National Guard mobile team brings air assault to Virginia
Soldiers from across the country hoping to earn the Air Assault Badge run, climb, crawl and maneuver through the Fort Pickett Air Assault Obstacle Course Aug. 21, 2014, as part of “Zero Day.” The 10-day course was managed by a mobile training team from the Fort Benning-based Warrior Training Center and required Soldiers to maneuver over and through nine different obstacles after completing a two-mile run in less than 18 minutes. “Zero Day” started with 244 Soldiers from the U.S. Army Reserve and the active Army, as well as National Guard Soldiers from 25 different states, including nearly 100 from the Virginia National Guard. At the end of “Zero Day,” 175 Soldiers were slated to start Phase I of the course Aug. 22. The course trains Soldiers on U.S. Army rotary wing aircraft operations including combat air assault operations, rigging and sling load operations, as well as rappelling from a helicopter. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Terra C. Gatti, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)
National Guard mobile team brings air assault to Virginia
Soldiers from across the country hoping to earn the Air Assault Badge run, climb, crawl and maneuver through the Fort Pickett Air Assault Obstacle Course Aug. 21, 2014, as part of “Zero Day.” The 10-day course was managed by a mobile training team from the Fort Benning-based Warrior Training Center and required Soldiers to maneuver over and through nine different obstacles after completing a two-mile run in less than 18 minutes. “Zero Day” started with 244 Soldiers from the U.S. Army Reserve and the active Army, as well as National Guard Soldiers from 25 different states, including nearly 100 from the Virginia National Guard. At the end of “Zero Day,” 175 Soldiers were slated to start Phase I of the course Aug. 22. The course trains Soldiers on U.S. Army rotary wing aircraft operations including combat air assault operations, rigging and sling load operations, as well as rappelling from a helicopter. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Terra C. Gatti, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)