What is the pass rate of Sapper school?

around 40%
The average pass rate at the Sapper Leaders Course is around 40%. The trick to preparing for Sapper School is knowing what to focus on. One great thing about the Sapper Leaders Course is that the instructor will teach you EXACTLY how they expect you to do most things.

How long does it take to become a Sapper?

The Sapper Leader Course is a demanding 28 day leadership development course for combat engineers that reinforces critical skills and teaches advanced techniques needed across the Army.

Are there any female graduates of the Sapper Leader Course?

Sapper Leader Course is the first tab producing school to have female graduates. Through 2014 and 2015, the Sapper Leader Course hosted many visits from Congress, the Army Human Resources Command, and the Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade and briefed the procedures that the course uses while training female candidates.

Who was the first female sapper in the Army?

“I saw it as a great opportunity to prove to myself I could do it,” said Maj. Jennifer Etters, the first female officer Sapper Leader Course graduate in March 2002. She recalls her schooling in the Sapper Leader Course at Fort Leonard Wood as the hardest thing she has ever done, but is thankful for the demanding training.

What’s the graduation rate for the Sapper course?

It was great to be there with sisters in arms, and I know that because of our hard work we were able to represent women well to our fellow Sappers,” Hannenberg said. According to the Sapper Leader Course’s records, the female graduation rate is 35 percent, compared to 52 percent for their male comrades.

Why are women going to the sapper school?

“Sapper,” a military term with a centuries-old pedigree, is loosely described as small teams of combat engineers who can move through the toughest terrain to blow up obstacles or clear mines. Though the sapper school’s training of women has become a sort of social experiment, it wasn’t designed to be.