The National Guard is seeking Special Forces Candidates. If you feel you have what it takes to be one of us, contact Staff Sergeant Brito at (562)900-0575. Must be willing to travel or relocate to Southern California. We offer extreme challenge, pride and the right to call yourself one of the elite.
No one is guaranteed to be a Special Forces operator, you are only guaranteed the opportunity to attend the SFRE and try out.
http://www.iguardcalifornia.com
**Steps in National Guard Special Forces Career Path:
1. Take the ASVAB test.
2. Take your military physical.
3. Enlist in a California Army National Guard combat MOS (11 Series).
4. Ship off to Basic Training.
5. After Basic Training, attend Special Forces SFRE.
6. Attend SFAS (Special Forces Assessment and Selection).
7. Attend the Special Forces Qualification course.
8. Attend the DLI (Defense Language Institute) and learn a foreign language.
9. If you make it this far you will have earned the Green Beret and be considered the worlds most highly trained soldier. Finally, you will be assigned to an ODA or Operational Detachment Alpha (A Team).
The Special Forces soldier trains on a regular basis over the course of their entire career. The initial formal training program for entry into Special Forces is divided into four phases collectively known as the Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQC) or, informally, the "Q Course". The length of the Q Course changes depending on the applicant's primary job field within Special Forces and their assigned foreign language capability but will usually last between 56 to 95 weeks. Entry into the United States Army Special Forces begins with Phase I of the Q Course known as Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS). Getting "Selected" at SFAS will enable a candidate to continue on to the next four phases of the Special Forces Qualification Course. If a candidate successfully completes these next four phases he will graduate as a Special Forces soldier and will generally be assigned to a 12-man Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA), commonly known as an "A team."
The basic eligibility requirements to be considered for entry into Special Forces training are:
Be a male, age 20-30.
Be a U.S. citizen. (Excepting 48 annual slots for foreign military students)
Be a high school graduate.
Score a General Technical score of 110 or higher and a combat operation score of 98 on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery.
Qualify for a secret security clearance.
Qualify and volunteer for Airborne training.
Take Defense Language Aptitude Battery or Defense Language Proficiency Tests.
Score at least 70 points on each event and overall minimum score of 229 on the Army Physical Fitness Test.
HALO
The origins of the HALO technique date back to 1960 when the U.S. Air Force was conducting experiments that followed earlier work by Colonel John Stapp in the late 1940s through early 1950s on survivability factors for high-flying pilots needing to eject at high altitudes. Stapp, a research biophysicist and medical doctor, used himself as a human guinea pig in rocket sled tests to study the effects of very high g-forces. Stapp also solved many of the issues involved in high altitude flight in his earliest work for the Air Force, and subjected himself to exposure to altitudes of 45,000 feet (14,000 m). Subsequently, he helped develop pressure suits and ejection seats, which have been used in jets ever since. As part of the experiments, on August 16, 1960, Colonel Joseph Kittinger performed the first high altitude jump at an altitude of 19.5 miles (31.4 km) above the Earth's surface. However, the technique was used for combat for the first time during the Vietnam War in Laos by members of MACV-SOG (US Army Special Forces). The technique is used to airdrop supplies, equipment, or personnel at high altitudes when aircraft can fly above surface-to-air missile (SAM) engagement levels through enemy skies without posing a threat to the transport or load.
For military cargo airdrops, the rigged load is pulled from the aircraft by a stabilizing parachute. The load then proceeds to free-fall to a low altitude where a cargo parachute opens to allow a low-velocity landing. Military personnel will later move to the landing point in order to secure the equipment or to unpack the supplies.
In a typical HALO exercise, the parachutist will jump from the aircraft, free-fall for a period of time at terminal velocity, and open his parachute at a low altitude. The combination of high downward speed, minimal metal and forward air-speed serves to defeat radar, enabling a stealthy insertion.
HALO insertion is one method the US Army Special Forces utilizes due to it's stealth insertion advantages.
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HALO Jump, Memphis TN 15 Aug 2010by jeffcreber09812,176 views
@thompsonrich
In my active time, O² was used at altutudes above 15k ft. That is Everest base camp 2 altitude, without climatisation time.
A HALO meant that you jumped in freefall, and the idea of a low opening was that you had minimum time on the chute. Merely use it to slow down just before impact.
HAHO meant that you jumped a high altitude, opened the canopy, and then glided (infiltrated) to a target miles off the jump point.
Past tense, because they may have changed all that.
bogomir67 8 hours ago
@1biscuitman
the altitude does not mater. It is still a halo jump High altitude low opening. all that it means is when you jump from the air craft you go into a free fall. Then at what ever altitude you deploy your chute. HAHO is high altitude high opening meaning you deploy your chute from much higher usually on an O2 mask. you can also be on O2 for a HALO but O2 has nothing to do with what type of jump that it is
thompsonrich 3 weeks ago
@bogomir67
It is called helocasting. Depending on the aircraft it might be lower and slower.
thompsonrich 3 weeks ago
what do you call a no-canopy insertion into water at 30ft/30kts, from a helicopter? I thought it was called a "30-30", but I can't find anything about it...
bogomir67 1 month ago
if your in the airforce and your doing halo jumps you worked your ASS off to get to that point. if you think you can just join the airgaurd and become a pj/cct and go to halo school your wrong. you have to be a fish in the water, run and ruck like a beast, have that A type personality, and most importantly have heart. its one of the toughest training in the world.
aptxxxtimmy 3 months ago
This isn't a real HALO jump, it appears that they are only 10-14000 ft above ground as once you pass this point you need to breath 100% oxygen via a mask.
1biscuitman 6 months ago
@zafdragon no it's HIGH ALTITUDE LOW OPENING don't beleive me go search wikipedia
fortune7557 6 months ago
@zafdragon Low orbit...really? that's funny because Low orbit would be like 1200 miles....Low earth orbit is anything above 2000KM...it's were low orbit satellites hang out....Do a little research before you spew from your suck. Us with actual experience listen to this shit and just laugh
greenmarine5 6 months ago
LOW Oxygen and low Orbit...LMFAO....It's low opening you keyboard warriors.
Low opening to be under radar.
greenmarine5 6 months ago
Ive done that not that hard very fun u just need balls to do it...
Godfuther 6 months ago