Got my Air Assault Wings!

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Got my Air Assault Wings!

Posted: 1/30/2012 5:27:47 PM EDT

Graduated Thursday at Ft. Campbell. The soreness from the 12 miler is finally gone haha. I'm just stoked that I made it through and am going to be on my training NCO's butt to send me to Airborne training. I know its not a big deal to some of you but this is my first badge and am stoked. It actaully felt awesome getting my blood wings from all the other AASLT qualified soldiers in my unit

I think I said Air Assault more over those 10 days than I've said any phrase in my life.

Posted: 1/30/2012 5:29:33 PM EDT

[#1]

Outstanding. congratulations!

Posted: 1/30/2012 5:38:13 PM EDT

[#2]

Congrats, leg! Chicken on a string! Dope on a rope!

Posted: 1/30/2012 5:41:11 PM EDT

[#3]

I totally built a new AR as my little gift to myself haha. I had the parts sitting by my door and didn't let myself open em up till I got pinned. Thats probably why I took 4 days to make this post lol.

Posted: 1/30/2012 5:50:38 PM EDT

[#4]

Congrats!

Posted: 1/30/2012 6:17:01 PM EDT

[#5]

Campbell class 51-83 here.

Congratulations, Air Assault! Well done. Yep, Blood wings FTW.

Posted: 1/30/2012 9:41:03 PM EDT

[#6]

Cool, congrats!

I graduated in March '01 from Fort Polk's school, which I think is now defunct

Posted: 1/31/2012 1:10:29 AM EDT

[#7]

Good job!

Distinguished Honor Graduate class 2-92

Posted: 1/31/2012 1:26:33 AM EDT

[#8]

Congrats Now go get real wings. (Airborne) It's all fast roping now anyways.

Posted: 1/31/2012 2:25:59 AM EDT

[#9]

Outstanding!

Posted: 1/31/2012 2:36:27 AM EDT

[#10]

Congrats

MDW Class 92-02

Posted: 1/31/2012 2:41:50 AM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:

Good job!

Distinguished Honor Graduate class 2-92

sweet, 2-93 here.

Good job OP.

But you're still a leg.

Posted: 1/31/2012 5:57:24 AM EDT

[#12]

Nice on getting honor grad! I was close to honor grad actaully! I got 96 on phase one test and maxed hand signals. Got 100 on phase 2 test and maxed the slingload inspects. 1st time go on all phase 3 rapels and fast ropes. I got beat out by a Ranger qualified Captain who got 100% on everything

. I also had 5 workoff points because the rain melted my roster number off my ACH. I was class 07-12 "Kicking butt and taking names!" I hated our motto some E-7 randomly picked for all of us.

Posted: 1/31/2012 1:32:48 PM EDT

[#13]

Congrats!

Class MTT 02-01. Graduated by the Sabalauski Air Assault School 28th Sep. 2001 on Ft. Bragg.

Posted: 1/31/2012 1:52:41 PM EDT

[#14]

Congratulations! It's a good feeling to get that first badge...Airborne is going to be harder to get unless you PCS to an Airborne unit. See if you can get Pathfinder at Campbell.

Posted: 1/31/2012 4:34:38 PM EDT

[#15]

CONGRATS class 8-77 good luck getting a jump slot. my son did but still got sent to a leg unit!

Posted: 1/31/2012 5:00:54 PM EDT

[#16]

Congrats!

Posted: 2/2/2012 1:09:39 PM EDT

[#17]

Dope on a rope. Lol at sore from the ruck march. We used to do 12 milers all the time.

Posted: 2/2/2012 1:10:18 PM EDT

[#18]

Dope on a rope. Lol at sore from the ruck march. We used to do 12 milers all the time. Still surprised they have a school for that.

Posted: 2/2/2012 2:20:34 PM EDT

[#19]

Congratulations!

Posted: 2/2/2012 2:23:51 PM EDT

[#20]

Congrats!!!!!!

Got my mine in '08 MTT Ft Knox Sabalauski Air Assault School

Posted: 2/2/2012 6:51:18 PM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
Dope on a rope. Lol at sore from the ruck march. We used to do 12 milers all the time. Still surprised they have a school for that.

Yea my unit makes us do a 12 mile every three months. But we do them more often than that. Usually I'm fine after one but they smoked the crap out of us the 3 days leading up to it so we went into it already beat up

4 guys had to be scraped up by the medics and a total of 15 didn't complete it or finish in time. Its bittersweet to see them make the walk of shame with their gear after that. You feel bad that they went through all the training just to fail on the last day but it kinda makes you feel good about yourself in a demented way

Posted: 2/2/2012 7:10:19 PM EDT

[#22]

congrats dope!

now go get some real wings!

Posted: 2/2/2012 7:20:35 PM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:
Still surprised they have a school for that.

Seems like there a little more to it than the road marches.

Posted: 2/2/2012 7:56:20 PM EDT

[#24]

Congrats! Class 6-91 from the Light Fighter Academy at Ft. McCoy. I was one of a few NG in a class full of West Pointers. Plus back then it was all UH1H, can you still "possum" out of a Blackhawk?

Posted: 2/2/2012 8:14:59 PM EDT

[#25]

Congrats!

Now go for the wings that take guts!

Airborne will seem much easier.... right until you actually get on the plane for your first jump.

Airborne Feb. 2003.
Air Assault at Ft. Bragg summer of 2005 by Sabalauski Air Assault School

Posted: 2/3/2012 7:28:15 AM EDT

[#26]

Too scared to jump! Too lazy to walk! Air Assault!

MTT 01-07. Airborne was much easier.

Posted: 2/3/2012 8:26:45 PM EDT

[#27]

Congrats..I did AASLT school at Ft.Sherman, Panama in 91..the 12 miler in the heat and humidity sucked....

Posted: 2/5/2012 9:01:52 PM EDT

[#28]

Congrats OP on getting your Bullwinkle badge!

(Ft. Campbell class 46-94)

FF.

Posted: 2/7/2012 6:50:00 PM EDT

[#29]

Posted: 2/12/2012 7:14:11 PM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
Congrats! Class 6-91 from the Light Fighter Academy at Ft. McCoy. I was one of a few NG in a class full of West Pointers. Plus back then it was all UH1H, can you still "possum" out of a Blackhawk?

Yep we had a bunch possum out of the UH-60. Funny as hell to watch. On the topic of Westpointers, one of our Air Assault Sgts asked if we had any Westpoint grads. We had one. The AASLT SGT then told us a story about how he had told one in the past to "beat his face" and the Westpoint grad then began to literally start punching himself in the face hahahaaa

Posted: 2/13/2012 7:29:10 AM EDT

[#31]

To scared to jump to lazy to walk! Air Assault!!!

Congrats dude!!!

Posted: 2/13/2012 2:31:49 PM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:
Congrats!

Now go for the wings that take guts!

Airborne will seem much easier.... right until you actually get on the plane for your first jump.

Airborne Feb. 2003.
Air Assault at Ft. Bragg summer of 2005 by Sabalauski Air Assault School

Now that he has done the one that takes brains, I agree.

Congrats, Troop.

Posted: 2/15/2012 7:46:23 PM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:
Congrats!

Now go for the wings that take guts!

Airborne will seem much easier.... right until you actually get on the plane for your first jump.

Airborne Feb. 2003.
Air Assault at Ft. Bragg summer of 2005 by Sabalauski Air Assault School

Anybody can FALL out of a plane. Hell, even cargo FALLS out of a plane.

It takes skill to hold onto a rope and learn the mighty fine art of SLINGLOAD.

No reserves here. AIR ASSAULT!!!

Obviously, I'm not sporting my ice cream cone badge...