Airborne school was hard for me because I was hiding a leg injury. (no way in hell I was going to the medic, etc.) I was more proud of getting my airborne wings than graduating from college.
Im here right now. Just finishing up ground week. The 250 towers our being worked on right now but they said the next cycle will use them. To anyone reading this just make sure you do perfect pushups. Dont fallout on runs, sound off, and keep ur knees and feet TIGHT when landing.
@@FigFirearms yes they are. And you do cadence the whole time. If you get caught not doing cadence a couple times you might get kicked out. Just depends how many are in your class
I guess it’s not like this anymore, but when I took their PT test (2005) they had a certain number of people they had to fail because there weren’t enough spots. So for me, when I got to 40 push-ups, he just kept saying “40” over and over and over again. I was banging my chest so hard against the wood I was getting splinters. So finally I just look right at him, and I count as did more pushups, “40, 41, 42, 43...” he started cracking up laughing and told me to get up because I passed.
Correct, it is easy. I made the huge mistake of reading Tom Clancy's "Airborne" beforehand and was terrified at how hard it sounded. It is not a physically demanding school. Barring injury, it is your decision whether you want to pass or not. If you want to pass, you will. If not, you won't. It really is just that simple and I wish I knew that ahead of time, the things that go on there are just details of no importance if you choose to make it.
The easiest way to pass airborne school is to get it into your head tomorrow is going to be worse than today. Keep that in mind and it never gets to difficult. Focus on the task at hand and maximum effort. You'll be fine.
Well, and protect your feet. I went in 82 when all of the training, including PT, was in the old, black, leather combat boots with no lining. It was mid 90s with high humidity, so I had blisters upon blisters, and you know you cannot be seen with even a slight limp!
Thanks for the video man. I'm heading out to Fort Benning next month as an 11x Airborne. Watching your videos has given me a lot of great insight, thank you!
Graduate AIT Friday. Haven’t gotten my official orders yet so we don’t know when we will go to airborne yet.What kind of undershirt is that? I can’t find any with a tight collar lining like that.
Hey i wanna go airborne when i get old enough but im worried about 1.the landings. Seen some nasty vids about bad landings. And 2. The injuries that my knees and back will get by just jumping a lot. Is it worth it man? Is it even common to get these injuries after you serve in the Airborne? Thanks bro. Airborne all the way
February 1976 44th Company Jump School Ft Benning Ga We 3 dropouts the first day. We had about 75 dropouts and during Jump week we had student killed because he did something he wasn't suppose to. My Airborne School was Challenging
Is there anyway I can reach out to you and ask you some questions I have? I’m currently in ait at fort sill and next week they are asking for volunteers for airborne school and I just wanna know what I’m getting into
I am headed there soon, I have a question with the pullups. I have not found a consistant answer. Are they palms out/in? How many? I lost alot of weight to get back in the military and am almost 40. Can you please give me any advice on the pullups for airborne school?
Hey Davion! I’m in my uni’s ROTC and I’m really interested in the Medical Specialist Corps and Airborne School. Any chance with can chat one-on-one? Thank You!
9 minutes is kinda slow and this is coming from a female. If you’re use to running on a daily basis, 9minute mile is pretty slow. 8 minute mile is when it’s starts getting difficult for me Atleast.
What does the airborne do now? I’m currently trying to figure out exactly what I want to do in the military before I enlist. Are they in combat? I don’t know anything about what the military is doing rn
@@DavionWest Damn! I wish it was like that here in the Greek Airborne School! I'm training my ass off because we need to do 6 pullups. I'm at 3 and a half right now
Hey Davion... I was trying to find an 82nd Airborne video that shows the actual physical test... but your description was the most recent and the best I could find. I guess I'm stirring up trouble, but I thought it would be kind of fun. I came across this video and I had to share, it's of a Russian paratrooper trying to recreate what he thought Americans did and he tried to beat it. If you go down into his notes, highlight the text and copy and paste into "Russian to English Translator" on Google, you'll see what he's attempting. Maybe you or someone you know can send him a video on how it's done right! Now don't be mean to him. Afterall, he does the same job you do, just from another country, OK? ;-) Good luck!! Can't wait to see if you do this! Thanks for your service!! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QUXfL87usg0.html
It does not exist if you know how to go all the way down for 42 push ups. Many people just think they can get by with half doing push ups. Most failed push ups
Devin Hartlaub haha not at all, the only time I would consider being smoked was after our 5 mile run when the 1SG made us do squats just for giggles lol.
Dude I'm at the MEP's hotel right now, and tomorrow morning (August 18) I'm going to Fort. Benning, heard there is less running than usual and other parts of the basic training that aren't social distancing.
