbell | 27th Public Affairs Detachment | 04.24.2024
1st Lt. Jared Dequenne, from High Point, North Carolina, and 1st Lt. Michael Kost, from Staten Island, New York, both Sapper platoon leaders with the 7th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division take on the 17th Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers Best Sapper Competition on Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, April 21, 2024. The best sapper Competition showcases the Army's......
Video by Staff Sgt. Joshua Joyner | 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) | 04.23.2024
B-roll footage from 2024's Best Sapper Competition Day 5 at Fort Leonard Wood, MO on April 23, 2024. Interviews with: CPT Joseph Palazini Company Commander, 3BCT, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) CPT Matthew Cushing Company Commander, 3BCT, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)...
Video by Sgt. Duke Edwards | 3rd Infantry Division | 04.23.2024
Soldiers assigned to 3rd Infantry Division, compete in the Army's 2024 Best Sapper Competition at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, April 19-23, 2024. The U.S. Army Best Sapper Competition began in 2005 as a means for service members to show off their skills. The competition, scheduled from April 19 through April 23, is open to two-person teams — rank, MOS and branch of service immaterial. (U.S.......
Video by Sgt. Jacob Bradford | XVIII Airborne Corps Public Affairs | 04.23.2024
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Robert B. Flowers speaks about Best Sapper 2024 competition and what it takes to be a sapper on Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, April 23, 2024. The Best Sapper Competition 2024 consisted of 50 teams of the most elite combat engineers in the U.S. Army for the title of “Best Sapper”. In 2018 the competition was renamed to "Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers Best Sapper Competition" to......
Video by Sgt. Duke Edwards | 3rd Infantry Division | 04.23.2024
Soldiers assigned to 3rd Infantry Division, compete in the Army's 2024 Best Sapper Competition at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, April 19-23, 2024. The U.S. Army Best Sapper Competition began in 2005 as a means for service members to show off their skills. The competition, scheduled from April 19 through April 23, is open to two-person teams — rank, MOS and branch of service immaterial. (U.S.......
Video by Staff Sgt. Joshua Joyner | 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) | 04.22.2024
B-roll footage from Day 4 of 2024's Best Sapper Competition at Fort Leonard Wood, MO on April 22, 2024. Interview with: SFC Derick Elizardo Sapper Leader Course Subject Matter Expert...
