Can infantry go to sapper school

Signing up for Sapper school is an informal procedure, he added. Sapper school consists of five phases that push Marines to their limits, Dill said. First phase is communication and land navigation, second phase is patrolling, third phase is reconnaissance, fourth phase is land-mine warfare and fifth phase is demolition. After the Marines have completed all five phases, their knowledge is put to the test in a five-day exercise, Anderson said. The students are dropped off by air into a training area.

As soon as their feet hit the ground, their mission begins. Albert H. Finan III, a former Sapper course student, agreed. Camp Pendleton News. November 2. October 5. September 1. June 3. May 3. Each training event is graded and scored. To graduate, a sapper must earn out of 1, points to wear the Sapper tab. At Fort Polk, two Soldiers with the 46th Engineer Battalion have earned the Sapper tab in addition to their previously-earned Ranger tabs , leading the way for others to follow in pursuit of the coveted rocker.

They are Spc. Darren Hopes and Sgt. Jaired Brooks, both horizontal construction engineers with the rd Engineer Company and th Engineer Company, 46th Eng. Each had his own challenges and favorite moments during the course. I struggled with it, but I pushed through. Andrew Messick. Specialist Hopes is the first enlisted Soldier to make it through Sapper school during my time here 27 months.

Your Army. By Michelle Tan. Jul 23, Department of Justice. The combat engineer company is grading its Soldiers on various events to determine which ones will earn a spot on a "merit list" to attend the Sapper Leader Course at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Army photo by Master Sgt.

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