3 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE AIRBORNE SCHOOL (2020) 

Ben Allen Good video I'm thinking about doing Airborne later in my career but I kinda have a fear of heights where my hands would sweat alot and I'd shake but I wanna conquer that fear by doing something like this and earning that patch you get on your uniform

One for Air Assault would be cool

I leave June 1st fort benning 11b got any advice?

Chris C Work on getting in shape I think thats the biggest thing to focus on. From my own experience the only thing that could really set you back is if you don't pass the PT test. Everything else is easy.

Carlos R. Thanks really appreciate it bro

Woah

Fucking bad ass

I like how humble you are. Leaving out the grueling training you endured. Much respect to you.

I'm going to be shipping for basic next month as a 68W, what was Airborne School like? I want to put that in my contact too.

Same boat 1 year later lol. 40 rounds

Does 68w coincide well with going airborne? What are the benefits of pairing those two together for your career?

Bro you will not be airborne for 20 years lets say you join at 17.. at 37 you'd have the knees of an 80 year old.. i'm not kidding.

Yup!

I have a slight fear/vertigo of heights and made it through. The hardest problem was the 34 foot tower. One can still see gravel and grass. Got through the initial jumping by focusing on my toes. At higher heights, everything is just colors, you can't see gravel and blades of grass so the dizzy feeling is not there as much.

I don’t think so

Yeah some do!

Alot of females go to airborne school.

We get our phones?

Hows it going?

why would you be worried you don't break your legs? that seems like a good thing.

You won't if you follow your training. The problem today is that they load troopers up with so much gear they literally waddle to the door. That kind of load can cause injuries. Most training jumps are Hollywood (no gear) or light gear (rifle only). They are no sweat. But when you are carrying a full deployment load, you can barely walk. The chutes were redesigned to accommodate that weight but there's always a tradeoff. Just focus on doing excellent PLF's and you'll be fine. Them bitches tried to give me an M203 and I declined. No way I was gonna be able to carry a full combat load and grenades with that thing! Whew! AIRBORNE!

@@96Delta You misunderstood. He is afraid that he wont break his legs. All youre doing is making him more scared.

Captain Richard Flaherty. research his life.

Same here man, you may return so long as they didn’t give you a do not return status when you were dropped. Once you’re in your reenlistment window, I’d get the school as an incentive and go back, which is what I’m doing

Exactly what they said, go limp, when you land.

The term is called a PLF, while landing under a parachute canopy, the jumper's feet strike the ground first and, immediately, he throws himself sideways to distribute the landing shock sequentially along five points of body contact with the ground: the balls of the feet the side of the calf the side of the thigh the side of the hip, or buttocks the side of the back Very effective method.

@@era_of_tech this is EXACTLY what i was looking for thx g 👍

Usually yeah!

No it’s not required

Most can

Derek Garza they might let you!

@@TheBenAllen. so what happens if you can't do the duck walk, do you have to Build more muscle on your legs🦵🏻

Derek Garza then they might fail you at meps if you can’t do the walk.

@@TheBenAllen. is that the only way to fail

Derek Garza they didnt let us

Yes

@@TheBenAllen. Are there airborne units in Hawaii?

Yep

I’m currently at fort sill too I’m at 14p. I leave for airborne Friday. For my understanding the runs are like 8:30-9 min mile. It’s super easy. I have a 1700 2 mile. So you will be good just don’t stop

@@mandykwiatkowski2653 yeah ima tryna cut weight lose some minutes from my miles

Sal Vargas no not really

Is there anything that could help? I already have the Emergency Care book from when I was taking EMT classes in High School.

Sal Vargas if you score high on the ASVAB that’ll help you, other than that nothing else is gunna help you get that job, once you get that job then all that stuff with help you with studying and taking tests as a 68w.

Thank You

Sal Vargas get your EMT before you go In. You skip the EMT phase

That in itself is disqualifying for the army. I recommend going to a recruiter and seeing if you can get a waiver. I can guarantee that you won’t be allowed to do an airborne physical. However exemptions to policies do exist and is how I got in but I didn’t have any leg issues. As long as the etp goes through you should be able to skip the physical. I don’t know the chances of having the rod get waived unfortunately

You should

Thanks!

Yes you can . I'm prior service Navy and just finished 19D osut and I got granted Airborne school based off my pt scores throughout the training cycle . I start on Monday.

@@Tiakgrassman404 thanks

@@Tiakgrassman404 what did you do in the navy?

No worries it is a Static Line jump which means that you don't have to be conscience to deploy the chute. Weak exits can cause you hitting the side of the aircraft but you will land relatively safe.

No. Its entirely optional if you can get a slot. Sometimes its hard to get a slot. Best to get it in your contract when you enlist. A lot of career guys take up slots so they can advance.

Am I alone in this? So used to clearing my mind when at the door before I jump that I do it now when I am at the edge of a tall building. I feel like I should jump! Strange thing!

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