Saturday, January 12, 2008

Registration open for 4th Annual Best Sapper Competition

The U.S. Army Engineer School Leader Course’s fourth annual Best Sapper Competition is May 6 to 8 at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.

Registration is underway and is open to all Soldiers serving in the 21-series career field. The competition, organized in two-man buddy teams, is designed to test the knowledge, physical prowess and mental fortitude of engineer Soldiers throughout the regiment.

For 52 hours, teams will compete in several events, including demolitions, mountaineering, U.S. and threat weapons and land navigation. The top three teams get military and non-military awards and bragging rights.

More information is available from Fort Leonard Wood’s Public Affairs Office, 573 563-6212.
Registration is available from http://www.wood.army.mil/sapper/.