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scrybe
04-11-2005, 07:59 PM
Had an FTX at Camp Rilea last weekend. They were conducting an air assault class at the same time. There were blackhawks flying overhead all day Saturday and I had a chance to snap some shots of them off-loading and loading troops late in the day Saturday (Day 1 of the school, assuming Friday was 0 day). I snapped a couple pics of the rappel tower used during the training as well.

http://img66.echo.cx/img66/1615/rappeltower5ls.jpg

http://img66.echo.cx/img66/7994/rappeltower27bn.jpg

http://img66.echo.cx/img66/2231/blackhawk13fg.jpg

http://img66.echo.cx/img66/8889/blackhawk26kp.jpg

http://img66.echo.cx/img66/8020/blackhawk37td.jpg

http://img66.echo.cx/img66/3014/blackhawk46vx.jpg

http://img66.echo.cx/img66/6936/blackhawk53nu.jpg

http://img66.echo.cx/img66/2306/blackhawk63ha.jpg

http://img66.echo.cx/img66/5402/blackhawk79sk.jpg

http://img66.echo.cx/img66/5194/blackhawk83tf.jpg

http://img23.echo.cx/img23/7005/blackhawk93dm.jpg

I've also got a PM in to Hood to get a video of one of the Blackhawks hosted. All these pics were taken at 2272x1704, so if you want a hi-res of any of them, just ask.
BadKarma26
04-11-2005, 08:23 PM
thats a good lookin post
hood
04-11-2005, 09:19 PM
Here's the video:

http://www.militaryvideos.net/torrents/airassault.avi.torrent

If you don't already have a BitTorrent client, you can get it here: http://www.bittorrent.com/
scrybe
04-11-2005, 09:22 PM
Thanks Hood. And sorry for the shakey-cam. It was towards the end of the day of training and my arms were feeling it.
shrek
04-11-2005, 09:25 PM
Good stuff.

DAMNIT it makes me miss it all!



"What day is it?, Zero day Sargeaant Air Assault! What's the count?, Zero Sargeant Air Assault!"
GothicSnake
04-11-2005, 09:29 PM
Nice pics. I hear Air Assault school is the toughest 3 weeks in the Army, does it live up to that rep? :)
BadKarma26
04-11-2005, 10:43 PM
Nice pics. I hear Air Assault school is the toughest 3 weeks in the Army, does it live up to that rep? :)

Air Assault school is usually less than 2 weeks. And no its not that hard. The 12 mile ruck **** at the end is pretty tough though.
BadKarma26
04-11-2005, 10:46 PM
And BTW this isn't Air Assault School this is just a course of some sort held at the base.

AA school is held at Fort Campbell, Kentucky and Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
scrybe
04-11-2005, 10:47 PM
No, it's one of the official Air Assault schools. We all thought it was odd too, being that Rilea is a National Guard base not an active duty base. This was the first part of the full 11 day course.
BadKarma26
04-11-2005, 10:52 PM
No, it's one of the official Air Assault schools. We all thought it was odd too, being that Rilea is a National Guard base not an active duty base. This was the first part of the full 11 day course.

Hmm news to me, learn something new every day. Howd the FTX go?
scrybe
04-11-2005, 11:30 PM
It was great. Got a lot of excellent training from members of the Oregon National Guard unit that just returned from Iraq. We lucked out on the weather too. Has been real rainy and overcast lately, but it cleared up for us this weekend, with only some light showers.
BadKarma26
04-12-2005, 12:47 AM
I just got back from a 4 day FTX at MCB Pendelton Sunday night. Getting like 10 hours of sleep the whole time kinda outweighs being a squad leader.

Gold bond medicated foot spray is my bestest best friend :hug:
pathfinder82
04-12-2005, 02:41 AM
[quote="GothicSnake"]Nice pics. I hear Air Assault school is the toughest 3 weeks in the Army


???? :slap:

Gold Bond powder on the balls and inner thighs is also a "good" thing.
GothicSnake
04-12-2005, 09:54 AM
Nice pics. I hear Air Assault school is the toughest 3 weeks in the Army, does it live up to that rep? :)

Air Assault school is usually less than 2 weeks. And no its not that hard. The 12 mile ruck f*** at the end is pretty tough though.Ah, someone told me it was 3 and that it was hard as hell. My bad. :|
AlexNenadic
04-12-2005, 11:34 AM
I hear Air Assault school is the toughest 3 weeks in the Army, does it live up to that rep? :)

By far the hardest Army school is pre-CDQC/CDQC. A friend of mine graduated last year. Anyway, he recently saw the dive phase of that BUD/S DVD, and was amazed that the trainees were getting up to 5 attempts at events such as the one man comp. In the two CDQC schools the most they were allowed was 2 attempts, and for the most part one had to pass on the first try.
A Soldier
04-12-2005, 11:56 AM
Air Assualt this summer will be held in more locations, with less slots open. B/c of the war there are a fewer amount of instructors and so less slots. At least thats what I have been told by my Cadre as to why we didnt get a slot this year. Somehow we got 5 Airborne slots though. Who knows