You might get pestered if you do, but won’t get kicked out or anything. If you’re not in the 101st and are attending on TDY, it’s ill-advised to sport an 82nd patch or Airborne wings. The 101st is pretty fond of their Air Assault status and almost everyone at the school is rocking their Old Abe. If you’re stationed at Fort Campbell, home of the Sabalauski Air Assault School, you’re more than likely going to be voluntold to attend. Brian Smith-Dutton) If you’re at the Sabalauski Air Assault School, for the love of all that is holy, don’t sh*t-talk the 101st Airborne There’s no messing around at this school. I honestly don’t know if that guy was planted there by the instructors, but we all got the message. Here’s what you need to know if you want to make it through. There’s a lot more to the school than you might think. To get the opportunity to really learn what rotor wash is, you’re going to have to do a lot of work. It’s only two weeks of sliding down ropes - how hard could it be? Kinda difficult, actually, if you’re not prepared.īeing a dope-on-a-rope is the fun part, but cocky and unprepared soldiers will often get dropped before they reach that point. Many Soldiers seek Air Assault School as a simple way to get a skill badge for gloating rights.

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