Air Assualt+ Airbourne

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LegendZ

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I know alot about airbourne AIT but i dont know much about after completetion
1. Can you be a Designated marksman for airbourne or air assualt?
2. Is airassualt school hard ive heard some people say its harder than airbourne school
3.Is it possible to Operate a stinger as Airbourne or Air Assualt
4.After I complete Airbourne school can i go to Air assualt school or do i have to be assigned a unit first then go on to air assualt school
5. Is it possible to be a designated marksman and a stinger specialist?

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- hope to enlist 2012 in Air assualt and get Designated marksman :)
 
1. As far as I know, Air assualt and Airborne are ASI's (additional Skill Identifiers) so they wouldn't have designated marksmen.
2. I think AA School is 10 - 11 days long. I've heard that they do an inspection as soon as you get there and if you fail you're out. I would imagine it would be pretty grueling considering the physical fitness aspect of it.
3. I have no idea.
4. You have to be in a unit before you can attend either school.
5. Once again, I don't know.

Hope that this helps out a little. Airborne and AA are not my strong points but I do know a little from my time in the service.
 
They (both) are schools.
They are not designed to be hard, they are designed to teach you what you need to know to be able to do the job afterwards.

I am not sure, but I doubt you are going to hump both a snipersystem AND a stinger tube/sight.
I for one wouldn´t WANT to.
The job is heavy enough anyways.

Stop looking at what school is harder and make you choice by the simple criteria:
In what capacity do I want to serve my nation during this enlistment contract.

Have a good day.
//KJ.
 
Well I know how i want to serve my country but but i just dont know what i want t odo while im serving it both AA and Airbourne are tempting but i mean look at the current suitation. is there really a likely chance of you hearing of airbounr soldiers dropping in a desert and even if we were to go to a european campaign they would most likely be shot of the sky by SAM's where AA could go in with only small arms fire and RPG's but w\e i got 3 years to decide :)
 
1) Focus on getting in first. If you want Airborne (spelled as such in the U.S. Army) have it included in your contract. If you want Air Assault, have that included in your contract. Odds are, you cant get both so choose wisely. You make more money being Airborne qualified and on jump status than you do as an Air Assault.

2) It is possible to be qualified on both. If you go to an Airborne unit, you MAY be offered the opportunity to go to Air Assault school. Note that it is possible to do it in reverse order, although the odds are lower.

3) Just because a unit is slated Airborne or Air Assault does not mean that is their only means of moving.

4) Worry about what they shoot at you when they shoot it, not three years in advance.
 
Here's the actual deal. Is there any chance you could drop in the desert? Yes, 173rd Airborne seized Bashur airfield in Iraq in 2003 by conducting the longest airborne movement for a combat jump in history. Then they seized the airfield and landed tanks and bradleys during Operation Airborne Dragon (the first ever air insertion of armored forces in American military history, look it up). Likely? I doubt it, but then again if you had told 173rd ABN that they were about to jump into Iraq and be nowhere near other American forces before it happened they probably would have laughed. As for airborne or air assault, you can get them in your contract on your enlistment. You DO NOT have to be in a unit. Airborne is 30 days long, you make 5 jumps but it's an intra service school (the Army runs it, but all branches attend). It's not hard unless you can't run or are in poor enough condition that you cannot withstand the jumps. If you are not enlisting for another 2 years, then set your goal at being able to run a minimum of 6 miles and focus on your cardio and lower body. Air assault is 10 days, but way more challenging than airborne. The inspections are ridiculous. Yes, you can have both, and no it doesn't matter what order you do them in. All infantry units have snipers/designated marksmen so yes you can do that too. If this is your goal, go 11B (infantry) and get airborne in your initial contract. Once you get to an airborne unit you can try to drop a 4187 to go air assault. As for operating a Stinger? Air defense arty has been dramatically reduced lately, so I wouldn't try to do both. Odds are not against doing both schools, as a matter of fact, the gunner on my truck has them both and a slot for ranger school, and I'm not even in an infantry battalion! I'm in a scout recon unit.
 
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