For 250 years, sappers have served as elite combat engineers, supporting frontline infantry in every war throughout American history. “A sapper, in a historic sense, goes back to the 17th century.

Death of combat engineers will leave huge rift Within Canada’s military there is a tight-knit and uniquely qualified group whose motto is “Ubique,” which means “everywhere” ...

At that moment, one of the combat engineers, Sapper Walter Coveyduck, left the seawall’s protection to go save the men of the LCI. This was Juno Beach’s Nan Red sector, the morning of June 6 ...

Killed in action was Sapper Steven Marshall, from the 1st Combat Engineering Regiment based in Edmonton, Alberta, serving as a member of the Task Force 3-09 Battle Group.

To compete, at least one team member must have earned a Sapper tab from the U.S. Army Engineer School’s 28-day Sapper Leader Course, which is celebrating 40 years of training this year.

Combat engineers in the Army, also known as “Sappers,” will compete for the “Best Sapper” title at the 18th Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers Sapper Competition at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., April ...

Sgt. Shawn Eades, the first soldier identified, Cpl. Dustin Roy Robert Joseph Wasden and Sapper Stephan John Stock were all with Edmonton’s 12 Field Squadron, 1 Combat Engineer Regiment.