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Ever since Fort Hood's original air

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assault course closed back in the early

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90s , soldiers here who wanted to

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attend the school have had to travel to

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Fort Campbell , Fort Drum or Fort

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Benning . But now the great places

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equipped once again to train and

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qualify troops for air assault missions .

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The 12 day courses , often considered

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one of the toughest in the army . And

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these trainees endure a lot , starting

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with the initial two mile run and

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rigorous equipment inspection . Oh

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and then there's the notorious obstacle

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course and all this before the

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actual school begins . Once the course

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is underway , soldiers learn the

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essence of air assault operations .

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This includes sling loading equipment

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for transport via helicopter and

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various types of repelling all without

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having to leave the installation ,

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soldiers can , soldiers can get air

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assault school anywhere they want

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Anywhere MPT can come . But if we get

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it here for her , that's 50,000 troops

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to have access to a school that's

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that's challenging and realistic . The

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only thing that can keep you from

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graduating as yourself . If you put

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yourself and your battle buddies , help

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you out and do what they need to do ,

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then you got to go from Fort Hood texas ,

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I'm Army Staff Sergeant brian McGovern