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United States Army Airborne School
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History
File:Parachute training, A.C. Lawson Field, Ft. Benning, Ga. August 1946.jpg|left|thumb|Students board a C-47, from the 75th Troop Carrier Squadron, at Lawson Field (circa August 1946).]]{{Listen- The Airborne School (1 January 1946)
- Airborne Army Aviation Section, The Infantry School (1 November 1946)
- Airborne Department, The Infantry School (February 1955)
- Airborne-Air Mobility Department (February 1956)
- Airborne Department (August 1964)
- Airborne-Air Mobility Department (October 1974)
- Airborne Department (October 1976)
- HHC, 4th Student Battalion (Airborne), The School Brigade (January 1982)
- HHC, 1st Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, The School Brigade (October 1985)
- HHC, 1st Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, attached to HQ, 11th Infantry Regiment (July 1991)
- 1st Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade (April 2014)weblink History of the 1â507th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Curriculum
Ground week
(File:US Army Airborne School-Ground Week-PLF.jpg|thumb|Students practicing PLFs in the sawdust pits during the Basic Airborne Course's ground week)The first week of the Basic Airborne Course is dedicated to teaching prospective troopers how to land properly to minimize the potential for injury and general familiarization with the T-10D and T-11 parachute. The T-10D is a round-shaped parachute and the T-11 is a square-shaped parachute, both using static line extraction with a descent rate of 18â23 ft/sec and 16â20 ft/sec respectively, dependent on the weight and equipment outfitting of the individual jumper. Prospective troopers are taught how to wear the parachute harness correctly and how to use the special training gear. During ground week, prospective troopers will spend the majority of time learning, practicing, and perfecting their parachute landing fall (PLF) and proper exit technique from the aircraft.To practice the PLFs, soldiers will jump from platforms of various heights into sand or pebble pits, simulating the final stage of parachute landing. This maneuver teaches a soldier to transfer the energy of the fall (landing) up the sides of the lower legs and knees, all the way up the side of the upper body. During this period black hats (instructors) closely observe and correct the prospective troopers' body position and technique making corrections. This week culminates in practice landings from the lateral drift assembly, a zip line type assembly which simulates making contact with the ground traveling at speed and in various directions. In many cases, the first use of the 34-foot tower is made at the end of this period of training.To continue to week 2, prospective troopers must pass all jump training tests as well as the standard Army physical fitness test (APFT) in the 17â21 year old range, regardless of the prospective trooper's actual age. Ground week is the phase of training in which the largest number of personnel wash out. Depending on circumstances, personnel who fail to advance are either dismissed from the course outright or less commonly recycled back to an earlier class for additional training.Tower week
(File:Airborne school (9516647992).jpg|thumb|Students drop from the 250 foot tower in T-10 parachutes during tower week.)The second week of Jump School concentrates on the jump towers. Prospective troopers will continue using the 34-foot tower in addition to the swing-landing trainer, a suspended harness trainer, and occasionally the 250-foot tower. Soldiers will become familiar with the mock door trainer to simulate mass exit training (how to exit an aircraft in flight). Additionally, prospective troopers are taught the different phases of parachute flight from aircraft exit, through opening shock and chute deployment, then onto the deployment of the risers, steering the chute, and all the way to landing. One critical skill learned is how to identify a parachute malfunction and deal with it. This may involve emergency procedures including when and how to deploy the reserve parachute. Soldiers also learn about oscillation, landing falls, and how to recover from drag. The T-10D and T-11 parachutes are partially steerable using the parachute risers and students are taught the different techniques to steer their chutes into the wind and aim for the Point of Impact at the center of the Drop Zone. The second week completes a soldier's individual skill training and begins building team effort skills. Once successfully completing the skills required and the physical fitness requirements, a soldier progresses to jump week.Jump week
(File:Flickr - The U.S. Army - Airborne School graduates first class of T-11 jumpers.jpg|thumb|A student exits an aircraft at 1,250 feet at the first parachute drop of jump week. This was the first time the new T-11 was used at the Airborne School (circa March 2010).){{ListenPersonnel
Instructors
(File:US Army Jumpmaster School Ground Training.jpg|thumb|A special skills instructor, known as a "Black Hat", conducts Jumpmaster Personnel Inspection.)The Airborne School instructors are commonly referred to as "Black Hats", due to the distinguishing black baseball caps with shiny brass rank insignia and parachutist badge that is part of the instructor's uniform.NEWS, Airborne instructors require trust, safety,weblink United States Army, 21 August 2013, However, all students at the school are required to address them as "Sergeant (or Petty Officer in the case of a Navy instructor) Airborne". A student's interaction with Black Hats consists largely of shouting, "clear Sergeant, Airborne!", and "not clear Sergeant, Airborne!" instead of yes or no. Instructors come predominately from the United States Army, however the Marine Corps, Navy or Air Force also provide instructors.weblink The Airborne School has US Army Black Hat cadre and additional instructors from the USN, USMC, and USAF to train students in the use of the static line deployed parachutes. The reasoning is that because students from four military services attend the training, each service insists that they have at least one representative to ensure quality instruction.Students
The vast majority of students at Airborne School come from the U.S. Army. This includes soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, 4th BCT 25th Infantry Division, 173rd Airborne BCT, United States Special Operations Command, and United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command.Marine Recon, ANGLICO, and MARSOC personnel will also attend as part of their pipeline or as advance training. Recent Navy BUD/S graduates, Navy SWCC, Navy EOD, Navy SARC, USAF Combat Controllers, USAF Special Reconnaissance, USAF Pararescuemen and USAF Tactical Air Control Party also attend the school in order to be jump-qualified. Summer cycles frequently include a substantial numbers of Army ROTC and West Point cadets along with occasional cadets from other service academies and college ROTC programs. Summer classes can swell to 600+ candidates. The US Coast Guard does not usually participate in Airborne training.During in-processing, each student is given a roster number (with the prefix C, N, or A to identify a cadet, NCO, or officer, respectively, or simply a 3 digit number with no prefix for junior enlisted personnel), which is applied to the student's assigned equipment and used as identification throughout training.All students are quartered in gender-segregated, open-bay company barracks for the entire course except for officers, warrant officers, and senior non-commissioned officers (E7 and above), who are assigned to bachelor officer's quarters. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic:- the school has required all attendees to quarantine for two weeks at their home stations or at another location on Fort Moore and secure sterile travel to the course, whereupon all attendeesâincluding officers, warrant officers, and senior non-commissioned officersâare housed in the gender-segregated, open-bay company barracks for the course's entirety;
- all attendees are confined to the barracks / battalion footprint area except during training (including organized physical training), jumps, and sick call; violating the barracks confinement results in course disqualification.
- United States Army Parachutist Badge (commonly referred to as "Jump Wings");
- Orders certificating authorizing its wear of the badge;
- P ASI (Additional Skill Identifier) regardless of branch of service or MOS.
See also
- United States Army Jumpmaster School
- United States Military Free-Fall School
- United States Military Parachute Rigger School
- United States Army Air Assault School
- United States Army Pathfinder School
- No. 1 Parachute Training School RAF
- Australian Defence Force Parachuting School
- Parachute Training School (Pakistan Army)
- "Blood on the Risers"
- United States Army Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leaders Course
- Ranger Assessment and Selection Program
- Ranger School
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