XVIII Airborne Corps Air Assault Training

Photo By Sgt. Hubert Delany | XVIII Airborne Corps DeGlopper Air Assault School students listen to instructions from their sergeant, as they prepare to rappel from a UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter at Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan. 25, 2017. The course which spans over 10 days is intended to train Soldiers in the use of sling load transportation and for Air Assault operations. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Hubert D. Delany III/22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)  

FORT BRAGG, NC, UNITED STATES

01.25.2017

Story by Pfc. Hubert Delany 

22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment   

FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Instructors and students at the XVIII Airborne Corps DeGlopper Air Assault School conducted Air Assault training from a UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter at Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan. 25, 2017. The course which spans over 10 days is intended to train Soldiers in the use of sling load transportation and for Air Assault operations.

The school was opened on Sept. 5, 2013, and is named after Pfc. Charles DeGlopper, a famed paratrooper who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor after serving in the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment during World War II.

Throughout the course, the students are put through a 12 mile ruck march, a two and four mile run, an obstacle course, helicopter repels, and hours of instruction with the goal of strengthening America’s military with Service Members executing Air Assault capabilities.

Fort Bragg, which houses the school, is known for being the home of U.S. Army Airborne and Special Operations Forces.

• Date Taken: 01.25.2017
• Date Posted: 01.27.2017 17:23
• Story ID: 221668
• Location: FORT BRAGG, NC, US