Mobile Training Team brings Air Assault School to the Grafenwoehr Training Area

By Staff Sgt. Kathleen V. PolancoDecember 7, 2016

The Weaver
1 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – GRAFENWOEHR, Germany -- As part of Day Zero, an Air Assault student makes an attempt to successfully complete the Weaver obstacle at the obstacle course here, Sept. 12. The Weaver was one of the nine obstacles the Air Assault students needed to compl... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
The Tough One
2 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – GRAFENWOEHR, Germany -- As part of Day Zero, an Air Assault student climbs the rope on the Tough One obstacle, one of the mandatory obstacles on the obstacle course here Sept. 12. The Tough One was one of the nine obstacles that the students needed t... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Low Crawl
3 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – GRAFENWOEHR, Germany -- As part of Day Zero, an Air Assault student puts his head in the sand as he low crawls under wire at the obstacle course here Sept. 12. The Low Crawl obstacle was one of the nine obstacles that the students needed to complete ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Under the Wire
4 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – GRAFENWOEHR, Germany -- As part of Day Zero, an Air Assault student crawls under wire at the obstacle course here Sept. 12. The Low Crawl obstacle was one of the nine obstacles that the students needed to complete prior to moving to the next obstacle... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Lunging to the next obstacle
5 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – GRAFENWOEHR, Germany -- As part of Day Zero, an Air Assault student lunges from one event to the next at the obstacle course here on Sept. 12. The students were required to conduct specific exercises as they moved from one obstacle to the next, givin... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
"Air Assault"
6 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – GRAFENWOEHR, Germany -- A motivated Air Assault student shouts out "Air Assault" after completing the Low-Belly Over obstacle at the obstacle course here Sept. 12. The Low-Belly Over was one of the nine obstacles that the students needed to complete ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Low Belly Obstacle
7 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – GRAFENWOEHR, Germany -- As part of Day Zero, an Air Assault student makes a successful jump as he takes on the Low-Belly Over obstacle at the obstacle course here Sept. 12. The Low-Belly Over was one of the nine obstacles that the students needed to ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Day Zero of Air Assault School
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GRAFENWOEHR, Germany -- The Fort Benning Mobile Training Team coordinated with the 7th Army Training Command's Combined Arms Training Center to host Air Assault School for approximately 270 students from Sept. 12 to 23. Day zero of the two week course required the students to complete a lay out of their required packing list, a 2-mile run in their duty uniform and completion of the obstacle course here prior to moving forward into the course. Those that did not successfully meet the day zero requirements were dropped from the course.

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