Posted: 1/18/2010 4:16:02 PM EDT
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Will be finished with (medical) basic at the end of March and want to go to jump school. I was told that I have to do that first before going to other training schools. I don't really need jump school but want to get as much field/tactical training as I can.
Where do I go? Fort Benning GA What other training should I go to? What else is available? |
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I am guessing you are a 68W?
What unit are you going to as your first assignment? Doubt you will get much of an option if you are heading to your first assignment until after you arrive. Based on the assignment and location, that will determine what you need/will be able to get once you get there. In all honesty, you probably need to focus on your job at your unit rather than Army schools. You will find that will be far more benifical to you than chasing badges/schools that will have limited usefullness to you. |
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I am guessing you are a 68W? What unit are you going to as your first assignment? Doubt you will get much of an option if you are heading to your first assignment until after you arrive. Based on the assignment and location, that will determine what you need/will be able to get once you get there. In all honesty, you probably need to focus on your job at your unit rather than Army schools. You will find that will be far more benifical to you than chasing badges/schools that will have limited usefullness to you. My MOS is 61J with the APMC in GA. I don't really need jump school but joined to care for soldiers. I would like to go to jump school and other schools for the challenge. |
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https://www.benning.army.mil/airborne/airborne/pt.htm 9 minute miles, 36 minutes for a 4 mile run. If you can't do that coming out of basic and AIT, then I wouldn't worry about attending jump school. My class had a female LTC who was close to 50 years old, I think she was a dentist. I was astonished that healthy young men were dropping out while she made it through. Jump School is more about being sore and beat up and not going to the TMC than it is about being a pure PT stud. Those old barracks smelled like ben-gay was seeping out of the walls after the first week. |
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Got it Doc. Jump school will not do much for you other than put a badge on your chest unless you go to Bragg.
If running is tough for you, then you will be challanged. But it is mostly mental as the pace as mentioned is not that fast, 9 minute miles. As far as schools, most of them depend on where you are going to be stationed or where you are going to PROFIS. Honestly, we are short enough on DOC out here on line, that I am betting you are going to find yourself deployed soon enough. That is where you are going to truely develop into an Army Surgeon. |
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Got it Doc. Jump school will not do much for you other than put a badge on your chest unless you go to Bragg. If running is tough for you, then you will be challanged. But it is mostly mental as the pace as mentioned is not that fast, 9 minute miles. As far as schools, most of them depend on where you are going to be stationed or where you are going to PROFIS. Honestly, we are short enough on DOC out here on line, that I am betting you are going to find yourself deployed soon enough. That is where you are going to truely develop into an Army Surgeon. I look forward to my deployment and signed up to take care of soldiers - with a large pay cut I might add  . I just want to get some additional training. Any recommendations on other schools?
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With very few exceptions, they are not going to just give you schools because you want them.
Coming from AIT, they have to be in your contract. Jump school is something that can be added at AIT, but it is difficult, and you will probably just get the run around. When you get to your unit, they have to be part of the MTOE (listing of authorized slots). |
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Got it Doc. Jump school will not do much for you other than put a badge on your chest unless you go to Bragg. If running is tough for you, then you will be challanged. But it is mostly mental as the pace as mentioned is not that fast, 9 minute miles. As far as schools, most of them depend on where you are going to be stationed or where you are going to PROFIS. Honestly, we are short enough on DOC out here on line, that I am betting you are going to find yourself deployed soon enough. That is where you are going to truely develop into an Army Surgeon. I look forward to my deployment and signed up to take care of soldiers - with a large pay cut I might add . I just want to get some additional training. Any recommendations on other schools?Doc is not coming from AIT, he is coming from what some of us call "charm school". He is a direct commision doctor. Madness, it all depends on where you are going for assignment or PROFIS. My recommendation is focus in your lane. Find some trauma schools to get to, work on getting flight DOC qualified, etc. Focus what ever special training or schools you can get in right now on getting ready to do your primary job. After that, you can work towards the HOOAH schools. Now, if your first assignment is as a Ranger BAT DOC, then by all means, work towards Ranger school and Jump School. If you are going to 1st CAV, focus on being the smartest most capable Doctor with the most cultivated medical and tramua skills you can possiably be. That is what is going to take care of Soldiers. |
Airborne school was a cakewalk, coming out of Infantry basic and AIT. However, we lost a lot of people on the PT test because of the "Flexed Arm Hang", apparently because 1 pull up is incredibly hard.
PT isn't really hard, it's just long. And log PT is absolutely horrible. Other than that, the hardest thing to remember is not to look down, and keep your feet and knees together. Good luck, if you can get in. 
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Flight qualified sounds like something I could do. I am already a trauma critical care trained surgeon and ATLS Instructor. But I'll take as many classes and training as I can get. So far, I love working with the Army and soldiers - just good people!
I love field care and tactics but I know that I wont be allowed to see any action. This is what I do for fun. I just want to do it in the Army too. Tactical match and SWAT Training 
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Airborne school was a cakewalk, coming out of Infantry basic and AIT. However, we lost a lot of people on the PT test because of the "Flexed Arm Hang", apparently because 1 pull up is incredibly hard.
PT isn't really hard, it's just long. And log PT is absolutely horrible. Other than that, the hardest thing to remember is not to look down, and keep your feet and knees together. Good luck, if you can get in. If you can't pass the PT in airborne, there is something wrong with you. |
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This dirtbag is a troll and a poser. He isn't going into the military. He's been creating user accounts and trolling arfcom for a couple of years or more.
This guy is 100% sick in the head. You'd be doing yourself a favor by remembering these photos as he likes to post them often under each account. Everything he claims is a lie. |