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...

Sgt. Rodney Stewart, a motor transport operator from 3rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), tasked as an Air Assault instructor at the XVIII Airborne Corps DeGlopper Air Assault School, prepares the students to rappel from a UH-60 Black Hawk Helico...

Senior instructors from the XVIII Airborne Corps' DeGloppers Air Assault School, Fort Bragg, N.C., conduct safety checks on rappelling equipment tied by students on Jan. 25, 2017, on U.S. Army Simmons Airfield. On display is a commitment to safety, t...

Staff Sgt. Fancisco Rodriguez an Automated Supply Specialist, now tasked as an instructor with the XVIII Airborne Corps' DeGloppers Air Assault School, Fort Bragg N.C., inspects his Soldiers on 25 jan, 2017 on U.S. Army Simmons Airfield. Students sta...

Students from the XVIII Airborne Corps' DeGloppers Air Assault School, Fort Bragg N.C., run to formation to start their rappelling techniques from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter hovering 70 -- 100 feet on Jan 25, 2017, at U.S. Army Simmons Airfield. (...

Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Kleimola a dental specialist assigned to the 257th Dental Company, 44th Medical Brigade, now tasked as an instructor with the XVIII Airborne Corps DeGlopper Air Assault School, prepares a UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter for the stude...

An instructor at XVIII Airborne Corps DeGlopper Air Assault School leads a group of students to assist other students in rappelling from a UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter at Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan. 25, 2017. The class of potential Air Assault Soldiers had...

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...

Soldiers from the XVIII Airborne Corps' DeGloppers Air Assault School, Fort Bragg N.C., stand ready to test their abilities on rappelling from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on Jan. 25, 2017, at the U.S. Army Simmons Airfield. (U.S.Army photo by Staff...

Staff Sgt. Shawn Felch, a combat medic assigned to Womack Army Medical Center, tasked as an Air Assault instructor at the XVIII Airborne Corps DeGlopper Air Assault School, prepares the students to rappel from a UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter at Fort Br...

XVIII Airborne Corps DeGlopper Air Assault School student rappels 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...

Students assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps' DeGlopper Air Assault School, Fort Bragg N.C., participate in air assault training Jan. 25, 2017. The training is combine with rappel techniques from a UH-60 Black Hawk as it hovers 100 feet on Simmons A...

Students assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps' DeGlopper Air Assault School, Fort Bragg N.C., participate in air assault training Jan. 25, 2017. The training is combine with rappel techniques from a UH-60 Black Hawk as it hovers 100 feet on Simmons A...

Ninety-five students from the XVIII Airborne Corps' DeGloppers Air Assault School, Fort Bragg, N.C., rappel from a U-H 60 Black Hawk on Jan. 25, 2017. During phase three of the U.S. Army Air Assault program of instructions, students learn to tie Swis...

Students assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps' DeGlopper Air Assault School, Fort Bragg, N.C., participate in air assault training Jan. 25, 2017. The training is combine and tests by rappel from a UH-60 Black Hawk as it hovers from 100 feet on the U....

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