Bill Curwick was born in 1950, the eldest of Winifred and James Curwick’s five children. He graduated from Marshall High School in 1968 and enrolled in Southwest Minnesota State College. “I figured ...

“I started to have a family and just wanted a better life for them.” Castillo, a seasoned 12B combat engineer, says it’s the people that make the job worthwhile. “What I like most about my ...

Flowers Best Sapper Competition. The Best Sapper Competition, held April 25–29, brought together 35 teams representing the ...

Both Marines were combat engineers assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Aguilera enlisted in March 2023 and was promoted to lance corporal ...

Soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, take an Army Combat Fitness Test at Strickler Field at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. (1st Lt. Kate Kramer ...

Albert A. Aguilera, 22, of Riverside, California, was a combat engineer with the First Combat Engineer Battalion, First Marine Division. He enlisted in March 2023 and was promoted to lance ...

Marcelino M. Gamino, 28, of Fresno, California. Both Marines were part of the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division. They were deployed as part of the Joint Task Force Southern Border ...

such as infantry officer and combat engineer, Ahearn said by telephone. They also reduce the number of events in the Army’s fitness test by eliminating the standing power throw. It will keep ...

Lance Cpl. Albert A. Aguilera, 22, of Riverside, California, was a combat engineer with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division. (Photo courtesy of USMC) Their loss “is deeply felt by ...