Continue to monitor this webpage and the Best Sapper Competition Facebook page for updates. After applications have been submitted, email communications will be sent to the competitors and the Command Sergeant Major listed on the application.

The 20th Annual Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers Best Sapper Competition will be held at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri.

Team Composition Requirements:

• Teams must be submitted in an OML by Battalion or higher. Fill out on Application STC Form 3-A.
• Priority for entry are Teams with two Sapper Leader Course Graduates, minimum requirement is one Sapper Sapper qualified service member (waived for international teams)
• Rank, MOS(AOC), and Branch of service are immaterial.
• Must be Active Duty, Reserve Component, or National Guard of any US Military Services or approved International Military Services.
• Must be in good standing with no pending Civilian or Military Legal, or administrative actions.
• Must have a Sapper Physical (equivalent or more stringent) stating you are in adequate physical condition dated within six months. This will be validated during in-processing. 

Application Process:

1. Complete Application
2. Fill out Biography 
3. Fill out Hometown News Release
4. Fill out PAO/Video Release Form
5. Download both SM's Soldier Talent Profile (STP)
6. Send application and both competitor's Soldier Talent Profiles (STP), biography, hometown news release, PAO form, to usarmy.leonardwood.engineer-schl.mbx.best-sapper-comp@army.mil

• If you do not receive a response stating your packet was received after three business days, please call 573-596-0823.
• Application must be filled and signed digitally.
• Send each document as its own PDF within one email per team.
• Documents should be oriented properly and organized.

After the BSC committee has reviewed for completeness and accuracy the team will be placed on the OML for this year's competition.

After registration is closed, the OML will be vetted and the approved teams will be selected.

Approved teams will receive notification from the BSC committee with the Welcome Letter stating approval.

Additional Information:

• Only participating teams can attend in an official status (TDY use).
• The Division Engineer/Engineer Brigade must create internal OML for their trams and submit OML to POCs NLT 06 February 2026.
• All SLC-owned training areas will be off limits to competitors for the month of April 2026 thru the end of the competition. All violations will be adjudicated appropriately.
• Unit public affairs representatives requesting to cover the event in an official capacity must attend and participate in the Best Sapper 2027 PAO/UPAR in-brief on 16 April 2027. During this brief, 169 EN BN S3 ICW MSCOE PAO provides PAO/UPAR guidance and issues official public affairs badges.
• The earliest any competitor may report is 12 April 2027. Any competitor found in or around the training areas before 12 April 2027 may face disqualification from the competition.

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