I'm sick of always reporting to schools with no intel on what it's like so here's a description of Air Assault school run by the Warrior Training Center at Ft. Benning.
First, this course is no joke. The active duty guys showed up thinking that a National Guard run school would be easy. The Soldiers with this attitude failed out very quickly. Soldiers ranked from PV2 to MAJ in this course. We started with 157 students and ended 10 days later with 106.
This school was very mentally and physically intense. If you are training up for this school I would suggest a four month plan working up to 12 miles with a 40 lbs. ruck. They say 25-30 lbs. but it is simply not true. Additionally you will want to run up to four miles in 37 minutes. A general pt plan consisting of flutter kicks, overhead arm claps, and rifle exercises. The best source of information is on the ft. Benning web site. Search WTC. Most of the classes are posted for you to review prior to reporting at the school.
Also, make sure you have everything on the packing list, everything! Be very specific!
First, this course is no joke. The active duty guys showed up thinking that a National Guard run school would be easy. The Soldiers with this attitude failed out very quickly. Soldiers ranked from PV2 to MAJ in this course. We started with 157 students and ended 10 days later with 106.
This school was very mentally and physically intense. If you are training up for this school I would suggest a four month plan working up to 12 miles with a 40 lbs. ruck. They say 25-30 lbs. but it is simply not true. Additionally you will want to run up to four miles in 37 minutes. A general pt plan consisting of flutter kicks, overhead arm claps, and rifle exercises. The best source of information is on the ft. Benning web site. Search WTC. Most of the classes are posted for you to review prior to reporting at the school.
Also, make sure you have everything on the packing list, everything! Be very specific!
1 comment:
I'm glad you're home, and I'm glad that there are guys like you running 12 miles with a 40lb ruck. I know I'm not that guy!
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