FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Jan. 24, 2013) -- "Combined arms" is a military term more often associated with assaults, ambushes and other dramatic actions used to close with and destroy the enemy. For ...

The Army ended 2025 with a recruiting rebound and modernization gains, but questions about readiness and retention shadow its ...

A robotic Assault Breacher Vehicle cleared mines during a 2022 combined arms breach exercise at Yakima Training Center in Washington state. (Jen Judson/Staff) The challenges faced by combat engineers ...

WASHINGTON — In June of last year, the Army opened combat engineer jobs to female soldiers. Today, women are going through the school housed at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and joining units around the ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (April 29, 2025) — Soldiers descended from a Chinook CH-47 onto the grounds of Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, as the crowd cheered for the competitors beginning their journey into ...

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., Friday through ...

Haunted by the mine blast outside Da Nang in 1968 and the ringing that never stopped, my father carried survivor’s guilt home ...

The Army can raise the bar on minimum fitness standards for close-combat jobs and also must establish clear consequences for soldiers who fall short, according to the recommendations from a new study ...

Townsville-based Australian Army combat rescue operator Sapper Nathan Roberts said his first two years in uniform were a blur ...

The 2025 Best Sapper Competition ended with a two-man team of Army Rangers coming in first, and in so doing, completing a near-sweep of major Army combat contests in 2025 by the elite unit, but it ...

The new ABV features the M1 Abrams box-shaped hull and weighs 50 tonnes. (Commonwealth of Australia) An initial group of Australian Army soldiers have started operations and maintenance training on ...