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What is Airborne School?
The US Army Airborne School is at the US Army Infantry Center, Ft. Benning
Georgia. This course is designed to train soldiers to become paratroopers.
It develops the student's confidence through repetitious training so that
the student can overcome the natural fear of jumping from an airplane;
develop and maintain the high level of physical fitness required of a
paratrooper, by rigorous and progressive physical training. Each student
must satisfactorily complete 5 jumps from an aircraft while in flight.
What Should I Know About Airborne School as a Cadet?
This is the most popular Army school open to cadets. Each year, James
Madison University sends between five and ten cadets to earn their "jump
wings." Airborne School is a 3 week course, consisting of three phases;
Ground Week, Tower Week, and Jump Week. Airborne is considered a fairly
physical course involving 5 mile runs for PT in extreme heat; however,
there is lots of downtime and it not thought to be a difficult course
by those cadets who have graduated it.
Who Can I Talk to About Airborne School?
Many JMU ROTC cadets have successfully completed Airborne School,
as well as some of our cadre. Anytime you see someone with a patch that
looks like the patch below, ask them if you can have a few minutes of
their time.
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