BOISE, Idaho – “Basically, we’re infantry with explosives,” said Staff Sgt. Codey Johnson, a combat engineer and squad leader with the 833rd Engineer Company based in Ottumwa, Iowa. In June, the Iowa ...

ROSE HILL, Kan. (KSNW) – On Valentine’s Day of 1968, Steve Trainer was deployed to Camp Evans in Vietnam—an area just a few miles south from the DMZ. “We were the furthest most base that you could fly ...

Rafael Eirea-Lamberto, a combat engineer for the 9th Engineer Battalion at Fort Stewart, studies a set of instructions as his teammates wrap rope around rope. The group is immersed in an exercise ...

Combat Engineers are a squad of specialized infantry trained in explosives removal, demolition, construction, fieldcraft, and other support activities. They are not trained combat troops, although ...

The winners of the Best Sapper Competition might look a little familiar because, well, this is their second year in a row winning the prestigious — and rigorous — annual competition of Army combat ...