3:03 “if you do this successfully five times, then you’re airborne qualified” If you fail one time, for sure, there’s nothing left for you to do cause you’re dead by that time.

@Kriegter

4 жыл бұрын

or your legs bent backwards

@sirostauffer7462

4 жыл бұрын

doesnt have to be you can fuck up without hurting yourself seriously

@SierraDelta-

4 жыл бұрын

Freidheim of Prussia r/woosh

@SierraDelta-

4 жыл бұрын

Siro Stauffer r/woosh

@philw8704

4 жыл бұрын

This is not absolutely true...if one jump begins wrong you have the rest of your life to correct it, so there is a possibility. During my jumps all of them were bad twists, but I’m still here. I also have both, and Air Assault was definitely harder mentally and physically.

My Dad passed away in 2019. He was a Green Beret who served 3 tours in Vietnam. When I graduated jump school in 1989, he pinned his wings onto my uniform. I have never felt more proud in my life than on that day.

The guy pushing the people off at the 34 foot tower looked really happy

@UH-60Driver2.0

4 жыл бұрын

That's me, and I was. Except that was at Fort Bragg, not Fort Benning.

@thegunslinger8806

4 жыл бұрын

@@UH-60Driver2.0 you are a legend 😂

@jonathanstewart1510

4 жыл бұрын

@@thegunslinger8806 retirement is hell disability at age 50 💯 u keep going

@techhelpportal7778

4 жыл бұрын

@@UH-60Driver2.0 rlly?

I completed both schools and air assault sucked more however neither school is hard. Anyone that completed MOS 11B should have no issue what so ever.

@oiitzME1266

4 жыл бұрын

Were you ever scared about your knees not being able to take the Airborne jump?

@j.dallesandro5576

4 жыл бұрын

It was a cake walk, and your there with all your boys.

@seanf6968

4 жыл бұрын

Joshua Carlos took a beating from school or from the actual doing of it? Did you do it often ? Thinking of checking it when I go to MEPS

@seanf6968

4 жыл бұрын

Joshua Carlos Im thinking of going either 88M or 88N , I have logistics management experience and.CDL as well so both fall into my background. I’m 30 though. If you 23 and already feeling like that not sure if I wanna pursue airborne. I was also reading up a lot of peoples experience and they all say they seen some sketchy shit.

@seanf6968

4 жыл бұрын

Joshua Carlos thanks for the input I really want to join the army for the challenge of it. I hear guys say go air force I scored 68 on my asvab. But idk man I feel like army would push me more physically

Hardest part of airborne is not falling asleep.

@beerthug

6 жыл бұрын

Hardest part was hitting the frozen ground.

@kevinjsims1736

5 жыл бұрын

Big facts

@darkapothecary4116

5 жыл бұрын

@dee jay I Know a few battles that can help you with that lol

@beerthug

5 жыл бұрын

@@michiganskinny2033 Winter is coming.

@storbokki371

5 жыл бұрын

the hardest part was a windy jump week putting off our jumps, then having to jump in windy conditions that had only gotten worse. Saw a few get pretty banged up. One officer going through the training said "thank you to whoever helped me back". He had banged his head so hard he couldn't remember anything between the landing and getting on the bus.

I say this jokingly: “Air-mobile, too afraid to jump, too lazy to walk.”

@infidelapostate3094

5 жыл бұрын

More like SOP is: "Penetrate 150 miles *_behind_* enemy lines, establish a FOB, and fight your way back to the front." Not exactly ideal job for a paratrooper or foot soldier.

@David-iv5fw

3 жыл бұрын

In Nam 71 all airborne went 1st Cav Air Mobile

I did AA at Rucker in 89 and Airborne at Benning in 90. AA was harder and we had more people sent home. I thought the AA instructors were PT gods. They could run circles around the students. Years down the road I got to know one of them and he let me in on the secret that their rucks were not full of equipment, but with air mattresses, on the ruck marches. I loved every minute of both schools.

Airborne school was 4 weeks long when I went thru it.Air assault?We got on the job trainning in Vietnam.

@infidelapostate3094

5 жыл бұрын

it still is 4 weeks I think. everybody just forgets the first week of nothing but grunt work and admin BS.

@rogeers2167

4 жыл бұрын

but you guys get to smoke cigaweed...kidding

@jerryhassler7607

3 жыл бұрын

3 weeks not 4.

@charleschristianson2730

3 жыл бұрын

It was 3 weeks when it was created during WWII, and it was 3 weeks when I went thru in 2002. AFAIK it has never changed.

@davidbruce5524

3 жыл бұрын

@@charleschristianson2730 3 weeks when I went thru it in '70.........yeah I'm an old fart LOL

Back in 1998 I was lucky, I got to go to both schools back to back with 2 weeks in between. I really enjoyed both, but the final Air Assault road march sucked. Honest truth, that was some heavy weight to carry for a 5'4 / 110lb girl. And my feet were soaked in blood squishing in my boots by the time I finished (ew). Trying to put my boots back on to go to graduation was just like that opening scene in Dances With Wolves LOL. But I still really had fun at both schools:) I found them to be equal in difficulty, just in different ways.

@robertosanchez6803

4 жыл бұрын

Anyone can go? Even if youre in a normal unit?

@FBIAGENT725

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertosanchez6803 you can go to both but it's probably not happening if it's not on your contract

@sacha4566

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertosanchez6803 I made them put Airborne school in my contract, so I went right after AIT. And the 101st Airborne Division was my first unit so that's how I got to go to Air Assault School

@Barchenhund

2 жыл бұрын

@@sacha4566 Famous quote: The Army don’t make mistakes.

@bmatto5390

Жыл бұрын

Nice I went to both at fort Campbell in 1998..air assault was more difficult of the 2.. when I went the 12 mile last day was full battle rattle up and down hills on sand.. and basically u jogged from 1 telephone pole to the next walked the next ..repeat .maybe ot changed

I was drunk most nights of Airborne School and ran a Half Marathon on one of the weekends. It's very easy. I saw some folks with an irrational fear of heights fail and that's about it.

@hammerheartoutdoors9146

6 жыл бұрын

Avi Ratica hahaha, this was the funniest comment ive ever read

@2naturesownplace

6 жыл бұрын

let me guess... enjoying rounds at the HIDDEN Door!! lol that was the place to go when I was there

@pololavish5774

6 жыл бұрын

If you have fear of heights do you suggest to just jump and get it over with, or is that dangerous considering might be passing out mid air?

@jamesfoster7735

6 жыл бұрын

Did you go through in 99?

@jamesfoster7735

6 жыл бұрын

Eric Wolfe I was super nervous until I hit the door and after that, I loved jumping

“A punk, or arrogant officer.” Ha! You oh you officers! 😂

I remember in Air Assault school, moving my Rucksack every day because someone was dropped so your position in the squad changed. Also remember all the PT was done in combat boots, and anytime you were on school grounds you were double-timing and yelling Air Assault every time your left foot hit the ground. We learned a little hand to hand in a pit of bark mulch, so it ended up all down your shirt. The 12 mile march was a challenge, especially at FT Campbell, there were a couple long, gradual hills you had to get up, and when you made it back to the school, 10 pullups with all your gear, then you were done, you could walk on the school grounds. ahhhhh..good times!

I hate when people say air assault was easy because we lost half our people on 0 day

@kevinwebster3170

5 жыл бұрын

That's only because they didn't have everything

@ElectroNomical

5 жыл бұрын

Kevin Webster nah we lost like 50 in the O Course

@kevinwebster3170

5 жыл бұрын

@@ElectroNomical the run or the course got most of them?

@ElectroNomical

5 жыл бұрын

Kevin Webster I think 4 dropped out in the run.

@realherbalmeds

5 жыл бұрын

Well, what is easy depends on many thing. The condition of the people in the couse at the time. Attituide of the body or people going through the course. I when through jump school in 1962. I was 22 years old. I met an colonel about 10 years ago. We started talking. I told him when I when through Airborne School. He said to me "you when through it back in the day". The training now is different today than what it was year ago. The soldiers to day have more sophisticated equipment. They are in many ways better train than soldier year ago. It iscalled evolution. that being said , take a look at the unites who fougt in all of the war you will fine that technology made a difference. How brave was the men in the 1776 walking side by side into gunfire. Lastly, Airsault school produce some very good soldier.

I'm double stacked...Airborne and air assault...Hooah!

@nickc8819

4 жыл бұрын

Vincent Hamilton aka: Badge Hunter

@TurfDoe

4 жыл бұрын

Lots of people are bud

@adams5198

4 жыл бұрын

Just double? Noob

@SuperColonel91

4 жыл бұрын

Now that's what I'm talking about

@flaka13lks

3 жыл бұрын

Badass 😌

A lot of comments about air assault has changed. Today my class of 173 had 30 pass the hands on phase 2 sling load inspection test on their first of two attempts.

@bluestreak808

3 жыл бұрын

I just passed first go on all tests so far, just waiting for rappelling to start

@lutherleblanc2237

Жыл бұрын

I graduated yesterday. We had over 70 fail our phase 2 test

your father must have been a great man may he rest in peace

Which one are you still a leg after completing? Answer: Air Assault

@chillwillfromtheville

6 жыл бұрын

Tyler Peters lmao NICE!!!

@manny4218

6 жыл бұрын

Tyler Peters looool

@hueyrotorhead

6 жыл бұрын

What’s so hard about strapping on a static line chute? Setting up a sling load/LZ and repelling is a thinking task.

@TPeters321

6 жыл бұрын

hueyrotorhead I have both of mine, but that sounds like leg talk to me.

@hueyrotorhead

6 жыл бұрын

It's all good, however I do recall a phrase that went something like five jump chump :) I am partial to AA due to my many years spent as a crewchief.

My dad has told me many times that to him, the paratroopers were the best of the best. He was a kid during Vietnam War, and his family was in South Vietnam. One of his brother volunteered into the paratroopers. After sometime he stopped returning home, but my father always says that he always looked so awesome when he came home in the uniform. In case you're wondering, I'm Vietnamese and we are still living in Vietnam. Life is nice, up and down, but still nice.

Airborne is the easiest course you’ll ever take. Just don’t fall asleep and pay attention to simple details. Gravity takes care of the rest.

"3 days of quality training, spread over 3 weeks". lol That's about a best summation of jump school I've heard.

Remember everyone deployed. Thank you for your service to this country.

Been to both, air assault is much harder. But I’ve seen more people too scared to go to airborne school.

@metallicarebellion

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@blueswagga100

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@celathianaaron6057

3 жыл бұрын

O shit it’s Jason Bourne

@Ser_Arthur_Dayne

3 жыл бұрын

Stupid question - were they too scared to go to Airborne school because they thought it was too hard/too intense/too much exercise etc. or they were afraid of jumping out of a plane? Thanks!

@jasonbourne1119

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ser_Arthur_Dayne in my experience, too scared to jump out of a plane.

I did jump school in 71, i dont remember it being as easy as you portray it. I can remember lots of middle aged officers trying to earn their wings. Most of them had hell with the running and several fell out during the runs. Friday of tower week the ran us 3 miles in 18 minutes. I thought my lungs were going to explode. I am very proud of my wings and still have my certificate on the wall in my man cave. Out of 600 plus students that started only 360 made it thats alot of men not making the cut!!

We all give each other a hard time in the military theres Legs , Pog's ,Grunts , Armor , Aviation etc all claim to be the best it's called Espirit De Corps PRIDE ! But when shit hits the fan we come together as one , Anyone who has stood up and raised a hand to take the oath has my greatest respect and trust over any civilian anyday ....AATW !!!

@varun009

5 жыл бұрын

I understand that you're proud of the military, but soldiers are nothing special morally. More so than patriotism, personal reasons concerning travel and essentially free training, steady income are predominant in people's reason for joining the military. Soldiers are caught every day committing crimes. Not too long ago, a green beret was murdered by two navy seals when he found out what they were doing. Did they not take the oath? Also, considering the way you speak, I'm guessing you're either a civilian poser or someone who just got into the fold.

@Gorg-oe1hu

5 жыл бұрын

@@varun009 lol

@bigdaddycool4242

4 жыл бұрын

varun009 You seem to forget that the military is made up of people. Some are good, some are not. There are bad cops, Doctors, public officials. It all boils down to the person.

@DaleBrose

4 жыл бұрын

I judged each branch based off their Mess Halls, or Dining Facility for the Air Force folks and used our ARMY mess halls as the benchmark. Id have to say the nicest place I ever ate was the Navy Mess Hall at Pearl. I wonder what the Space Force mess halls will be like? Hmmmmmmm.

@2genders

3 жыл бұрын

@@varun009 sorry you got flagged at MEPS and sent home.

My dad called me ,the dumbass that jumps out of a perfectly good airplanes, lmao, days don't go by that I don't miss him,funny as hell.😞

@AnthonySforza

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like something my dad would say. Right up there along with "If humans were meant to fly, we'd have feathers and wings." Where the only thing worse than flying in a perfectly good airplane, is jumping out of one.

I went to both back in '82 and was honor grad at Air Assault School which was at Ft. Campbell. Not sure how it is now, but the first day of Airborne school there was a PT test and they failed about half of the almost 500 of us that were there. If you weren't a PT stud then you went to the "hold over battalion" till the next class. They did PT and all were basically used as labor to keep the airborne areas at Ft. Benning in top shape. I remember on the push-ups during the test the guy kept counting the second to last rep needed over and over about 30 times, I guess to see if I would quit...then he said whatever the standard was and I went over to the half that "passed." I got to jump out of a C-123, C-130 and a C-141...I think it was just before they phased out C-123's....it was a lot of fun exiting that bird. Also...we did PT in boots in those days...later we used to make jokes about how easy Airborne school was because they did PT in "tennis shoes" now. Air Assault school was fun I thought. One thing we did that you didn't mention was have to climb up into a Chinook on a ladder...that was the hardest thing I thought...it was high, we had on packs and the damn thing was moving all around. Also, we watched a Black Hawk, where were new then, crash about 300 yards away from us. We were tying repel harnesses and a student with us yelled..."that choppers going down" and started running towards it...the instructors yelled at him to come back it wasn't going down and he yelled as he ran "I was in Vietnam and know when a chopper is crashing". Sure enough he was the first on scene and pulled the crew chief away placing a tourniquet on the stump of his arm, probably saving his life. Afterwards when repelling out of the Blackhawks (we had to do it out of both Huey's and Blackhawks) we kept thinking these POS's were going to crash....

@767dag

6 жыл бұрын

Flying Dutchman I’ve been through both I thought air born was more challenging... but its nothing compared the elites , Respect to all

@jimmyowen2829

6 жыл бұрын

+Flying Dutchman. Based on this comment, and others you've made, it's becoming clear that you and I were in some of the same places, at the same times. I also went through Airborne and Air Assault school back when Airborne PT was in boots. Like the video says, I found both schools to be easy and fun. I also agree with you that climbing a troop ladder into a hovering Chinook, with a weapon and full ruck, was one of the toughest tasks in Air Assault school -- it's SURPRISINGLY difficult. And I was also in the 101st when that UH-60 crashed into the trees near the old Air Assault school location (the school has moved to another part of Fort Campbell now.) I had completed flight school by that time, and often flew UH-60s in support of the Air Assault school, so my friends were all worried and began calling to make sure it wasn't me. The pilots both died. I thought the crew chief had died too but I guess not. What unit were you in at Campbell? I was in 2/17 Cav.

@flyingdutchman7585

6 жыл бұрын

Hey Jimmy. I remember it hit a bus over by the NBC shack was that was next to the Air Assault School at that time. It killed the bus driver who happened to be asleep in the back of the bus...the Chief could have died later, we didn't get much follow-up and they herded us all away pretty quickly after the crash. I was just at Campbell TDY for the school. I did time with multiple units to include 1/23 Inf, 3/75th Inf, JSOC and a few others. I am thinking that back then, cause the UH-60's were new, there was some kind of a problem with the drive to the tail rotors or something like that...you probably know a lot more about those issues since you were flying um. I had a bunch of buddies that were in the 160th back in the day. Those were some of the best days...we were young, dumb and hard....the crazier it got the more we liked it.

@deannahext

6 жыл бұрын

Flying Dutchman Yes. Harmony Church for 16 weeks to jump school in 83. I remember a Lt. colonel failing the first run. Along with a company of recycles.

@2naturesownplace

6 жыл бұрын

@flying Dutchman.. that's how it was in '94. Charlie Rock first day.. Capt Foley walked out.. announced we had twice the amount of students and we were going on a run..BDUs and Boots.. 1st week of July. We started at High noon about 5 hrs later.. those that didn't quit. Stayed in company. I was one of the few enlisted to make it. ( Thanks to a Ranger training me during hold over at my AIT ) I got lucky though. My squad..as you recall enlisted is the higest rank in jump school. Was myself followed by a Lt Col. Capt. 2 1st lt. one butter bar and co-idiots. All other chalks had 1 enlisted and the rest officers. Our down time.. was AWESOME>. but we worked the hell out of O's during duty hrs.

The biggest thing people forget is Airborne is just a basic qualification required to serve in an Airborne Unit. You can serve in the 101st and not be Air Assault Qualified. But you cannot (at least when I served) serve in an airborne unit unless you are Airborne Qualified. When you graduate Airborne school you are NOT a paratrooper, you are airborne qualified. Paratroopers are those assigned to active Airborne Units.

@darylsarbaugh3491

6 жыл бұрын

Just like a Ranger Tab does not make you a Ranger. Being assigned to 75th Ranger Regiment does. I was in a LRS unit in '94 and '95 so I did collect my $120 monthly jump pay earned by at least 1 jump per quarter. Got 8 jumps in 2 years.

@davidpenwell3432

6 жыл бұрын

Yep..they take candidates from all branches for specialty schools and send them back when done. You can only be a member of your own branches unit excluding Delta

@ISHOOT1ST

6 жыл бұрын

Jump school 1984 and Air Assault 1985, both were easy. And every 5 jump chump is indeed a Paratrooper and if a soldier earned a Ranger tab he is a Ranger. I guess a pilot serving in an admin position is not a pilot because he's not in a CAV unit? so what your saying sounds like Bullshit!!! I get it, you scream CHAIR ASSAULT!!!!

@3DArchery

6 жыл бұрын

Well tough guy, Airborne 1981 ,Belgium Para Commando School 1982, Air Assault 1983, Recondo 1984, Pathfinder 1984, Jump Master School 1985, Honduran Airborne School 1985, Korean Airborne School, 1987, ROK Ranger School 1987. 168 Jumps, seven years on status with the Master Parachutist Badge. Served with the 1/509th Airborne in Italy, 101st Pathfinders, JTF Bravo Honduras and 17th Aviation Pathfinders in Korea. Being a Paratrooper is about a hell of a lot more than five moronic training jumps. And if you ever served on status you would know that. I'm willing that you are the chairborne Ranger. BTW, 11B.

@ISHOOT1ST

6 жыл бұрын

I'm was just saying , if your an infantry soldier both should be a breeze. what unit did you go to Honduras with? I was there at that time and I left korea in 87 just before the Olympics. Italian jumps wings from a exchange jump, no school. Honduran jump wings look like Navy jump wings never heard of anyone going to a school.

Your video was SO spot on!! My dad was the exact same way!. I did all of this back in 89-92, thanks for the refresher/memories. Im proud of both.

They smoked us everyday in air assault school, it was tough but manageable

@funKdatFPV

6 жыл бұрын

We got back from Sinai(1994) and everyone had to go to AAS. Since we were infantry they smoked the shit out of us and a LOT failed the obstacle course. Myself and 3 others from my company got pushed back to another class. When we first started the cadre asked who were infantry and to step up. I told my buddy to stay still and say we were transportation if they asked. Two guys from the 187th stepped forward and got smoked for almost the entire duration of the school. They never really bothered us.

A HUGE SALUTE, from the bottom of my heart, for your dad, and for yourself, Brother !!! Love your videos ! Keep up the great work !!! Airborne and Air Assault !

I will never have the chance to do either of these but I found the video very good at what our troops go through to be the best. What struck me is how proud your father was of you. I’m retired military and my motivation was always to not disappoint or disrespect my family by failing. I’m not so sure you realized how much your achievements meant to your father. Congratulations on making it through these courses and a successful military career.

I went through both schools, Jump school in 1979 and Air Assault in 1981 and things must have changed drastically. You make it sound like each school was a total no-brainer - like a caveman could do it. There was far, far more than PLF's and tower jumps and 5 static lines in Airborne training. Back then we had to learn rigging and how to deal with Mae Wests, powerlines, water, high winds, steering the T-10 and MC1-1B. There were also the commands in flight and inspections and responses to the commands. We did night jumps and double timed to our rallying points. Just to name a few things I can remember after 40 years. We had to learn quite a bit actually, and don't even get me started about Air Assault where we had to learn how to call for dust offs, medivacs, fire support and learn how to secure the LZ in night and day operations. Yes we did what you outlined, but we also did MUCH more! Maybe things have changed, but I NEVER considered any of it easy. AIRBORNE!

@anthonyfarmer4590

Жыл бұрын

Amen! I went through in 81! Things must’ve change a lot!

A sgt told me his experience in air assault was " You get smoked for 11 days, you should try it."

@SouthsideIsaac

3 жыл бұрын

But did you do it?

@ericblue5436

3 жыл бұрын

Whoever said that, they're kinda spot-on.

@victorleon3280

2 жыл бұрын

Air Assault: Smoked daily and 10 pull-ups daily with the instructors standing at your feet so you don’t swing your legs.

@ericblue5436

2 жыл бұрын

@@victorleon3280 No pull-ups in my class. 101 push-ups were completed before the end of each training day, though.

I went through both schools and Pathfinder. I will always have a soft spot in my heart forthe 101st Airborne Division as I served with it twice in a combat area. I was assigned to the 327th PIR and will never forget the other soldiers I was with or the experiences.

I’m so glad I found your channel. You have countless and detailed tips for anyone interested in joining, thank you

"We like it here, we love it here, we finally found a home. A home. A home. A home away from home....." "hit it"... that is all I remember from Airborne school... I can't get that damned running cadence out of my head...

@hidesitemg

5 жыл бұрын

armychowmein preach

@duanespeck2316

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@storbokki371

5 жыл бұрын

thanks, I had forgotten that one and now I'll be singing it for months. Sang that in basic and airborne. I hated "yellow bird". My favorite (or the one that still is stuck in my head since 1993 when I got out) starts off with: Up in the mornin at the break of day. I don't like it, no way. eat my breakfast, too soon. hungry as hell, by noon. Cause I'm Airborne, (chorus) All the way! super duper, Paratrooper! C-130 rolling down the strip, mighty airborne company is gonna take a little trip. Mission undetermined, destination unknown. Don't even know if I'm coming home. (chorus) Stand up, hook up, shuffle to the door, jump right out and count to four. If my chute don't open wide, I've got another one by my side. If that chute should fail me too, look out ground, I'm a comin through. (chorus) ...

@jonathanh4805

4 жыл бұрын

I never wanna hear that shit again

I also have both badges and served in the 82nd and 101st. I went to airborne school in 89 and based on the comments it has definitely changed. We lost around 50 soldiers on rifle drills in the saw dust pit on zero day. Secondly, the males ran in one group and the females in another. That airborne shuffle only happened in the last mile. The first couple or so was a blistering pace that the black hats called gut checking. We started with more than 800 and graduated around 600. Maybe my time in the 82nd made air assault school seem like a piece of cake. .

@xsvrrx

6 жыл бұрын

wow. respect!. i went though in 2002 and oh man the airborne shuffle was slow. i had to go to the back and run in circles around the formation made the jump masters furious.

@bebemeat

5 жыл бұрын

thats what im saying, i went to airborne school in 88 and morning sawdust training was no joke. Then if you werent able to touch the runner in front of you they would tap you and you were a fall out. Drop 2 runs= Gone. Friday run was mile one 9 mins mile 2 8mins and mile three 7 mins.. fall out of a friday run = gone

@kingdon1882

5 жыл бұрын

I graduated airborne School in 1990. can somebody please tell me what the fuck and airborne shuffle is? We ran our guts out everywhere we went to. The first day they ran us until a hundred people dropped out and quit. I believe it was called the snake? if you couldn't touch the guy in front of you you were done. Our company started with 300 people graduated 150. "DELTA ROCK" AIRBORNE

@timhepler8141

4 жыл бұрын

Aco started Dec 1988 Had a Black Hat that would rip you out of formation if you fell one step behind the guy in front of you :)

@JF-xq6fr

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed... I graduated in mid 1990, and the dropout rate was fairly high, and WE RAN... Still remember in the sawdust pits "you quit, take a buddy"... And as for being an "arrogant officer"... My Ass; I was a laid-back LT with the Black Hat given nickname 'Tumbleweed'... They just loved to slam ANY officer, and I can confirm they dropped me 4' flat on my back from the SLT... I also miss the C-141... BTW, jumpers on the brown bench HIT IT!!!

As a medic in the 82nd, I repelled out of a blackhawk, down walls, and hooked sling loads. There was an NCO that was air assault qualified who ran the operation. So, in my opinion...air assault school is not necessary. I repelled without going. Now...if you jumped without going to jump school....enjoy your landing. Jump school is designed to break you before you reach jump week.

@vinsonparkhill752

5 жыл бұрын

Rappelled.

@bebemeat

5 жыл бұрын

@@manuellabor2759 talk to all the rangers who never went to air assault school lol

@jodyjesus870

5 жыл бұрын

It's funny you say that because my unit in Korea was changed from 1/503 Infantry to 1/503 air assault Infantry. A lot of us were not air assault qualified , they did send us to a repelling and mountaineering school but it wasn't actual air assault school.

@vinsonparkhill752

3 жыл бұрын

@@jodyjesus870 Who or what did you repel?

Thanks for the memories... It seems like a life-time ago, when I entered and completed both these schools.

Thanks for sharing that last part. It's always arresting see how our parents think of us in regards to our military careers

You left out how if you don't yell "Air Assault" before and after literally every single thing you do, you have to start over.

@ericblue5436

3 жыл бұрын

Also true.

Love your videos bro, Air Assault!!! 👍 broke my foot in the 12 ruckmarch but still made it

My father was in the 82nd Airborne and a combat vet of Operation Urgent Fury. He has both badges and told me a lot of what was said in this video and then some. I’m in limbo of either joining or not but if I do I’m probably going to follow his footsteps as an All American. Thanks for the video and your heroic service!!!

Phenomenal video, my son goes to Ft. Benning in 3 weeks . I will forward him this video. thank you for your service.

It's always interesting to me to see how our counterparts do things (I'm a Brit Paratrooper, 1980s/90s). Worked with Brethren from the 82nd AB (exchange, they in the UK) and Fallschirmtruppen (West Germany). To become a British Paratrooper, you have to pass P Coy selection (a minority qualify) and earn the Maroon Beret before you can attend parachute training. Other soldiers within the military don't have to do selection and don't earn the beret but they can do the same parachute course to become "military parachutists". Aside from commandos and airforce infantry, they used to be awarded the parachute badge without wings (aka the "lightbulb"). In Britain, being Airborne is earning and wearing the Maroon Beret - not just doing a Wings (parachuting) Course. We call the craphats (legs) who only do a wings course "masquerading 'hats". These days, they all wear "operational parachute wings" instead of the lightbulb and they often never jump again. Worlds apart from us, parachuting is just a method of transport - being a Paratrooper is about specialising in fighting against the odds in isolation behind enemy lines. Our airforce trains parachuting: in my time it was 8 jumps in a 2 or 4 week course (former = reservists, latter = regulars). 1st jump from a balloon, 8th jump at night. The balloon was a nightmare. A physically undemanding course but, for me, incredibly stressful! A holiday camp compared to Depot PARA which is epic misery and graft. In-battalion training generally covers most of the aspects of your "air assault" course but there are no tests. There's an additional fast-roping instructors' course and a helicopter handling course which are formally tested.

@DiabloOutdoors

2 жыл бұрын

In Britain they feed you with marmite for ten days straight, then you're graduated. As easy as that. :D

@gilmarcampos2083

2 жыл бұрын

SAS britânico é o pai das forças especiais modernas.

Air assault school is a challenging academic program more than anything else. People fail their written tests often enough. All pushups are diamonds only. While doing the obstacle course you have to do pushups after completing an obstacle. Many soldiers get injured doing this because of muscle fatigue. The 12 mile road March in three hours is not a casual stroll. It is having to jog down the hills and run up the hills. We actually had a soldier die durring durring my class from some sort of heart condition because of this.

@hidesitemg

5 жыл бұрын

We were smoked from 4am until we completed the o-course. Including between obstacles. Stupid lol

I love your channel. I can't praise you enough!

Nice job Great delivery Extremely well done Thank you

We had a higher failure rate in my Air Assault class than my Airborne class - I think it was because of the academic components and the sling loading practical exam. Both schools were great. I think Jumpmaster school was "harder" though; we had a very high first-time failure rate.

@oruacat2

4 жыл бұрын

I agree that the sling-loading phase was the toughest part of Air Assault school.

Air Assault school was not around when I went in. I enlisted for Airborne in 1957. After basic at Jackson and Infantry AIT at Dix, one plane went to Bragg and my plane landed at Campbell. Four days in replacement company. General Westmoreland got there the same day we came in April 1 1958. We took jump school at Campbell after a six week wait Around 500 started and around 275 graduated. We ran in fatigues and boots and the PT was different than it is now. I heard Gen Westmoreland said to make it tough. Not everybody should get those wings. After my fifth jump the General pinned our wings right on the DZ. We stayed in our Units while attending the school and were harassed so bad a lot of guys just quit.

@johnbernstein203

6 жыл бұрын

jodan4.....that's how jump school was for me at Benning. We were real paratroopers back then!

@robpalmer1252

6 жыл бұрын

Thx for your legacy; ABN51C CSM/SGM 82nd JM

Terrific piece of work! I have only been through Airborne School and the the 12-mile march, but this video is superb instruction!

Great channel bro! Thank you!

I was sent to jump school at Benning in '75 as a young Battalion Recon Marine...it really was like a walk in the park, which I needed because I had just completed Pre Combat Diver (a 2 week swimming assessment hell hole before you get selected for Combat Diver) and I was pretty worn out...no idea what army Air Assault school, but jump school is a no brainer.

I spent 6 years in the army. My first unit was in the 82nd where I was jump qualified. Then I went to Hawaii where air assault was kinda big but not everything like airborne is to the 82nd. From everything I've heard, air assault is much harder than jump school.

@DaleBrose

4 жыл бұрын

25th ID. Bobcats "I'll Try Sir"!

Thank You!!!! I really appreciated the education!!!Salute!!!

Good video and thanks for the memories. Agreed, neither school is "hard". AA will fail you for not meeting standards, whereas Abn is more likely to cull candidates for administrative reasons (due to over-enrollment). I went through Airborne in March of 98 and we had BUD/s 214 / 215 with us; it was pure chaos. Apparently it was also the last time that many SEALs were allowed to go through at one time.

Tower week was pretty much Magic Mountain week. Spread eagle baby!!!!

Best part of jump school is the calmness of your first jump...2nd best part is the introduction of all the Sergeant Airbornes the first day as they end all movements slapping their thighs with their knife hands...

I plan to enlist before next summer, and I really appreciate all these videos.

You are very helpful I appreciate the content you put out keep it up please 💯💯

I can't believe I clicked on this. .... My only problem with Airborne was that my company was over-flow and we lived in barracks a long way away from where we held formation. So we had to get up way earlier than everyone else and march a long way to get to formation. The rest of it was easy..... okay that first jump was slightly scary, but not really.

I did have an enjoyable time going through Airborne School.

Very informative and communicated perfectly in my opinion. So now I know, thank you.

Another great video. I really enjoy these. I did both. The medieval torture device made me almost swallow my Grizzly. Pretty funny. I concur but for my Air Assault class it was much more physically demanding that Airborne School. Mainly because it was at Bragg by a Campbell Mobile training team. There were no females and we brought alot on ourselves because we stopped counting at 82. I would also add that slingloading was very stressful. Very easy to get a no go. On test day my A22 Cargo bag had three deficiencies in the briefing. But all in all both schools were very fulfilling and taught by some of the finest NCOs in the Army. Great video.

I never went to air assault, but I’ll take the narrators word on it not being to physically demanding. I did airborne school and it would’ve been easy but I had a black hat that had it in for me. I was called out day one of training by my sections black hat and asked what unit I was with. I was fresh out of AIT. I didn’t have a unit yet, I was going to the ranger indoctrination program after completion of airborne school. I was still very wet behind the ears. And I soon realized this black hat was fresh out of 2-75 ranger battalion. He was now a jump instructor and I was part of his first class. I also identified to him my goals of soon joining a ranger battalion. From that day on that guy smoked me every second he could. He said if I was going to make it as a ranger then I’d have to prove to him I had what it took. So we get to tower week and I’ve handled the smokings pretty well. 34 foot tower jump day comes. He is my jump procedure/ aircraft exit procedure grader. First time I jump I was told not keeping tight body position next time hands not securely on side of reserve next didn’t jump out of tower far enough... so on and so forth. This goes on for about two hours and I’m starting to get frustrated and tired. It’s mid summer in Georgia and it’s hot. The rest of my group has moved on from individual exits from the tower to group exits. I’m still trying to get a go on my individual exit procedures. I probably jump from this tower 70 times that day. The entire jump class of 300 or so are waiting on me still. My grader gets up and need kd a restroom break. A new black hat replaces him. This black hat says give me two jumps in a row of good procedure. I jump twice both times are a go. I thought I was going to die of exhaustion that day, but I never quit. At the end of that training day my black hat group leader just nods at me as if to indicate I passed his test and I was tough enough to go onto the ranger indoctrination program. I still have nightmares of that stupid 34 foot jump tower at Benning. It haunts me worse then any other training. It was the only time I ever felt like quitting in the military. I’ve was in a Ranger Battalion 1-75 for 5 years. I’ve completed Ranger school and various other schools. Airborne school was easy but I had the worst day of my military career there as well.

@TerraOblivion27

5 жыл бұрын

I believe everything he did was to insure you were ready for Ranger school. He possibly saved your life and trained your body to take the pain. That was a great read!

@robertbell3700

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your service. Similar experience with that tower. I’m a pretty short dude and always got height discriminated going through schools as a cadet. Never gave up and went on to make O-4 before I got out.

AA is more mental where Jump school is a lot of slow running more physical in a way. I went to Jump school in 2000 and their runs were hardest because if you fell behind over an arms length behind the soldier in front of you in formation you were considered a fallout and failed the run. So dumb I hat running on someone’s heels but you had to there at Benning.

Great video and especially great info for recruits/ troops looking into attending either course. I will say, you missed the countless hours spent rigged up in the pack shed watching that 80s airborne promo video during Jump Week.

Thank you for information and the advice. Great video

@LifeisaSpecialOperation

6 жыл бұрын

You're Welcome

Bro who is this guy he’s got every badge/patch/medal/killstreak/camo??

@sgt.airborne3733

5 жыл бұрын

Btw, having both is not uncommon. Sincerely, a frmr. Sgt. in the 82nd. (Air Assault, Airborne, Flight Crew, CIB.).

@gripho3589

5 жыл бұрын

@@sgt.airborne3733 Yeah, but he's a diver too

@Minithief360

5 жыл бұрын

@@gripho3589 and Ranger and SF qualified

@awsomecfstc4845

5 жыл бұрын

Dude probably has the gold camo on every gun

@gripho3589

5 жыл бұрын

@@awsomecfstc4845 hes in the 20th prestige

I'm 54 years old now. However, at 25, I took the US Army Air Assault course. I learned two life long lessons. Never ever show up late and Never give up. Showing up late had put me in an impossible situation. I was called before the entire training staff. I knew I was f'd when the Sergeant Major said to his staff. See this dirt bag? He thinks its okay to be late. Let's see if he really wants this. From that moment on, my life was a living hell. I had to do double what everyone else did. Every single staff member tried to get me to quit but I wasn't having it. I called upon the name of my God. Jesus. "No weapon formed against me shall prosper". And, I finished. The day that they punched my Blood Wings onto my chest was the proudest moment of my life. Even the staff who tried their best to fail me, had to admit, I was not a quitter. I was a warrior. The honor and right to wear the Air Assault badge is something no one will ever take away from me. Honestly, without my faith in God to sustain me, I would have given up. But with Jesus, all things are possible.

Very interesting and informative video. I'm from Ireland and have always had an interest in the United States Military, probably due to it being so widely depicted in film and documentaries, obviously the US Army Airborne has been widely popularised since Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers first aired, depicting these highly motivated Elite light infantrymen who drop behind enemy lines with limited resupply, yet taking on heavily armed infantry and armour but prevailing through specialised training, aggressiveness and motivation, which is definitely the civie perception of the paratrooper. Great video for the realistic contemporary incite into the courses and also for explaining the difference between Airborne and Air Assault in such detail.

I like how you clarify if someone is a punk or arrogant officer they get the extra special drop. Hooyah!

Jump school Fort Campbell KY 1954 . jumped C 119 Good times .

When I went to Air Assault school, it was not a 2 mile run in under 20 minutes. It was a 2 1/2 mile run in under 16 minutes.

@toast5802

5 жыл бұрын

Who the fuck can do that.

@Minithief360

5 жыл бұрын

@@toast5802 maybe SF? Lol

@moomtaz1

4 жыл бұрын

The standard was a 6 minute mile? I call bullshit.

@bigdaddycool4242

4 жыл бұрын

I did 2 miles in 12:33 seconds back in the day.

@claytonlachance4920

3 жыл бұрын

Hard to believe the standard for air assault is literally faster than that for buds. Which is a 9:30 1.5 mile.

Thank you for the video! :)

Thank you very much im 16 rn and i want become a combat medic and have both airborne and air assault badges im so inspired by you and how keep trying no matter what ur an amazing guy.

Fifth point of contact is the “Pull-up muscle” not the “Push-up muscle.” It’s covered in every pre-jump.

@frankd8204

4 жыл бұрын

It is the pullup muscle, but I have heard it referred to as the pushup muscle as well. Funny how the Army never made the pullup exercise an event on the PT test. If it had, it would lose half its ranks.

@bigdaddycool4242

4 жыл бұрын

It might be pull-up muscle now, but from early 90s on back, it was called push up muscle.

@moomtaz1

4 жыл бұрын

I was referring to an old FM 57-230 that uses pull up muscle. Perhaps your JM was not using the proper terminology. Either way, push up muscle doesn’t even make sense. When performing a pull up one uses muscles in their back, which is the point of contact in the PLF. Push ups are done with chest muscles. That said, knees in the breeze.

@bigdaddycool4242

4 жыл бұрын

moomtaz1 I get what you’re saying, but regardless what the reg says, we called it push up muscle. Even the Black hats at Benning were calling it that. I agree, chest and arms would be better characterized as “push up muscles”, versus the Lats. AATW

@82ndAbnVet

3 жыл бұрын

All through BAC and my entire time in Division, it was always called the "PUSH UP MUSCLE". This was from 84 to 91. Your comment is the first time I ever heard it called the PULL UP MUSCLE".

So you went through ranger, special forces q course, airborne, and air assault school... damn dude

@jameson1239

3 жыл бұрын

This dude is badass

@claytonlachance4920

3 жыл бұрын

Many less known, non-skill badge schools too I’m sure. Which are likely more difficult and warrant little recognition. Things like master breacher

Awesome Video! Thanks!

I'm glad to see this video i definitely needed to know this information.

I was in the 101st and attended Air Assault School in 1980. I was fresh out of basic so I breezed through it. But we had a 50% washout rate. The instructors were tough and took it very seriously back then.

I heard that paratroopers are quite well-thought-of, and are often considered quality troops…elite troops.

I'm so ready to do this!!! Both airborne and air assault

Thanks for doing this !

also in Airborne school I never used Towers once high winds so we never got to use them. I cannot believe they do not do the 5-mile run once a week anymore maybe I'm getting old but I could have sworn we ran 5 miles once a week and if you fell out more than one time you got sent packing. I was Airborne Infantry so 5 miles was it a big deal to me but the Dead Effect Airborne desk clerks mechanics and so on

@sgt.airborne3733

5 жыл бұрын

I was lucky and was able to do two "jumps" from the tower, what a gass!

@82ndAbnVet

3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, I completely forgot about the 5 Miler in Ground and Tower weeks. It was always in reverse too, so that we were going uphill more. TBH, I never really noticed the "hill" they were talking about, but since you mentioned it, I do remember the 5 miles that if you fell out, you were a recycle.

airborne school 1999. 10 years jump status with 3-325 and 2-508. i saw countless females and cadets fall out of those weak runs and still graduate. same with the air assault 12 miler with that whopping 35lb ruck.

@guitarhamster102

6 жыл бұрын

paul dosntmatter i saw that too when i went. Most females couldnt do the 20s flexed arm hang but they all graduated. A few got more than 3 strikes on falling out of runs. Kinda BS because guys who did the same got kicked out right away.

@mrtony80

6 жыл бұрын

What month? I was there in '99, as well. I guess I was there around July, being that I arrived in basic in March. I remember just a few drops out of the hundreds that were there. Skinny little females and all...they graduated.

@johnbernstein203

6 жыл бұрын

paul dosntmatter.... I too was in the 3/325 Inf.(Abn) Co."C" 82nd Abn. Div. at Bragg "65- '67. Then went to Co. "B" 1/501 Inf.(Abn) 101st Abn. at Campbell, then off to Nam for my tour of duty. Jump school was tough in my day and NOT EASY! All PT was done in boots and fatigues, time off was spent shining boots and washing fatigues and you couldn't leave post. Did log PT in sawdust pits, climbed ropes and the TAC NCO's did all they could to make you quit.NO woman would make it through as most of the men didn't. We jumped C-119s for jump week at Fryer DZ and had to double time off the DZ. We got our BLOOD WINGS punched on our chest for graduating on the DZ. Today, jump school and the Army sounds like a joke! Oh, my MOS was 11B4P! All the way!

@paul123ggggggggg

6 жыл бұрын

john, 3-325 Bco 1999 till it disbanded to create 4th brigade. Iraq from the invasion till 2005. being infantry and a paratrooper is still not a joke but the schools are.

@johnbernstein203

6 жыл бұрын

Paul...thanks, brother, for that fast reply! Didn't know they disbanded the 3/325 and never heard of a 4th bde. in the 82nd. I don't understand the TO&E of today's Army or how they do things. I'm an old school trooper and pretty set in my ways after 70 years.Regardless, if you ain't airborne....you ain't shit as we used to say. Did your unit crest say "Lets Go" on it? Thanks and have a blessed Memorial Day weekend.

Thanks brother- I'd like to add, we had ten days of Zero week in Jump School. I'm glad I had just graduated from AIT. So the PT wasn't so bad...Sept-Oct. '81 45th Co.

Being station at FT. Campbell made AA easier than coming in straight out of basic. I like your way of putting it as "A professional training class" because you are correct, these cannot be compared to a mind over matter selection course like RASP/RIP or even basic/boot.

@4:49 is my current 1SGT

@guitarhamster102

6 жыл бұрын

Romario Whyte the badass asian guy?

@bigkilla2608

6 жыл бұрын

Romario Whyte Thank You for your sacrifice & service!

@romariowhyte4423

6 жыл бұрын

guitarhamster the grader

@romariowhyte4423

6 жыл бұрын

Shawn b thank you for your support

My Grandfather, his brother and first cousins were paratroopers on D Day. My Father was a paratrooper. Yep, I was a paratrooper and air-assaulter . My Grandfather and Father were very proud at my Airborne and Air Assault graduation.

@fdhicks69

5 жыл бұрын

david wagner same here. I went to jump school as an AF cadet. We did PT in boots (1982) telephone pole sit-ups in the July and August weather. My father and grandfather each gave me a set of their wings (WW2, Korea, VN for my grandpa and Korea, VN for my dad). Got another set of wings jumping with the Sudanese when I was assigned to US Embassy Khartoum. Good stuff.

@jamesfoster7735

5 жыл бұрын

My Grandfather on my mother's side was a ww2 vet from Russia who immigrated and joined up and went Airborne. He was my reason for going the same route. Hooah!

Great vids. Airborne school, Ranger school, Path Finder school back in 1974 - 1975. Numerous additional schools following end of Vietnam. Brings back all memories of those times. 2nd Battalion Rangers 75th. Infantry - 1975 the beginning. BTW - Ranger rucksack w/PRC-74+ gear/weapon 125+ lbs. Changed airborne shuffle to airborne waddle. Hardest gear set to rig - add winter clothes, 210 cm skies & trail snow shoes. Oh what fun that was! None the less always: "Rangers Lead The Way"

I attended Air Assault School at Campbell in 1978. Gear has changed so much and most soldier's now have some type of transportation. We were in fatigues and standard issue boots and for me my barracks was far from the school, I humped it a few miles to school every day with my gear before training started. The school was mandatory in my Battalion, guys that could not pass or would not go for some reason had a hard go of it. Good memories for me, I'm grateful for that time.

@victorbloom8286

Жыл бұрын

Was in the 2/503 in 78 . Rigjt next to the Tower .

“If your a punk” his tonality threw me off hahah

I was in the 101st, and Air Assault School was the easiest 10 days of my career. It was almost like a vacation. It was a joke. A regular field prob was much more demanding then Air Assault School. LOL It was free chest candy though! It was also pretty fun.

@desertdetroiter428

Жыл бұрын

Air Assault school was mentally exhausting to me. The amount of information that had to be processed was crazy. Jump School was only problematic because I couldn’t do a proper PLF to save my life. Lol

Great videos man

Thanks for the video this will help me through air assault

4:49 he’s stationed with me lol (the grader)

@borz7187

6 жыл бұрын

angel garcia haha

Air Assault is "harder in all aspects" it actually requires effort not only physically but mentally "studying" Like most schools in the military Airborne is simple, show up, do the right thing, be at the right place right time, right uniform, go through the motions and meet the standards you will pass.

@jameshanna8762

3 жыл бұрын

I've had people ask me about the difficulty of Airborne School. I always say, "If you can run and fall down, you'll do fine."

Graduated from both in the early 90’s. From a physical standpoint, I didn’t think either one was too bad. I was an infantryman and in really good shape, so it was no biggie. I got a bad case of “shin splints” the last week or Airborne School. It sucked, but I pushed on. I think Air Assault School was harder from an academic standpoint; learning all the sling load information for different vehicles, cargo, etc. Both were professionally run and had some challenges. Proud to have graduated from both.

Both are fantastic schools! Yes, I passed both schools. MOS dealt with Chemical, nuclear and biological warfare. Combat support for 7th Group, they were in Fort Bragg.