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• Airborne School
• Air Assault School
• Cadet Troop Leadership Training (CTLT)
• Nurse Summer Training Program
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Airborne School

Army Airborne School is a three week course held at Fort Benning , GA. The three weeks are divided into Ground Week, Tower Week, and Jump Week.

Ground Week

During Ground Week, you begin an intensive program of instruction to build individual airborne skills, prepare you to make a parachute jump, and land safely. You will train on the mock door, the 34 foot tower, and the lateral drift apparatus (LDA). To go forward to Tower Training Week, you must individually qualify on the 34 foot tower, the LDA, and pass all physical training (PT) requirements.

Tower Week

The individual skills learned during Ground Week are refined during Tower Week and team effort or "mass exit" concept is added to the training. The apparatuses used this week are the 34-foot towers, the swing landing trainer (SLT), the mock door for mass exit training, the suspended harness, and the 250-foot free tower. Tower Week completes your individual skill training and builds team effort skills. To go forward to Jump Training Week you must qualify on the SLT, master the mass exit procedures from the 34-foot tower, and pass all PT requirements.

Jump Week
Successful completion of the previous weeks of training prepares you for Jump Week. During Jump Week you will make 5 jumps. One of which will be a night jump.

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Air Assault School

Phase I: Combat Assault Phase
During the Combat Assault Phase, soldiers receive instruction on the following tasks: Aircraft Safety, Aircraft Orientation, Aero Medical Evacuations, Pathfinder Operations, and Combat Assault Operations including simulated combat assault on UH-60 aircraft.
 

Phase II: Sling Load Phase
During the Sling Load Phase, soldiers receive instruction on the following task: Preparation, rigging and inspection of loads, such as: M119 105mm Howitzer, M998 HMMWV, M998 HMMWV, Fuel Blivets, Cargo Nets, and LMTV’s.

Phase III: Rappelling Phase
During this phase soldiers receive instruction on the following tasks: Tying of the Swiss rappel seat, Hook-up techniques, Lock-in procedures, Combat rappel, and Belay procedures.

Soldiers will conduct 2 rappels on the wall side of the 34' tower 9-12 rappels from the open side, and 2 rappels from a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter with and without equipment.

Cadet Troop Leadership Training (CTLT)

CTLT provides select Leadership Development and Assessment Course (LDAC)  graduates the opportunity to increase their leadership experience by assignments to platoon leader or like positions with Active Army units or with government agencies for three to four weeks.

CTLT is conducted at Army units in the Continental United States, Alaska , Hawaii , and Europe . Under this program, cadets are placed in charge of a regular Army platoon of approximately 35 soldiers. The student's objective is to perform the leadership and management tasks necessary to train the platoon's soldiers and maintain it's equipment. While in CTLT, cadets continue to receive a rate of pay and allowances equivalent to that received at LDAC. Transportation to and from the unit is provided. In addition, cadets stay in the Bachelor Officer Quarters and eat meals in the unit's dining facilities. If a cadet is assigned to a unit on jump status, and if a cadet is already airborne qualified, the cadet may participate in unit jumps on a permissive basis if approved in advance. The experiences, insights and firsthand knowledge received will better prepare a cadet for his or her future as an officer. CTLT is the best way to "check out" a branch before placing branch preferences during accessions at the beginning of the MS IV year.

Nurse Summer Training Program

Army ROTC Nurse Cadets have an opportunity for a unique summer nursing experience. The paid, three-week Nurse Summer Training Program assigns Cadets to Army hospitals throughout the U.S. and Germany.

The program introduces you to the Army Medical Department (AMEDD) and to the roles and responsibilities of an Army Nurse Corps Officer. Under the supervision of an experienced Army Nurse Corps Officer, you will obtain hands-on experience. Your one-on-one clinical experience will allow you to hone your clinical skills, develop your problem-solving techniques and become comfortable with developing your professional skills as a member of the U.S. Army Healthcare Team.