Data were collected by self-report for the trainees of two classes of the Basic Airborne Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, who were asked if they had developed twists in their suspension line during each of the five jumps of the course. These data were then related to the conditions of ...
Basic and Advanced Infantry Training at Ft. Dix, NJ. That was followed by the Airborne Course at Ft. Benning, Ga. Beikirch then attended the Special Forces Qualification Course at Ft. Bragg, NC. After that, he completed the Special Forces Medical Sergeant Course and was shipped to Vietnam....
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, complete a 5K cross country ski course at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 27, 2021. The training evaluated the Arctic soldiering skills of multiple teams of ...
Lower enlisted soldiers and sergeants attend RASP 1, an eight-week course that trains soldiers in the basic skills and tactics required to operate in the 75th Ranger Regiment. Upon completion of this course, Rangers have the essential skills, training and confidence to be members of the 75th Ra...
After I enlisted in the army in 1961, I became an infantryman (machinegunner) in a rifle company in the 82nd Airborne Division. I remember three 19 year-olds being promoted to sergeant. One retired as a lieutenant colonel, one as a major, and one as a Command Sergeant Major. That was...
He attended the major military schools which included the Army General Command and Staff College, Armed Forces Staff College, Joint Operation Course, National War College, and the 82nd Airborne Division, Basic Airborne Course. His personal awards were a Silver Star, Legion of Merit (two Oak ...
In 1944, the MD Laboratory, modified the interior of a basic Mobile Surgical Truck for utilization as a “Large, Mobile Optical Repair Truck”, it received the 1-Ton Cargo Trailer for transporting and storing its power supply. To enhance mobility and field response, the ‘Optical Repair Teams...
The Imperial Army, known formally in High Gothic as the Excertus Imperialis and the Imperialis Auxilia, respectively, (the hosts of the Imperial Army and its auxiliaries) was the ancient Imperial military force comprised of normal men and women that serv
His military education includes the Chemical Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Airborne School, Jumpmaster School, and the Command and General Staff College. He also has MAs from Central Michigan University and the National Defense University. LTG Smith and his wife, Vanedra, have two daughters....
I once said to a collegue that, “You couldn’t pay me enough money to go back to basic training again!” Well, it is 0530 in the morning, I am ironing my bed and my Platoon and I are about to parade outside our bedroom doors to drink a bottle of water and sing the national ...