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Sapper School

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Has anyone out there attending this course?

If someone out there has been and can help me with what stuff I should be studying, it would be much appreciated! I've been reading 7-8 and the Ranger Handbook, just curious if anyone had some suggestion about what else I should be reading that might help me while I'm there, thank you.
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Re: Sapper School

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Cosmopolitan...
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Re: Sapper School

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Dan B 3/75 wrote:Cosmopolitan...

:D :D :D

Haha Adam, I told you the extent of advice you would get here are jokes. I'm still trying to find you a Sapper grad to speak with one on one. Just remember, this is not some bs school just because we think it is, you are being given one of the biggest privliges in Cadet Command, go forth, kick the courses' ass and then buckle down and get ready for the real show, I hope to pin your tab on you in a year's time (the real tab that is)
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madslashers1-2 wrote:
Dan B 3/75 wrote:Cosmopolitan...

:D :D :D

Haha Adam, I told you the extent of advice you would get here are jokes. I'm still trying to find you a Sapper grad to speak with one on one.
You don't really think anyone will admit to it on here do you? :lol: :lol:
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Actually I think it's the only school that . hasn't gone to if that says anything.
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It is the most dangerous and challenging school in the entire world's military. It is the toughest 28 days of the Army and only a handful have made it through alive and are able to wear the coveted Black and Red tab. They are tougher than the Rangers, Special Forces, Delta, Seals and the Israeli Mossad all combined!!! The only reason that basic trainees don't run down the road singing "I want to be a Sapper" is because they all fear those Sappers who are out there (that and it just doesn't have the same musical flow and syntax as Airborne Ranger).

To prove that they are mightier than the Special Forces school they have divided up their grueling instruction into things called "Phases". They have Phase I and Phase II, not needing a Phase III because they are also smarter than Special Forces and can "get it" quicker than they can.

To prove that they are mightier than the Rangers, the Sapper School will not just teach grueling Engineer skills, like building a latrine, standing around drinking coffee as the overseer while the infantry lays the minefield, or painting rocks white on the top only... no, to prove that they have superior Engineer skills they do missions such as raids, ambushes and reconnaissance. Though they may seem like it mimics Ranger School and therefore is redundant, there is one major exception. The Sapper school is so mind numbingingly extreme that they let women go through the course. This proves that they are not a bunch of small minded homophobes like the SEALS or The Village People, and are able to withstand hours of incessent whining by ball-less fellow soldiers (oh and the women are there too).

So, to prove your worth as a man (or woman) there is only one school to go to in your entire military career, and this is the Sapper School. Anything else just won't do (or you weren't able to meet the standards to go to them).

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Re: Sapper School

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Ranger madslashers1-2: I know, I figured it worth a shot anyways...even if it was one in the dark, thank you for the help!

Ranger dbmtrman: no, I didn't figure I would get serious responses on the open forum, but I did it so that if anybody had gone and was willing to help, they could PM me or something to that affect.

Ranger rgrokelley: I throughly appreciate your vivid illustration highlighting the toughness and severity of said school!
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There used to be a Sapper Handbook available on the internut, but someone said it's been pulled after 911. Go pester your cadre for AKO support on this one.
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It may not be the sexiest, hardest or most bad ass school in the Army but you can still learn something. For that alone, you should go to every school you can your hands on. Some are stupid, some are not but they all have something to teach you, even if what you're learning is an example of what not to do. For the record, I've never been to Sapper School.
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CharlieRanger1FFV wrote:I'm just an FOG & we're kinda getting off task from helping troop with Sapper School.
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Re: Sapper School

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I work here on Ft. Leonard Wood, but not a grad of the coveted Snapper school. You need to know your demo calculations forward and backward. Hopefully, one of your cadre is an Engineer - or you need to find one.
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Re: Sapper School

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Well, did you make it back?
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abc123 wrote:Ranger madslashers1-2: I know, I figured it worth a shot anyways...even if it was one in the dark, thank you for the help!

Ranger dbmtrman: no, I didn't figure I would get serious responses on the open forum, but I did it so that if anybody had gone and was willing to help, they could PM me or something to that affect.

Ranger rgrokelley: I throughly appreciate your vivid illustration highlighting the toughness and severity of said school!
Young Padawan, "taking shots in the dark", with no viable target, serves only to divulge your position, waste ammunition and piss off your buddies when the rounds start coming back and they are compromised. You lose the element of surprise.

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