Sapper Leader's Course Marines with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion and 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion conduct training during the Sapper Leader's Course. This three-week-long course helps improve the Marines’ ability to conduct patrols, demolitions and demolition breachings. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Frank Webb) | 1st Marine Division

What is a sapper? For 250 years, sappers have served as elite U.S. Army combat engineers, supporting frontline infantry in every war throughout American history. The Sapper Leader Course tests the limits of human endurance, and only the best make it through and wear the tab. This year we celebrate 250 years of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and 40 years of the Sapper Leader Course. Check out this video to hear from our Soldiers what it takes to become an Army Sapper, graduate Sapper School, an