23 Class of 2021 Cadets Collin Hahn and Griffin Hokanson would be the first to tell you West Point not only teaches you about honor, integrity and the importance of selfless service, but also strengthens friendships and creates lifelong alliances.
Hahn and Hokanson learned about the importance of teamwork and the value of their friendship during the 14th annual Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers Best Sapper Competition. The two cadets learned about their strengths and weaknesses in military operations but showcased their grit and perseverance while gunning for the top prize between May 1-4 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
“When we competed in each lane, we didn t pace ourselves, and we didn’t conserve our energy. We went the full 100% as hard as we could on every lane,” Hokanson said. “When we got to the end of each lane, we were just running on fumes.”
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Fort Stewart 2nd brigade s first all-female sapper team set to compete in Best Sapper Competition Photo By Staff Sgt. Brian Ragin | 1st Lt. Trisha M. Burden(right) and 2nd Lt. Amanda D. Atkinson(left) with 2nd Armored.. read moreread more Photo By Staff Sgt. Brian Ragin | 1st Lt. Trisha M. Burden(right) and 2nd Lt. Amanda D. Atkinson(left) with 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, pose for a team photo at the brigade headquarters April 26, 2021 on Fort Stewart, Ga. The First All-Female Sapper team is slated to compete against the rest of the Army’s most elite sapper qualified Soldiers at the 14th Annual Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers Best Sapper Competition from May 1-3, 2021, at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brian K. Ragin Jr.)
By COREY DICKSTEIN | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 8, 2021 ATLANTA A pair of Fort Stewart, Ga.-based engineering officers is set to become the first all-female team to compete for the title of the Army s best-skilled combat engineering duo next month in Missouri. The 3rd Infantry Division will send the all-female team of 1st Lt. Trish Burden and 2nd Lt. Amanda Atkinson to the Army’s Best Sapper Competition May 1-4 at Fort Leonard Wood, Army officials said. Burden and Atkinson are engineering officers with the 3rd ID’s 9th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team. “It s an honor to compete and represent our unit, and even if we weren t the first all-female team just to go is a very, very good opportunity for us,” said Burden, who commissioned into the Army in 2017. “We’re really proud to be able to do that, [and] to show other Sappers that it is possible to go as an all-female team is exciting.”