Air Assault

[leroydb]

Of course airborne school is a joke, hell the gals that are military intelligence go through that course (I still have no idea WHY they do).

Seriously Harvey, nice job. There are 19-20 year old pukes in the active that don't have the balls to even try airborne let alone assault school. My hats off to you sir!

With that being said, I know plenty of females that can and would kick a bunch of today's wussy ass "men."

[leroydb]

218 started - 140 graduated.

2 females started, but didn't make it past the Zero Day obstacle course.

So yeah, it was a sausage fest.

78 didnt make it? wow.... its not like its ranger, SFAS or the "Q"

[Para_Frog]

Tell me about it.

Lost 40 something on zero day. 16 on the slingload hands-on test. and onesy twoseys here and there for injuries and academics.

4 failed the 12-miler on graduation day. Now THAT sucks.

[stitch]

The obstacle course takes out the majority on the 1st day. Used to be you got 2 chances at each obstacle. F'up those 2 chances and you're gone. Anybody assigned to Ft.Campbell in combat arms that flunks out just gets keep on being sent back till they complete the course.

That's the difference between Air Assault and Airborne schools as I've always understood it. Fail Airborne school and they change your orders and send you to a non-airborne unit. Fail Air Assaut school and they just send you back to wherever you came from. Only personnel assigned to one of the three combat brigades of the 101st are actually required to have an Air Assault badge.

[Flying_Mike_D]

I think we did a 12 miler on the first day of R.I.P. course just to see who really wanted to be there. I could be wrong, that whole period of my life is one giant blur....seriously. One day I showed up at indoc and WHAM, next thing you know I'm pinning on a ranger tab. I seriously have very little memory of that whole fiasco.

As to some women passing I know EXACTLY what you are saying. Then again I sometimes wondered how some dudes who, at the ripe old age of 19, still didn't know their right foot from their left foot.

[leroydb]

[QUOTE=stitch]Only personnel assigned to one of the three combat brigades of the 101st are actually required to have an Air Assault badge.
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not technically true, but mostly true. :-)

[Para_Frog]

Yeah, it's not required anywhere anymore really...per se. But I'm not a 101st guy, so can't really speak to that.

And yeah, still the same. 2 trys on obstacles - but here's the thing, they smoke the shit out of you before the course and in between each obstacle. The o-course itself is a joke. But when you're in muscle failure, it opens your eyes a bit.

I think the high attrition rate is due to coming in unprepared. It's only 10 days afterall...p'shaw.

[leroydb]

that and they say it is more mental than anything

[Para_Frog]

The tests at Pathfinder were a hell of a lot harder, but they were along that vein.

[leroydb]

then again, I doubt that you are the normal "joe" and don't have an asvab of 50....

so I am saying you prob. had less issues with the material than most...

[hamsandwich]

HAHAHAH! Rest up bacon grease! in 6 days you'll be packing and doing tandems for your first time! 12 of them! BWAHAHAHAHA. And I'll have one of the cracking whips!

This is going to be great.

:-D

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[Flying_Mike_D]

Man, I wish I could be there to see the Bacon Grease/Harry Troll show! You guys have fun and be safe! Remember you ain't having fun unless someone is getting T-Bagged at the party afterwards!

[Blitzkrieg]

Of course airborne school is a joke, hell the gals that are military intelligence go through that course

the same gals go through air assault school too.

congrats Harvey. "ten toughest days in the army".. haha, not quite, but it's a good course.

[stitch]

[QUOTE=leroydb;80089]

Only personnel assigned to one of the three combat brigades of the 101st are actually required to have an Air Assault badge.
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not technically true, but mostly true. :-)

My bad Drill Sergeant Pac-Rat. Please don't hurt me. You're right spoons aren't required to go to Air Assualt school.

[Para_Frog]

Yet one more reason for creative ways of answering the question over and over and over..."What are all those?"

Asked by people surprisingly high in rank....

These are my qualifications.