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Kentucky Guard combat engineers compete at the Best Sapper competition: photo essay

May 31, 2011 | By kentuckyguard
mjo photos by Spc. Joshua House, 149th Vertical Engineer Company [caption id="attachment_7601" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Kentucky Guardsmen 1st Lt. Dustin Pack, 577th Sapper Company, and Sgt. Aleksander Vinogradov, 201st Forward Support Company, competes at this year's Best Sapper Competition at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. (photo by Spc. Joshua House, Vertical Engineer Company)"] FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. -- Kentucky National Guardsmen 1st Lt. Dustin Pack, 577th Sapper Company, and Sgt. Aleksander Vinogradov, 201st Forward Support Company, compete at this year's Best Sapper Competition at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.  The Best Sapper Competition gives engineers throughout the Army the opportunity to compete in a grueling six phase and three day competition to determine who are the best engineers in the Army. Click here to view more photos [caption id="attachment_7602" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Kentucky Guardsman Sgt. Aleksander Vinogradov, 201st Forward Support Company, does inverted pull ups for the physical fitness test at the Best Sapper Competition at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. (photo by Spc. Joshua House, 149th Vertical Engineer Company)"] [caption id="attachment_7612" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Kentucky Guardsmen 1st Lt. Dustin Pack, 577th Sapper Company, and Sgt. Aleksander Vinogradov, 201st Forward Support Company, drags a simulated injured Soldier through an obstacle  at this year's Best Sapper Competition at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.(photo by Spc. Joshua House, 149th Vertical Engineer Company)"]

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