Twenty-five-year-old 1st Lt.
Katherine Baumann loves to be challenged and decided there would be no limits
to what she could learn and experience with a career in the U.S. Army.
Baumann attended Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn. She studied chemical engineering while also participating in the U.S. Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Once she received her degree, she decided to join the Army for the adventure and unmatched opportunities it would provide. "I wanted to have a purpose in life and basically do the unexpected, and I wanted to lead Soldiers," Baumann said. Prior to setting her sights on the renowned Sapper Leader Course, Baumann gained engineering experience in the Army working in both horizontal and vertical construction platoons. She was later deployed to Afghanistan for route clearance operations. "I came to Sapper Leader Course specifically to become a better leader," Baumann said. "All the people in my unit who have Sapper tabs are exceptional leaders, and I want to be more like them." The Sapper Leader Course is an engineer-specific, 28-day course designed to turn Soldiers into Sapper leaders. During the challenging course, Soldiers are transformed into elite combat engineers by becoming experts in specific engineer tasks, infantry skills, mountaineering, airborne and air assault operations.
Read more about the SAPPER Leaders Course on the link below.
Baumann attended Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn. She studied chemical engineering while also participating in the U.S. Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Once she received her degree, she decided to join the Army for the adventure and unmatched opportunities it would provide. "I wanted to have a purpose in life and basically do the unexpected, and I wanted to lead Soldiers," Baumann said. Prior to setting her sights on the renowned Sapper Leader Course, Baumann gained engineering experience in the Army working in both horizontal and vertical construction platoons. She was later deployed to Afghanistan for route clearance operations. "I came to Sapper Leader Course specifically to become a better leader," Baumann said. "All the people in my unit who have Sapper tabs are exceptional leaders, and I want to be more like them." The Sapper Leader Course is an engineer-specific, 28-day course designed to turn Soldiers into Sapper leaders. During the challenging course, Soldiers are transformed into elite combat engineers by becoming experts in specific engineer tasks, infantry skills, mountaineering, airborne and air assault operations.
Read more about the SAPPER Leaders Course on the link below.
Retrieved 29 January 2014.
http://www.army.mil/article/118917/Sapper_Leader_Course_helps_turn_Soldiers_into_premier_combat_engineers/
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