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US Army Military Freefall School

HALO school...freefall...and even HAHO for thelucky. You do all that and more at this school. This is one of the easierschools the Army has to offer...as long as you can learn to freefall fairlywell. If not...it becomes a difficult school to say the least.

MILITARY FREE-FALL PARACHUTIST COURSE (4 WEEKS)

PURPOSE:

TO TRAI !"L"#T"$ !O%& $O$ A $ %OR"I' ("R!O "L A! )ILITARY%R""*%ALL (ARA#H+TI!T!

SCOPE:

)ILITARY %R""*%ALL !,ILL!

-$AY I'HT/ HALO HAHO O("RATIO !

Course Objec !"es:

Train 0ersonnel to be 1ualified military free*fall 0arachutists. This includesmilitary free*fall 0arachute ground training2 0hysiological training& bodystabili3ation -vertical wind tunnel/& basic aircraft 0rocedures& combate1ui0ment -rucksack and wea0on/2 advanced aircraft 0rocedures toinclude individual e4its with combat e1ui0ment& mass e4its& grou0inge4ercises& night airborne o0erations& and life*su00ort e1ui0ment -o4ygenmask and bottles/ and 0rocedures with high*altitude airborne o0erations.

Re#or !$% I$s ruc !o$s

(rior to re0orting to the )%%(#& students must ensure that all dental&medical& administrative& and 0ersonnel actions are com0leted orrescheduled for a future date -after graduation/. #om0any 5 will notrelease students during the conduct of the course e4ce0t for anemergency.

#om0any 5 head1uarters is in 5uilding 678 at Yuma (roving 'round-Y('/& Ari3ona& $! 9::*6;6; 6;


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!tudents must re0ort to the ?@T not later than >C77 on the re0ort datelisted in the Army Training Re1uirements and Resources !ystem -ATRR!/&$! =6:*8;;>. Officers and enlisted 0ersonnel arriving 0rior to the classstart date will re0ort to the )oon Hall billeting office for room assignmentsor to obtain a statement of nonfilterability. Reservations for )oon Hallmay be made by calling -:>7/ ;;:.

$uring airborne o0erations -weeks two through four/& students will bebilleted at Y('& Ari3ona. o reservations are necessary& and roomassignments are made 0rior to arrival at Y('. Yuma (roving 'round willnot issue statements of nonfilterability.

!tudents re0orting for in0rocessing must have their medical records -withthe original &'##ro"e & HALO 0hysical which must be current within =years from graduation date/& a current 0anore4 dental 4*ray& current A%

#hamber (hysiological #ard and form& and five hard co0ies of ordersattaching them to #om0any 5& =d 5attalion& >st !@T'-A/& for the 0ur0oseof attending the )%%(#. !tudents who re0ort without their medicalrecords and orders will not enter training.

+nited !tates Army students must bring a co0y of $A %orm =A =*> or $A%orm =5 =*>.

Orders to the )%%(# us state that government 1uarters are availableat %ort 5ragg for D>; 0er day and at Y(' for D9 0er day. 'overnment

mess facilities are not always available because of the training schedule.The use of government mess facilities adversely affects the 0erformanceof the mission. 'overnment mess is not available at Y('& Ari3ona. Thereare eating establishments on Y(' within > < mile from billeting. Thenearest town is Yuma which is =8 miles away.

Orders us state the tem0orary duty -T$Y/ itinerary is E%ort 5ragg&orth #arolina& to Yuma (roving 'round& Ari3ona& and return to home

stations or ne4t duty assignment.F This facilitates funding the individualsreturn tickets& es0ecially those individuals on T$Y en route to their ne4tduty assignment.

!tudents on se0arate rations or 0er diem will 0rovide for their own mealsduring training. #om0any 5& =d 5attalion& >st !@T'-A/& will not issuemeal cards.

!tudents with meal cards us arrange for se0arate rations or 0er diem0rior to de0arture from their 0arent unit.

#om0any 5 will e4tend class dates to achieve course graduation standardsin the event academic re1uirements are not met because of adverseweather conditions or air scheduling conflicts. !tudents will remain in thecourse until the rescheduled graduation dates or return to their 0arent


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units without 1ualification. !tudents will not make return travelarrangements until the actual graduation dates have been established.G!tudents will not be allowed to graduate early because of unitde0loyment& follow*on T$Y tem0orary additional duty& or travelarrangements locked in 0rior to the graduation date.

GAll students are res0onsible for 0roviding their own trans0ortation -ta4i/from Y(' to Yuma air0ort after graduation. -A00ro4 cost D67.77/.Trans0ortation for all training will be 0rovided by #om0any 5.

Prere*u!s! es:

!0ecial o0erations forces commissioned officers& warrant officers& orenlisted 0ersonnel of the Active or Reserve com0onents who are assignedto& or who are on orders for assignment to& a military free*fall coded

0osition or selected $O$ 0ersonnel or allied 0ersonnel who are 1ualifiedmilitary 0arachutists. "ffective > October >::8& Army students re0ortingto military free*fall training must have a memorandum confirmingassignment to a military free*fall coded 0osition at in0rocessing.(ersonnel re0orting without the re1uired memorandum will not be enteredinto training. )ust have 0assed the high*altitude& low*o0ening -HALO/0hysical e4amination IA@ AR & #ha0ter 8& 0aragra0h 9& and mustre0ort with com0lete medical records& including original HALOe4amination& on day of in0rocessing. !chool must be com0leted withintwo years of the date on the 0hysical. )ust also re0ort with a

(hysiological Training Record& High*Altitude (arachutist Initial -HA( I T/.This record is verified on A% %orm >=C< -#hamber #ard/ and A% %orm C7=-Individual (hysiological Training Record/. )ust have nine monthsremaining in service u0on graduation.

Organi3ation unit surgeons will base their determination of a soldier smedical 1ualification dis1ualification on AR & !tandards of )edical%itness -> )ay >:9:/& Interim #hange o. >7> to AR -> October>::>/& and the +!A %,!@#! )emorandum& ERe1uirements for#om0leting (hysical "4aminations for +!A %,!@#! !chools&F > )arch

>::8.G!oldiers re1uesting waivers for dis1ualifying conditions will submit their0hysical e4aminations along with a memorandum re1uesting the waiver-not later than 67 days 0rior to the class start date/ through the +!A!O#)edical Training $ivision for delivery to +!A %,!@#! -where waivers areconsidered/. The address for the +!A!O# )edical Training $ivision isJ

#ommander& +!A!O#ATT J AO)$*)T%t 5ragg& # =967C*8=>C

G@aivers must be a00roved in writing 0rior to start dateK


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P'c+!$% L!s :

!tudents will bring the following uniforms and e1ui0mentJ

Two sets of their duty uniform -i.e.& battle dress uniform 5$+B& utilities&etc./2 headgear -5$+ or utility ca0 with rank and insignia/2 five brown T*shirts& five 0airs of black nylon running shorts& and five 0airs of olive drabsocks2 and one set of the gray Army 0hysical training uniform or sisterservice e1uivalent. T*shirts will not have logos on them. !tudents willwear unit issue sweat suits during the winter months.

One 0air of military*ty0e gloves -flight gloves or black issue areacce0table/. Recommend that during the cold weather months gloveshave good insulation without sacrificing de4terity.

otebook& 0en 0encil& and a good flashlight -mini mag recommended/.

5lack combat boots or ungle boots -lace through eyelet ty0e/ that meetthe standards outlined in AR ;C7*>& @ear and A00earance of Army+niforms and Insignia -> !e0tember >::=/& are acce0table. 5oots witho0en*hook eyelets are unacce0table for wear.

,e$er' Wee+ . sc/e u e:

@eek One @eek one begins with the usual Army drill of In*0rocessing& weigh*in&e1ui0ment issue& etc. You are assigned an instructor and a um0 buddy-about your same height and weight so you fall at about the same rate/.Your instructor stays with you the whole time. You learn all about the ramair 0arachute& emergency 0rocedures& rigging 0rocedures& re0ack0rocedures& etc. You do table drills to learn how to fall 0ro0erly andstable& and also get into the hanging harness to 0ractice emergency0rocedures -malfunctions& cutaways& entanglements& etc./. You also cover

um0 commands and the o4ygen system. Then the fun beginsK %irst& youget into the wind tunnel. This is a massive fan that blow at s0eeds u0 to>87m0h...it actually lifts you and su00orts you in the air to simulatefreefallK You go through all the e0Ms& and you fine tune your body 0osition.

@eek two through four

um0& um0& um0...and you will also um0. %rom hereon out it is 0retty much all um0ing. You begin bye4iting at >7777ft with no e1ui0ment& to e4iting at=8777ft with full e1ui0ment and o4ygen. You mustremain stable& 0ull at the designated altitude -N *


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=77ft/& and land within =8m of the grou0 leader. If the weather isgood& you get to do a lot of um0s -including HAHO/. HighAltitude High O0ening um0s are um0s where you e4it atsay...>6777ft and 8 seconds later de0loy your chute. You thenglide 8*>7 kilometers -a lot more de0ending on e4it altitude andwinds/ to the target...1uite a rideK 'raduation consists ofe1ui0ment turn in& di0lomas and 0a0erwork& and the re1uisiteclass 0arty. $efinitely a 0retty fun school.

This is a )ilitary %ree*%all um0er under cano0y. You make at least >

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