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 participate in the X-Mile run on the final day of the 17th Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers Best Sapper Competition on Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, April 22, 2024. The Best Sapper competition showcases the Army's elite Soldiers in combat engineering military occupational specialties during a long, arduous five-day event that challenges participants' mental and fortitude. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Elijah Campbell)