AIRBORNE
SCHOOL
Airborne training is
conducted at Fort Benning, Georgia. The training
encompasses all aspects of entering a combat zone
by parachute. It is a three week course. The first
week (ground week) consists of rigorous physical
training and instruction designed to prepare the
student to make a parachute jump and land safel y.
The second week (tower week) perfects individual
skills and stresses team effort. Jump skills are
taught through the use of the swing landing trainer,
the suspended harness, and the 250-foot free-fall
tower. The final week is Jump Week, where you will
use the training of the previous two weeks to execute
five parachute jumps. The jumps will include one
night jump and two jumps in full combat gear. Upon
completion of the fifth jump, you will receive the
Parachutist Qualification Badge and be a member
of the elite "AIRBORNE" community. If
you desire to attend Airborne School you must be
in top physical condition and have compelted basic
training and AIT, or completed MS II year on campus,
or completed basic camp, or completed advanced
camp.
AIR
ASSAULT SCHOOL
Air Assault School is a ten day course conducted at several locations to include Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Fort Drum, New York, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Students
are instructed on all aspects of using
helicopters to enter combat. Training includes
an obstacle course, rappelling from
a tower and hovering helicopters, rigging
equipment for sling loading, and landing
and pick-up zone operations. Training culminates
in a twelve mile road march in under three
hours while wearing full combat gear. Upon
successful completion of the training, you
will receive the Air Assault Badge. If you
desire to attend Air Assault School you must
be in top physical condition.
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Army
ROTC
Summer
Training
MOUNTAIN
WARFARE SCHOOL 
The Mountain Warfare
School is a two-week course conducted by
the Vermont Army National Guard at Ethan
Allen Firing Range, in Jerico, Vermont.
Both a summer and a winter phase are offered.
The course is designed to develop train
the leadership and technical skills needed
by Army personnel to perform mountaineering
tasks in a realistic mountain environment.
It provides students with the practical,
hands-on experience in the application of
tactics and techniques effective for mountain
operations. Because of the extremely limited
number of slots to this training, cadets
can only earn a chance to attend this school
through outstanding performance in the program
coupled with a demonstrated desire to pursue
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MOUNTAINEERING COURSE (NWTC) |
This course is 2 weeks
long with emphasis on mobility in mountainous
terrain, on glaciers, and inland waterways. The
Northern Warfare Training Center (NWTC) is located
at Fort Greeley, AK. Course work is in three categories:
general subjects such as first aid, geography,
and climatology, military mountaineering, and
inland waterway navigation. Cadets desiring to
attend the BMC must be contracted, have successfully
completed the Army Physical Fitness Test (17-21
year category) and the combat army swim test within
30 days of the course start date. You must be
in excellent physical shape to attend the course.
It entails extensive rucksack marching and hill
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CADET TROOP LEADERSHIP TRAINING
Cadet Troop Leadership Training
(CTLT) offers the MS III cadet the opportunity to
perform the duties of a Second Lieutenant for up to
one month with an active duty unit. Actual duties
performed will vary by branch and unit but will generally
be those duties expected of a Second Lieutenant in
that unit. Many cadets will serve as either platoon
leaders or assistant platoon leaders. Cadets desiring
to attend CTLT must be in top physical condition and
present a good military appearance. CTLT is open only
to MS III cadets who attend National Advance Leadership
Camp (NALC) the same Summer. Simultaneous Membership
Program (SMP) cadets may not participate in CTLT;
however, they may attend annual training with their
National Guard / Reserve unit provided it does not
conflict with the National Advance Leadership Camp.
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