Fort Campbell team places first in 2019 Best Sapper Competition

By Martha Yoshida, Leonard WoodApril 12, 2019

2019 Best Sapper Winners named
1 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – 1st Lt. Terence Hughes and Capt. John Baer, representing Team 17 from the 39th Brigade Engineer Battalion, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, hold up the winning trophy after taking first place in the 13th annual Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers Best Sapper Competit... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
2019 Best Sapper Team named
2 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Command Sgt. Maj. Douglas Galick, U.S. Army Engineer School, 1st Lt. Terence Hughes and Capt. John Baer, 39th Brigade Engineer Battalion, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Lt. Gen. Robert Flowers, U.S. Army retired; and Brig. Gen. Robert Whittle, USAES comman... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
2019 Best Sapper Team named
3 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Command Sgt. Maj. Douglas Galick, U.S. Army Engineer School; Staff Sgt. Lucas Tucker and 1st Lt. Sabin Vaira, 27th Engineer Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, representing Team 16; Lt. Gen. Robert Flowers, U.S. Army retired; and Brig. Gen. Robert... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
2019 Best Sapper Team named
4 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Command Sgt. Maj. Douglas Galick, U.S. Army Engineer School; Capt. Erwin Marciniak and 1st Lt. Jeremy Matsumoto, 299th Brigade Engineer Battalion, Fort Carson, Colorado, representing Team 6; Lt. Gen. Robert Flowers, U.S. Army retired; and Brig. Gen. ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. -- The 13th annual Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers Best Sapper Competition concluded with an awards ceremony Thursday on Gammon Field.

In a heavily-contested race to earn the title as the next Best Sapper, Capt. John Baer and 1st Lt. Terence Hughes representing Team 17 from the 39th Brigade Engineer Battalion, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, emerged as this year's top-placing team.

Top finishers were:

1st Place -- Team 17: Capt. John Baer, 1st Lt. Terence Hughes, 39th Brigade Engineer Battalion, Fort Campbell, Kentucky;

2nd Place -- Team 16: Staff Sgt. Lucas Tucker, 1st Lt. Sabin Vaira, 27th Engineer Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina;

3rd Place -- Team 6: Capt. Erwin Marciniak, 1st Lt. Jeremy Matsumoto, 299th Brigade Engineer Battalion, Fort Carson, Colorado.

Event awards went to the following units:

Non-standard Physical Fitness event winner -- Team 17: Capt. John Baer, 1st Lt. Terence Hughes, 39th Brigade Engineer Battalion, Fort Campbell, Kentucky;

Water Operations Phase -- Team 6: Capt. Erwin Marciniak, 1st Lt. Jeremy Matsumoto, 299th Brigade Engineer Battalion, Fort Carson, Colorado;

Round Robin Phase -- Team 28: Sgt. 1st Class Stephen Olson, Sgt. David Wilson, 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska;

Land Navigation Phase -- Team 6: Capt. Erwin Marciniak, 1st Lt. Jeremy Matsumoto, 299th Brigade Engineer Battalion, Fort Carson, Colorado;

X-mile Ruck -- Team 16: Staff Sgt. Lucas Tucker, 1st Lt. Sabin Vaira, 27th Engineer Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina and;

X-mile Run -- Team 17: Capt. John Baer, 1st Lt. Terence Hughes, 39th Brigade Engineer Battalion, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

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