Shoutout to the instructor for giving homeboy a chance to "find" his earplugs. He knows his buddies next to him gonna lend him a pair. And that would be a crappy reason to drop someone, unless your a shitbird, then they'll drop you with no hesitation.
Totally! That instructor knew the second he turned his back one of his buddies would be tossing him a set of ear plugs. It's not just an opportunity for the student, it's an opportunity for the unit members to work together as ONE UNIT. You cover each other's backs. This is THE most important thing in combat!!! There are NO individuals!!! Huuuurraaaahhhh!!!!
@@phoenix-king779 no 101st is just a regular light infantry division that specializes in air assaults, special forces is the green berets and no they do not need to do air assault school. The 10 hardest days is just a gimmick the school is pretty easy.
My son passed Air Assault today!!!! As an Army Mother I worry so much. This video has helped me so much so I can get a taste of what he went through to earn his wings!!! Thank you to all who serve and have served, and to those who served and are no longer with us.
When I was going through Air Assault, I was drunk and rolled out of bed at night and my wife said I jumped up and screamed “AIR ASSAULT!” and jumped back in bed.
I remember no walking was allowed if you didn’t have wings, and every time your left foot hit the ground having to say air assault which turned into air salt after how tired you were . Also having to do 40 push ups with your ruck on before you leave. My zero day went from 300+ to less than 50, after day 1 inspection we almost didn’t have enough for the class
Came in first on the 12 mile ruck only because i was sticking with this 2LT straight out of ranger school, he told me to sprint ahead saying he didnt need 1st place. That was one of the best moments in the army for me. 101st is a badass unit.
@@simbadg13 unfortunately not a cycle this was multiple cycles. As for normal Army people, I had normal Army people out at East Range with me in August of 1992. There normal Army People times were better than some of the fastest Infantry times in 09 and 10 when I was at the 101st. The community as a whole has changed over the years. When I saw Soldiers doing "Road Marches for PT at Fort Lewis and Campbell wearing PTs and green socks and boots with a 35lbs assault pack, I was taken back. In the 25th ID I never saw any unit conduct a road March like that. In my BN you trained as you fought. I was an RTO for my Section so even for PT I carried a Gen 1 Singar, KY-57 9 BA 5590 Batteries and two AT4s. The only thing missing from my combat load was live ammo, live AT4s and grenades. K-Pot, M17 promask and M16A2 always and "Road Marches" were not 4 miles an hour. They were Forced Marches. Incentive was the faster you got done the quicker you got to do the 3 Ss and eat before 0900 work call. That is the difference. 40lbs rucks were like running with tennis shoes on when I went to conduct the 12 mile ruck for Air Assault and my EIB. So not all SOF is needed to get better times. Training is required for better times. The rest is heart and pride.
16:37 "Everybody wants to be a gangster until its time to do gangster shit" - Mr. Dufault Literally me sitting on my ass eating chips and drinking sprite saying I could do the 12 mile march.
After my brother graduated and got his discharge, he pretty much cut ties with the rest of the family. I was really hoping that he would come back to the farm. He came back home one time from Campbell before his discharge, gave me a pair of wings, I guess you can buy extras at the PX. Everyone up here misses you, Bill.
I didn’t come home for 18 years. Wish I would have. I hope your brother doesn’t make the same mistake. I missed everything that happened along the way of my family’s life and didn’t feel like I was connected to them anymore. God Bless. Reach out to him, it really will make a difference.
I’m sure he thinks about y’all a lot. Coming in/leaving the military is a rough transition for a ton of people. Regardless of how he responds, let him know you love him and think about him
I'm gonna go walk around and you better "find" it in your gear lmao those are the best instructors Edit: shoutout to the homies that lent him the ear plugs
Very cool video. I remember going to Air Assault School when I was a young man at 20 years old. I was stationed at Ft.campbell from 87-91. It was a tough 10 days. Especially the 12 mile run on day 10.I remember having blisters on my feet on the run. I remember saying to myself ain't no way I'm stopping or quitting after all of this.
Still beyond proud of my dad for completing air assault training at the tail end of his Army career, age 48. As a new CSM he had the option of doing an accelerated “gentleman’s course”, but he opted to go through the full 10 days along with everyone else. He passed, and eight year old me had a grand time memorizing the 101st song and yelling “air assault”! at the slightest provocation while at Campbell 😂
Someone learned a hard lesson on why to wear sewn on uniforms to AA school, cuz you’ll be dropped if you’re missing a rank during the O course. That someone definitely wasn’t me
The Senior Air Assault Instructor, SSG Williams is my DS at Fort Lee right now! The best drill sergeant ever, because of him I want to become a leader and I appreciate the way he pours his heart into his cadences. I want to work my way up physically and mentally to prepare myself for the chance to go Air Assault
"I'm going to walk back around, and when I get back you better have found earplugs or you're going to be a drop" "Roger" *waits five seconds* *to soldier next to them* "Hey man, toss me your ear pro" The Army way
As someone who’s been to his share of the Army’s tough schools, this doesn’t look physically hard, but I bet the attention to detail is where they get you. I had planned on going to this school, but got out instead
I was lucky enough to go through Green Platoon, RASP/Ranger School, SERE, and Air Assault and I kinda agree with you, definitely way easier physically than the other 3 but the attention to detail was somewhat on par with those but still I’d say it was the easier compared to the other three in that aspect too.
Yeah, the classroom and attention to detail was the toughest for me. I went through with a buddy from my company who was a ranger. Believe it or not, he failed the repelling from the helicopter portion.
I went through Air Assault School around 1985-86. Physically I felt like it was just a little harder than Basic Training. Mentally more challenging however. But I really loved the rappelling, both from the wall and the Blackhawk.
That’s really all it is. I went through in okay shape and passed everything physical but failed the first time on the sling load test. It’s challenging but paying attention and studying will get you through
There are Air Assault Schools all over the Army. I did Air Assault at Schofield Barracks, 25th ID. We actually had a field exercise through the jungle and a ton of runs through the jungle with the cadre ass and elbow. If you fell behind the gig lines, it was a no-go. Also, we had to wear our helmets during the 12mile ruck march.
Class of 2002 at Schofield and it was 2 weeks not 10 days and yup we had to wear our ACH’s and I could swear the instructor told us that BlackHawk hovered no less than 100 feet not 60 feet. Boy times have changed that’s for sure lol. AIR ASSAULT 👊
Did Airborne School and Air Assault School back to back in 1989. Eventually an instructor at both schools. Both hard for the average person, both different. Enjoyed my time, a little less so demonstrating the Obstacle Course every three days. Love being Double Zero, less so doing the 12 mile road march every 3 days as the the pace man. Wouldn’t trade my time there for anything.
Just graduated from Air Assault class 701-02! A lot of these instructors are the same that we had and smoked us everyday for 45 minutes +. Glad I did it and I’d recommend to anyone!
To all of those considering joining I wish you the best of luck! Make sure you are training very hard physically well before going to basic to prepare. I wasn't Army but Air Force and I biggest mistake was never running enough soon enough. Still served my 4 years. Enjoy your time because once you get back out here on the civilian side this is about exciting as your life will get unless you come out rich to keep up with the excitement lol
Yes, good advice. Running fails more people than anything. I started running 2 months before Army BCT. 2 miles, 3 miles, 4 miles...5. Pushups and sit-ups. That last day run of this course looked very rough with all the gear...
I agree…i was airforce and got to travel all around the world and live the most exciting life. Now that i am out lifes so boring. Kinda depressing. I was medically discharged
I’m a proud mother of my son! He graduated the first time taking this class. He said, it was tough. We come from a military family. Marines and Army. These guys are tough!
I went to air assault school in 83 with a platoon of paratroopers from the 82nd, when we graduated we got the distinguished honor graduate, both honor graduates and 3 out of 5 on the commandants list, we were badass back in the day, I was proud to wear that red beret.
All of you who have achieved something in the military, I salute to you because that is an amazing field you guys are in. I feel an actual sense of security and pride that I'd previously write off as propaganda or some shit
Air Assault School was very memorable. I'll just say that the mobile training teams that operate the school "away from the flag" (places other than Campbell) are a little crazier XD
It was fun to watch this. I got my Air Assault wings 34 years ago and I remember the A22 bag to this day. I was proud to watch these soldiers get their wings and I felt their pain on the 12 mile timed march. But I would've loved to repel out of the CH-47 rather than UH-1 although having the skids was nice.
Air Assault Class 4-81 Grad here. 40yrs later and seems the same. We had to repel from hueys and blackhawks.Was assigned to the Wolfpack D/Co 3/187th HOOAH to all Air Assault Grads.Never in My life have I learned so much in 10 days
Doesn’t look like much has changed over the years since I did this school besides females being added to the mix. We had Vietnam Vets for Instructors and they were dead serious about every single bit of training from day one of Basic through each and every school we attended. The Best Instructors I’ve ever encountered both in the Military and Civillian worlds.🤘🏼
As my niece and nephew are both deployed in Asia, in the Navy and Marines respectively, seeing these giant flying aircraft (especially the slow but powerful Chinook).... brought back lots of memories from the early to mid 1970s, as a small boy. 1973 - 74, a year before I started first grade, and just a year until we left Laos forever.... Chinooks, ran by the CIA in the "Secret War" part of the Vietnam War, started transporting people to our village from other villages in the front line that were being over-ran by the encroaching Communists. It was unearthly to have never seen any thing that big, that noisy, that strange, that powerful... to see them, a few at at time.... all of a sudden started swooping down from the sky... in your small, mountainous village... landing and taking off for days, on end... transporting thousands of haggard looking people, from other villages.... Seeing giant, hairy White people for the first time...
As a Canadian 407th its a no wonder why America has the best Army in the world. their just ruthless in drills, my training was never nearly as hard but at the same time i was never trained on aircraft loading.
"Im gonna go around and you check your gear" Translation: Knucklehead...I passed the guy next to you...ask him for his F@#$ing earplugs. Yes. Attention to detail...having your gear...you fail the team fails...all true. What's more important? Figure out how to improvise and overcome.
Just kinda praying that these people don’t actually have to use these skills, aka praying that we don’t go into another war, because all of these people seem so cool
@@OliviaJadeSuperStan there is an entirely different course required for sling load inspections. You'll probably have air assault qualified joes assisting, but the actual sling loading will be done by E4 and up who have completed SLICC in addition to air assault.
Absolutely true! After air assault school we had a field mission so my squad leader made me go out and use the hand and arm signals to guid in the helicopters and the pilots didn’t pay attention to me at all. Also we never fast roped or repelled out of helicopters other than the school. Kinda pointless.
@@derekjackson3990 I got to fast rope with the ODAs, but other than that, never did any of the course stuff again, now Airborne, that was the best school and I got to use it every 2-3 months and see the world.
Air Assault training and qualification kicks ass! Former Infantry Airborne soldier here. Air assault is faaaar harder than you can imagine. Trust me, done that. The rappelling part is the hardest; never liked it. Belive it or not, I always thought that rappelling off a chopper (day or night) was more stressfull to me that jumping out of a bird (day or night). Rock on, you 101st ers!
Agreed- went in 1996 and had 2 Ranger tab wearers drop out on day zero during the obstacle course. Started day zero with 146 students. Graduated 64 students 2 weeks later-
I went through AAS at Campbell back in 1995. We learned Fast Rope along with rappelling. Shortly after that it was banned from AAS, and only units that were cleared through a Special Operations waiver could train on it and actually conduct fast Rope operations from a helicopter.
It's not intense, but for a good reason. There's a lot of safety and important information that trainees have to learn or else they'll risk injuring themselves or getting killed in trainings.
I went to the Ft. Campbell school in May of 1992. I was a very average soldier and I passed first try on everything. The part where most people drop past Day 0 is in Phase 2. Most people fail the sling load operation.
Pathfinder school: Lots of land nav. You navigate your way from billets to bus. From bus to chow. From chow to bus. From bus to classroom. And then back again.
It's called dumbing-down. Logic and rational thought are replaced by mindless conditioned reflex. Great for creating gung-ho special forces But it's not gonna make them any smarter.
You miss the point. You also don't understand human nature. Perhaps you have never been in the military. The Air Assault process does two things: One, it selects and develops people who have the mental and physical capacities -- and 'grit" personality -- to do tasks that are in the upper range of difficulty. Two, it builds a unifying culture that imprints being part of something bigger and more important than the self. These are people who will never surrender to the shame of letting one another down, they will always know that they will never be let down by any of the others, and they will fight and kill (and surrender their lives if necessary) in order to defend their distinctly earned status. A military unit composed of such well-equipped and well-trained people is a force to recon with (and reckon with!).
Throughout my 20 years in the Army, Campbell was my favorite duty station. I went to Air Assault school in 2004 when I first got there. Air Assault school was challenging but not as much as they are making it seem in this video lol
this brought back memories of living in Oak Grove - one of my friends that also went to army ranger school told me that in "ranger school" they handed him a live rabbit by the ears and said ... "here's supper - supper is at 1700"
This video reminds me the times when I was a south korean military police. I did heliborne strike training 8 times a year. One day, they set up a training situation; north korean commandos breached and are hiding in a mountain. My squad descended on that mountain by fast rope. I descended first and than took position to cover next descenders. The moment when the second guy's feet touched the ground, the third guy's carbine suddenly was dropped from the helicopter. It hit ground instead of the second guy's head but bounced up to his knee. The third guy said his strap was torn off by no reason. That was such a shitty event.
10:46 "There are a lot of students that get dropped because there are so many *finite* details". The correct word is "minute". Because of this lack of attention to detail, “That’s gonna be a drop” for SSG Corbin
2011 graduate!!! 10 toughest days in the army. I had tougher days in Fort Benning GA during boot camp and Ranger School. Ranger School is when I started having feet problems and swollen knees. Air Assualt was a breeze. I do miss the 101st 💯
Back during WWII this was completely unheard of but this form of basic training was the reason why D Day and other key operations of that time were won.
The Ten Toughest Days in the Army. Except that any ten random days from Jump School, Ranger School, SFAS, etc. are tougher. Hell, Basic & AIT at Benning was harder than AA School.
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Soldier's wife: Honey I miss you. Do you miss me?
Soldier: Air Assault.
That’s a real running joke for those of us who’ve done it lol. The answer to everything is Air Assault, or “hairsol”
Faaaacts
aerosol
It’s funny how you don’t get the joke until after you watch the video long enough 🤣
Air Amssault
*sad cheems face*
Insider does a much better job at advertising for the army than the army itself.
Air Assault
Air Assualt
@@randomclipsmilitary9056 Air Assault
Who watches this video and say: yeap, I definitely want to be in the military ?
@@damilolaowolabi6716 Its much more convincing then before i watched it
Shoutout to the instructor for giving homeboy a chance to "find" his earplugs. He knows his buddies next to him gonna lend him a pair. And that would be a crappy reason to drop someone, unless your a shitbird, then they'll drop you with no hesitation.
101 is not classified as special forces
Totally! That instructor knew the second he turned his back one of his buddies would be tossing him a set of ear plugs. It's not just an opportunity for the student, it's an opportunity for the unit members to work together as ONE UNIT. You cover each other's backs. This is THE most important thing in combat!!! There are NO individuals!!! Huuuurraaaahhhh!!!!
@@phoenix-king779 no 101st is just a regular light infantry division that specializes in air assaults, special forces is the green berets and no they do not need to do air assault school. The 10 hardest days is just a gimmick the school is pretty easy.
Listen closely to a sound of an object hitting the ground after the instructor tells him that he’s going to circle back around. 🤷♂️
@@phoenix-king779 Ranger school is a lot longer than 10 days.
My son passed Air Assault today!!!! As an Army Mother I worry so much. This video has helped me so much so I can get a taste of what he went through to earn his wings!!! Thank you to all who serve and have served, and to those who served and are no longer with us.
congratulations!
Congratulations! My son passed yesterday!!!
congrats man!@@lukemalloy2488
Wife: Wanna go to the bedroom?
Solider: AIR ASULT!
Wife: Never mind...
lol
(Drops from ceiling) AIR ASSAULT!!!!!!
Lol
Wife: Air assault? What kind of position is that?
When I was going through Air Assault, I was drunk and rolled out of bed at night and my wife said I jumped up and screamed “AIR ASSAULT!” and jumped back in bed.
I love how we all went from Air Assault to Aerosol to Air Salt.
Ass salt 😂
I remember no walking was allowed if you didn’t have wings, and every time your left foot hit the ground having to say air assault which turned into air salt after how tired you were . Also having to do 40 push ups with your ruck on before you leave. My zero day went from 300+ to less than 50, after day 1 inspection we almost didn’t have enough for the class
@@alexanderlavizzo LMAOOO
Era salt
Asshurt
My brother passed this on his first try 3 months out of basic training last year and watching this video makes me even more proud of him
10 toughest days is greatly exaggerated.
When you get stationed at Fort Campbell as an infantryman your unit immediately sends you to this school and you better pass
Looks absolutely buckers mate
@@ALuna244 we just had a 80 percent failure rate and n my class… it was ridiculous. I think they’ve made it tougher again.
@@Fugvdfbh67 are you Aus?
Came in first on the 12 mile ruck only because i was sticking with this 2LT straight out of ranger school, he told me to sprint ahead saying he didnt need 1st place. That was one of the best moments in the army for me. 101st is a badass unit.
Out of curiosity, what was you time? I was shocked at all the graduations that I attended during my time at Campbell how slow the times were.
@@Flintlock1972 probably just a cycle of normal army people? idk but if a cycle was just SOF guys I'd bet the times would be alot lower
A 2LT trying not to gloat? Must've been prior enlisted.
That’s a solid move
@@simbadg13 unfortunately not a cycle this was multiple cycles. As for normal Army people, I had normal Army people out at East Range with me in August of 1992. There normal Army People times were better than some of the fastest Infantry times in 09 and 10 when I was at the 101st. The community as a whole has changed over the years. When I saw Soldiers doing "Road Marches for PT at Fort Lewis and Campbell wearing PTs and green socks and boots with a 35lbs assault pack, I was taken back. In the 25th ID I never saw any unit conduct a road March like that. In my BN you trained as you fought. I was an RTO for my Section so even for PT I carried a Gen 1 Singar, KY-57 9 BA 5590 Batteries and two AT4s. The only thing missing from my combat load was live ammo, live AT4s and grenades. K-Pot, M17 promask and M16A2 always and "Road Marches" were not 4 miles an hour. They were Forced Marches. Incentive was the faster you got done the quicker you got to do the 3 Ss and eat before 0900 work call. That is the difference. 40lbs rucks were like running with tennis shoes on when I went to conduct the 12 mile ruck for Air Assault and my EIB. So not all SOF is needed to get better times. Training is required for better times. The rest is heart and pride.
16:37 "Everybody wants to be a gangster until its time to do gangster shit"
- Mr. Dufault
Literally me sitting on my ass eating chips and drinking sprite saying I could do the 12 mile march.
Mr. Dufault? Air assault!
I had blisters on my feet the size of pancakes my guy.
@@beano_burrito then how big are your feet? The size of pans
@@EverettWilsonaye another e
After my brother graduated and got his discharge, he pretty much cut ties with the rest of the family. I was really hoping that he would come back to the farm. He came back home one time from Campbell before his discharge, gave me a pair of wings, I guess you can buy extras at the PX. Everyone up here misses you, Bill.
I hope he come back. That's depressing.
I didn’t come home for 18 years. Wish I would have. I hope your brother doesn’t make the same mistake. I missed everything that happened along the way of my family’s life and didn’t feel like I was connected to them anymore. God Bless. Reach out to him, it really will make a difference.
Idk if u have any way to contact him or not but pls reach out to him. Hopefully he comes back home
I’m sure he thinks about y’all a lot. Coming in/leaving the military is a rough transition for a ton of people. Regardless of how he responds, let him know you love him and think about him
@@Musabe009 my story currently
I'm gonna go walk around and you better "find" it in your gear lmao those are the best instructors
Edit: shoutout to the homies that lent him the ear plugs
Yup, tough but fair.
Yea, they are tough, but no crazy yelling.
I brought tWo or 3 pairs of the small items for that reason
He was lucky. Nobody I went with got a chance to "find" anything.
@@jalenad11 team 3 all the way
When they say air assault it sounds like aerosol
@SaltyBrains damn bro chillll lol
Yup, as a Vet I can say that you hear "AEROSOL!" a lot from those who are Air Assault qualified....
Air salt
When I went I occasionally said “hair default” (fun fact I was in the class they filmed in this video and saw myself)
Table salt*
Best line in this video: Alight, good luck and don’t suck, begin.
What teachers really want to say
Very cool video. I remember going to Air Assault School when I was a young man at 20 years old. I was stationed at Ft.campbell from 87-91. It was a tough 10 days. Especially the 12 mile run on day 10.I remember having blisters on my feet on the run. I remember saying to myself ain't no way I'm stopping or quitting after all of this.
lol i was at Ft. Campbell from 88-91 myself, Air Assault Class of 45-88
I was in class 43-14
Yeah I got mine in 88 went through in July it was fun going through the shower at 0900 then training in wet BDUs Air Assault go Army beat Navy
Still beyond proud of my dad for completing air assault training at the tail end of his Army career, age 48. As a new CSM he had the option of doing an accelerated “gentleman’s course”, but he opted to go through the full 10 days along with everyone else. He passed, and eight year old me had a grand time memorizing the 101st song and yelling “air assault”! at the slightest provocation while at Campbell 😂
“I forgot my highlighter”
“That’s gonna be a drop”
lol
Painfully accurate
Someone learned a hard lesson on why to wear sewn on uniforms to AA school, cuz you’ll be dropped if you’re missing a rank during the O course. That someone definitely wasn’t me
Me: SHEEEEESH
You aren't wrong
God, I don't miss screaming air assault everytime my left foot hit the ground. That gave me flashbacks for sure.
Same lol!
Is there any reason you have to do that? Seems kinda dumb tbh
Lol it goes from screaming “air assault” to “ass salt” 😂
@@yenko5196 it's for fun and motivation, a lot of people just scream air assault on the ruck march
I can relate. How about that swiss seat though😬
They pinned the air assault badge over the airborne badge hahaha, the salt
"er... salt!"
Some gangster shit
They should have added injury to insult, and made it a blood badge, but this forum is too PC to show that.
@@alpardal q
@@markcollins2666 that’s why you aren’t in.
"The student managed to find his ear plugs" 😂😂😂 Business Insider ain't no snitches, I'll give 'em that
The Senior Air Assault Instructor, SSG Williams is my DS at Fort Lee right now! The best drill sergeant ever, because of him I want to become a leader and I appreciate the way he pours his heart into his cadences. I want to work my way up physically and mentally to prepare myself for the chance to go Air Assault
Bruh in foxtrot?
“Hey man, how’s your day going?”
Me: “Air Assault 😏”
@Din Dong Too far din dong
@@quackityalt7213 where's ding dong
@@Worst_Infamous hes gone.
@@quackityalt7213 thats menacing
That’s literally what Fort Campbell is like.. How you doin? “Air Assault”.. 😐
AIR assault trainee:
"I'm afraid of heights so..."
More like "I'd rather not shatter my bones or die using 1940s technology jumping out of a plane"
Don’t matter, I’m sure you’ll be forced to do it😂
Saw plenty if guys afraid of heights jump at Airborne and one get pushed. There is even a video of someone getting pushed here in YT.
So Honest💕
So Honest 💕
"I'm going to walk back around, and when I get back you better have found earplugs or you're going to be a drop"
"Roger"
*waits five seconds*
*to soldier next to them*
"Hey man, toss me your ear pro"
The Army way
Go Army Ads: "It begins in California..."
Business Insider: "It begins here at *location name* boot camp"
I love seeing soldiers train it motivates me much love & respect guys
Right 😇
Same. Respect.
"ON RAPPEL!"
"ON BELAY!"
I remember those days.
Coolest badge in the army
@@AwkwardYet not remotely
@@joshescude7160 your right but, right after the airborne badge, and ranger tab, probably the most sought after badge IMO
“Army’s 10 toughest days”
Ranger school:Am I a joke to you?
It’s only tough to pogs.
Ranger school is longer than 10 days lol
@@ethanthompson1097 take any 10 days from it and it’ll still be tougher than air assault lol
Ranger school
SF combat diver
Sapper school
Those are just a few that are a lot harder
@@derrickbalderas3347 and shit, dive school weeds out some already pretty badass people.
As someone who’s been to his share of the Army’s tough schools, this doesn’t look physically hard, but I bet the attention to detail is where they get you. I had planned on going to this school, but got out instead
I was lucky enough to go through Green Platoon, RASP/Ranger School, SERE, and Air Assault and I kinda agree with you, definitely way easier physically than the other 3 but the attention to detail was somewhat on par with those but still I’d say it was the easier compared to the other three in that aspect too.
Yeah, the classroom and attention to detail was the toughest for me. I went through with a buddy from my company who was a ranger. Believe it or not, he failed the repelling from the helicopter portion.
I went through Air Assault School around 1985-86. Physically I felt like it was just a little harder than Basic Training. Mentally more challenging however. But I really loved the rappelling, both from the wall and the Blackhawk.
Lmao, did the idea of going to Kentucky not appeal for you or was air assault a possible re-enlistment incentive?
That’s really all it is. I went through in okay shape and passed everything physical but failed the first time on the sling load test. It’s challenging but paying attention and studying will get you through
Soldiers: *taking test*
Instructor: Good luck. Don’t suck. Begin.
This was my class! It’s great to see a documentary of what it’s actually like, for those that don’t know.
Rakkasans
"Everybody wants to be a gangster until it's time to do gangster shitt" 😆 🤣 😂
Do they expect you to know what to have ? Or are you notified before you go?
RESPECT to those cadets who passed and to those who tried. 👍
This video is gonna be classic history so we here before a mil
B.y.o.b Bring your own booya!
Fact
For reals
@@goebbledup1835 mmmmmmmmm yes I too am a compost advocate
There are Air Assault Schools all over the Army. I did Air Assault at Schofield Barracks, 25th ID. We actually had a field exercise through the jungle and a ton of runs through the jungle with the cadre ass and elbow. If you fell behind the gig lines, it was a no-go. Also, we had to wear our helmets during the 12mile ruck march.
I just got to Schofield Barracks and I’m thinking about air assault school! Any advice?
Class of 2002 at Schofield and it was 2 weeks not 10 days and yup we had to wear our ACH’s and I could swear the instructor told us that BlackHawk hovered no less than 100 feet not 60 feet. Boy times have changed that’s for sure lol. AIR ASSAULT 👊
@@cliftonblowe3589 I was an AAS Instructor there 2001-2003.
Graduated Jump School in the 101st June 1958. Very proud of my wings and also attended Aerial Delivery and Air Transportability there also.
New drinking game: take a shot every time you hear "air assault"
I'm drunk after 5min
If you make through the whole show, you will have some blood in your alcohol....😁
No way I don’t want to die!
Air salt.
@@bigdog2027 hairsol
That pvt sure "found" those earplugs real quick
hope he gave em back to his battle buddy
Funny thing is it happened to me back in 2017 when I was a pv2 and lost my ear plugs and people were looking for it and they actually found it
@Randomerz there's no thiefs in the Army, everyone is just trying to get their shit back
@Randomerz his homie let him borrow
Team work make the dream work. Aerosol!
I used to just say “Air and Salt” when I went
@Pînned by Business Insider stfu
Table salt!
@@gerryanderson6378 Dropped!!
Did Air assault school in Schofield at the lightning academy and one of the best courses I've done. Proud to be Air Assault!
I went to the Davarty Leadership Course there myself!
I was an AAS instructor there from 2001-2003.
Did Airborne School and Air Assault School back to back in 1989. Eventually an instructor at both schools. Both hard for the average person, both different. Enjoyed my time, a little less so demonstrating the Obstacle Course every three days. Love being Double Zero, less so doing the 12 mile road march every 3 days as the the pace man. Wouldn’t trade my time there for anything.
Just graduated from Air Assault class 701-02! A lot of these instructors are the same that we had and smoked us everyday for 45 minutes +. Glad I did it and I’d recommend to anyone!
I give the most credit to the pilot. Love you, Chief!
The CW4 is my man out of this trainee pool. From a prospective WO coming from Navy Blue side. Much respect, Sir!
That chief ended up failing the course on the last day.
To all of those considering joining I wish you the best of luck! Make sure you are training very hard physically well before going to basic to prepare. I wasn't Army but Air Force and I biggest mistake was never running enough soon enough. Still served my 4 years. Enjoy your time because once you get back out here on the civilian side this is about exciting as your life will get unless you come out rich to keep up with the excitement lol
Yes, good advice. Running fails more people than anything. I started running 2 months before Army BCT. 2 miles, 3 miles, 4 miles...5. Pushups and sit-ups. That last day run of this course looked very rough with all the gear...
I agree…i was airforce and got to travel all around the world and live the most exciting life. Now that i am out lifes so boring. Kinda depressing. I was medically discharged
I’m a proud mother of my son! He graduated the first time taking this class. He said, it was tough. We come from a military family. Marines and Army. These guys are tough!
Soldier's wife: Honey I miss you. Do you miss me?
Soldier: Deficiency
I went to air assault school in 83 with a platoon of paratroopers from the 82nd, when we graduated we got the distinguished honor graduate, both honor graduates and 3 out of 5 on the commandants list, we were badass back in the day, I was proud to wear that red beret.
All of you who have achieved something in the military, I salute to you because that is an amazing field you guys are in. I feel an actual sense of security and pride that I'd previously write off as propaganda or some shit
Air Assault School was very memorable. I'll just say that the mobile training teams that operate the school "away from the flag" (places other than Campbell) are a little crazier XD
I did it at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma
lol, the mobile cadre are freakin' sadists
@ Equality 7-2521 Me, too! Hard, but fun. I didn't want to it to be over!
We closed the school at Campbell to do those MTT. It’s a road trip essentially. My time we did West Point in 98 and Bragg in 99.
Imagine dropping at the final day after everything because you didn't have earplugs.. That's some next level pain
It was fun to watch this. I got my Air Assault wings 34 years ago and I remember the A22 bag to this day. I was proud to watch these soldiers get their wings and I felt their pain on the 12 mile timed march. But I would've loved to repel out of the CH-47 rather than UH-1 although having the skids was nice.
Got my Air Assault wings 32 years ago and still have the ones I received at graduation.
Air Assault Class 4-81 Grad here. 40yrs later and seems the same. We had to repel from hueys and blackhawks.Was assigned to the Wolfpack D/Co 3/187th HOOAH to all Air Assault Grads.Never in My life have I learned so much in 10 days
A/ co 3/187 Rakkasans HOOAH
Doesn’t look like much has changed over the years since I did this school besides females being added to the mix. We had Vietnam Vets for Instructors and they were dead serious about every single bit of training from day one of Basic through each and every school we attended. The Best Instructors I’ve ever encountered both in the Military and Civillian worlds.🤘🏼
Unarguably that's probably the best training you can get. Straight from someone who was on the verge of being killed daily and take it seriously.
As my niece and nephew are both deployed in Asia, in the Navy and Marines respectively, seeing these giant flying aircraft (especially the slow but powerful Chinook).... brought back lots of memories from the early to mid 1970s, as a small boy. 1973 - 74, a year before I started first grade, and just a year until we left Laos forever.... Chinooks, ran by the CIA in the "Secret War" part of the Vietnam War, started transporting people to our village from other villages in the front line that were being over-ran by the encroaching Communists.
It was unearthly to have never seen any thing that big, that noisy, that strange, that powerful... to see them, a few at at time.... all of a sudden started swooping down from the sky... in your small, mountainous village... landing and taking off for days, on end... transporting thousands of haggard looking people, from other villages.... Seeing giant, hairy White people for the first time...
@@kiabtoomlauj6249 - I hope you now look back on it as a positive thing and that you are living well.
As a Canadian 407th its a no wonder why America has the best Army in the world. their just ruthless in drills, my training was never nearly as hard but at the same time i was never trained on aircraft loading.
"Im gonna go around and you check your gear"
Translation: Knucklehead...I passed the guy next to you...ask him for his F@#$ing earplugs.
Yes. Attention to detail...having your gear...you fail the team fails...all true.
What's more important? Figure out how to improvise and overcome.
The translation is 100% accurate 🤣
“My wife’s probably tried of hearing it”
lol
never expect to see a Takodachi here but ok...
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@@enjuai4295 uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Them: “Dude you stink, did you wash your uniform?”
Me: “Air assault 😏”
Just kinda praying that these people don’t actually have to use these skills, aka praying that we don’t go into another war, because all of these people seem so cool
Not every soldier will use air assault tactics down range. It all depends on the mission analysis.
You don't have to be air assault qualified to do air assault missions.
@Kauds until you get drafted
@Kauds until you're the one who died first
@Kauds ikr can't wait till I get drafted
The Offical Army Air Assault Soldier Battlecry: *”AEROSALT!!”*
My husband is was a Army officer and completed this training and now our son is a SOAR pilot
The only school that doesn’t prepare you for anything. Plot twist, you don’t need air assault school to do an air assault mission
So true, I completely trust random joes who never done a sling load to do one during a mission
@@OliviaJadeSuperStan there is an entirely different course required for sling load inspections. You'll probably have air assault qualified joes assisting, but the actual sling loading will be done by E4 and up who have completed SLICC in addition to air assault.
Absolutely true! After air assault school we had a field mission so my squad leader made me go out and use the hand and arm signals to guid in the helicopters and the pilots didn’t pay attention to me at all. Also we never fast roped or repelled out of helicopters other than the school. Kinda pointless.
@@derekjackson3990 I got to fast rope with the ODAs, but other than that, never did any of the course stuff again, now Airborne, that was the best school and I got to use it every 2-3 months and see the world.
Air Assault school is just a formality for those that want the badge and identifier.
Air Assault training and qualification kicks ass! Former Infantry Airborne soldier here. Air assault is faaaar harder than you can imagine. Trust me, done that. The rappelling part is the hardest; never liked it. Belive it or not, I always thought that rappelling off a chopper (day or night) was more stressfull to me that jumping out of a bird (day or night). Rock on, you 101st ers!
Agreed- went in 1996 and had 2 Ranger tab wearers drop out on day zero during the obstacle course. Started day zero with 146 students. Graduated 64 students 2 weeks later-
17:12 translation: You have until I come back around to barrow what you need from your battle buddies or you’re dropped.
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Absolutely lol
He just yoinked from a nearby rucksack for what all we know haha
I went through AAS at Campbell back in 1995. We learned Fast Rope along with rappelling. Shortly after that it was banned from AAS, and only units that were cleared through a Special Operations waiver could train on it and actually conduct fast Rope operations from a helicopter.
my grandpa was a paratrooper for the 101st airborne. He was stationed in Germany. Luckily, he did not have to fight. Love you gramps
“Hi welcome to McDonalds, can I take your ord-
“AIR ASSAULT”
This is the most intense training I've ever seen for such a marginally important skill.
It's not very intense.
@N Webb damn
It's not intense, but for a good reason. There's a lot of safety and important information that trainees have to learn or else they'll risk injuring themselves or getting killed in trainings.
Dropping howitzers, ammo and supplies into a war zone is pretty damn important. Who's gonna do it? You? Lt. Wienberg?
I went to the Ft. Campbell school in May of 1992. I was a very average soldier and I passed first try on everything. The part where most people drop past Day 0 is in Phase 2. Most people fail the sling load operation.
Respect to Air Assault qualified soldiers, Don't know why I used to look down on it after I became Airborne. Respect
courage isnt the absence of fear.. its conquering that fear
This was one of my favorite Army schools. AIR ASSAULT!!!!!
When they say air assault it is like when you select your troops in an RTS game and they say the same line with slight variation
Pathfinder school: Lots of land nav.
You navigate your way from billets to bus. From bus to chow. From chow to bus. From bus to classroom. And then back again.
Love the earplugs issue at the end. Learning how to “procure” things in the Army was an essential skill.
When there in 83 ‘with my 82nd Airborne platoon and we all passed .Air Assault!!! Great School
Why do they say "air assault so much?" because false motivation is better than no motivation would be more accurate answer.
@N Webb MARCH
It's called dumbing-down.
Logic and rational thought are replaced by mindless conditioned reflex.
Great for creating gung-ho special forces
But it's not gonna make them any smarter.
You miss the point. You also don't understand human nature. Perhaps you have never been in the military. The Air Assault process does two things:
One, it selects and develops people who have the mental and physical capacities -- and 'grit" personality -- to do tasks that are in the upper range of difficulty.
Two, it builds a unifying culture that imprints being part of something bigger and more important than the self. These are people who will never surrender to the shame of letting one another down, they will always know that they will never be let down by any of the others, and they will fight and kill (and surrender their lives if necessary) in order to defend their distinctly earned status.
A military unit composed of such well-equipped and well-trained people is a force to recon with (and reckon with!).
@@jaymaloney8321 Sounds like @BobbyBreadsticks provided the enlisted answer. Your answer sounds more like an officer answer. 😂
Wow, the amount of training is just crazy! Props to them
Throughout my 20 years in the Army, Campbell was my favorite duty station. I went to Air Assault school in 2004 when I first got there. Air Assault school was challenging but not as much as they are making it seem in this video lol
These are just some of the best soldiers on the planet. Best of the best.
Can you imagine going through all of that just to get dropped on the final inspection
For missing a highlighter
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- A very wise and very angry Drill Sergeant
They must not teach spelling at drill sergeant school
@@illswift5 _sigh_ is really spelled "sergeant"? The autocorrect swapped it on me.
This was a fun course, the instructors were hilarious as well! The 12 mile route at campbell kicked my ass
i feel ya on the 12 mile road march/Run! i made it with 12 minutes left, my short ass legs were burning
I love the discipline mentality! 💪🏾💪🏾
18:10 putting the air assault badge on top of the airborne badge is an absolute power move
1:21 parker was one of the first friends i made in basic. Solid ass dude. Idk if yoill see this but good luck. Proud of you brother.🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Soldier's Wife: What do you want for dinner hon?
Soldier: AIR ASSAULT
only thing they do:
say "air assault" for 9 days straight without sleeping
this brought back memories of living in Oak Grove - one of my friends that also went to army ranger school told me that in "ranger school" they handed him a live rabbit by the ears and said ... "here's supper - supper is at 1700"
The best part of this whole video is when the instructor pinned that soldier and put it right through his airborne badge.
17:09 This student understood the assignment 😉
I went through Air Assault School in 1990 and it has hardly changed at all.
This video reminds me the times when I was a south korean military police. I did heliborne strike training 8 times a year. One day, they set up a training situation; north korean commandos breached and are hiding in a mountain. My squad descended on that mountain by fast rope. I descended first and than took position to cover next descenders. The moment when the second guy's feet touched the ground, the third guy's carbine suddenly was dropped from the helicopter. It hit ground instead of the second guy's head but bounced up to his knee. The third guy said his strap was torn off by no reason. That was such a shitty event.
10:46 "There are a lot of students that get dropped because there are so many *finite* details". The correct word is "minute".
Because of this lack of attention to detail, “That’s gonna be a drop” for SSG Corbin
2011 graduate!!! 10 toughest days in the army. I had tougher days in Fort Benning GA during boot camp and Ranger School. Ranger School is when I started having feet problems and swollen knees. Air Assualt was a breeze. I do miss the 101st 💯
My dad used to tell me stories about his air assault days and when he got his blood wings lol hats off to the graduates.
Me: *trying to sleep*
The crackhead outside my window at 2am: 0:51
"everybody wants to be a gangster until it's time to go gangster shit"😂🤣🤣🤣
Wife: He’s probably thinking of other women.
Husband: AIR ASSAULT!!!!!!
Congratulations on the Graduates of Air Assault I say Respect and Air Assault!
Back during WWII this was completely unheard of but this form of basic training was the reason why D Day and other key operations of that time were won.
The Ten Toughest Days in the Army. Except that any ten random days from Jump School, Ranger School, SFAS, etc. are tougher. Hell, Basic & AIT at Benning was harder than AA School.