RAW VIDEO: Military personnel negotiate Air Assault obstacle course [HQ]

Military personnel hoping to earn the Air Assault Badge navigate the Air Assault Obstacle Course Aug. 10 as part of "Zero Day" at Fort Pickett. A mobile training team from the Fort Benning-based Warrior Training Center made up of nine National Guard Soldiers from eight different states are teaching the 10-day course that trains personnel on U.S. Army rotary wing aircraft operations including combat air assault operations, rigging and slingload operations as well as rappelling from a helicopter. A total of 114 personnel started the morning hoping to earn the badge but after a two-mile run that had to be completed in under 18 minutes and the nine obstacles in the obstacle course, a total of 85 personnel qualified to continue working towards meeting the requirements for the badge. (Video by Cotton Puryear, Va. Dept. of Military Affairs)

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[fatmanzen]

@ljdn1010 Yes every time the left foot hits the ground we said Air Assault!

[ljdn1010]

@fatmanzen they ran like that for 10 day?

[Anima10pontonet]

Man some of these guys are red as a pepper

[SoldierCyfix]

@napkin73 yea, but  with a cool twist by the end of the course

[fatmanzen]

Hardest 10 days of my life. :)

[ABNTRPR27]

The obstacle course isn't much different than the one we had at Infantry school in the '70s.

[ABNTRPR27]

The course is open to ALL components of the army.

[smildonfatalis1]

Can a 4"10 girl be qualified for Air Assault?

[Neal225475]

Lol I thought they where saying airisol or airsoft

[MegaCabbageman]

air assault GOD DAMN IM DOING IT TOO