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Phase I - Ground Week Ground week is dedicated to teaching cadets how to properly fall. Since most injuries occur during landing, cadets practice parachute landing falls until cadets can do them in their sleep.

Here cadets also learn the proper techniques used when exiting an aircraft.

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Phase ii -Tower Week During this week you will learn how to properly exit an aircraft in the 34 ft tower. This training helps build confidence on how to successfully exit the plane.

some Cadets will be chosen fall from the 250ft tower where the Cadet is lifted from the ground to the full 250ft. height of the tower and dropped with a parachute.

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final week of Airborne school. Cadets apply the skills they have learned in the previous weeks.

Cadets conduct 3 “Hollywood” jumps (no gear), one daylight jump with combat equipment, and one nighttime jump with combat equipment.

Complete all five jumps and you are awarded the Army parachutist badge.

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Phase iii - jump Week

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U.S. Army Air Assault

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Phase i – Assault

Cadets participate in Physical Training (PT) everyday.

During the Air Assault Phase, cadets become proficient in: air assault operations, pathfinder operations, hand and arm signals, aircraft familiarization, aircraft safety, and aeromedevac operations.

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Phase ii – slingload Cadets learn how to prepare loads for slingload (helicopter transport). equipment includes the M101A1 Howitzer, M998 HMMWV, 5,000 lb. or 10,000 lb. Cargo Nets, A-22 Cargo Bag, and Multi-Fuel Blivets. cadets must memorize: tensile strength of equipment, lift capabilities ofaircraft, as well as rigging and inspection of prepared loads.

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Phase iii – Rappel Cadets receive instruction in basic rappelling. cadets then begin advanced rappelling from the 50-foot tower wall side, both with and without equipment. Cadets then rappel off the tower from the skid (open) side. Finally, cadets rappel from Army helicopters hovering at 100 feet above the ground and you will love it.

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U.S. Army combat diver

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The Combat Diver Course is a six weeks in length. basics in open-circuit scuba and closed-circuit Re-breather operations.

Open-circuit includes underwater search and recovery, submarine lock-in and lock-out procedures, ship bottom search, and over the water infi ltration techniques.

During all phases of training students learn underwater navigation techniques for day and night operations.

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