Air Assault
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010Is Everybody In The 101st Airborne Division Air-Assault Qualified?
Will they send all Infantry men there down the road?
(ex. assigned to 101st, and sometime later they send you to the school)
Do you learn fast-roping in Air Assault School?
No, not everyone is AAS qualified.
Most of combat arms and combat support folks will and must go, but you will find alot of service support folks without their "Bullwinkle" badge.
Phase Three, the Rappelling Phase is three days long. During this phase, soldiers receive instruction on basic ground and aircraft rappelling procedures, to include the following tasks:
Tying of the hip-rappel seat (Swiss seat)
Hook-up techniques
Lock-in procedures
Rappel with and without combat equipment
Belay procedures
Fast Rope familiarization
During fast rope familiarization, students conduct a controlled descent and a static hold for five seconds. Students that successfully conduct both descents from a 12-foot platform, then descend from the 34-foot tower using the stack-out/rapid exit technique. Fast rope descents are conducted without combat equipment.
More info about it. The School's main site is acting up:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Assault_School