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Combat engineers enable infantry commanders, Soldiers

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. -- Rounding out the Army's three engineering disciplines, combat engineers, also known as "Sappers," enable the maneuverability of forces by applying mobility, counter-mobility, ...
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Soldiers exposed to new combat realities with expanded training

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A trainee from the 198th Infantry Brigade low crawls through an obstacle at Fort Moore, Georgia. (Capt. Stephanie Snyder/U.S. Army ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Army set to expand basic combat training

WASHINGTON -- Buoyed by an increase in recruiting, the Army will expand its basic combat training in what its leaders hope reflects a turning point as it prepares to meet the challenges of future wars ...
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Missouri's Fort Leonard Wood will graduate thousands more soldiers from basic training

An increase in Army recruitment and enlistment has led to five more basic combat training companies at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, and a 30% increase in soldiers training there. The Army has ...
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Engineers integrate water survival drills into initial entry training

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — Soldiers training to be 12C Bridge Crewmembers with Fort Leonard Wood’s 1st Engineer Brigade, are now learning combat water survival skills during advanced individual training ...
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Using technology, Army moves combat engineers from the breach to save lives

FORT HOOD, Texas — Clearing the path to the front lines of combat only has about a 50% survivability rate for Army combat engineers. Challenged to improve that, Fort Hood’s 36th Engineer Brigade ...