WEBVTT 00:02.310 --> 00:03.143 [Ring] 00:06.840 --> 00:10.620 - Special Operation Forces cannot be mass produced. 00:10.620 --> 00:12.297 The focus must be on the individual, 00:12.297 --> 00:14.480 not the hardware. 00:14.480 --> 00:17.063 Always striving for quality over quantity. 00:18.160 --> 00:20.880 - Here at the 371st, one of the courses that we 00:20.880 --> 00:24.010 offer is the air commando field skills course. 00:24.010 --> 00:26.540 The air crew comes through a basic course, 00:26.540 --> 00:27.941 and this course is part of their 00:27.941 --> 00:30.853 Assoc Air Commando Indoctrination Program. 00:31.990 --> 00:34.810 When we get them, we get the 15 training days 00:34.810 --> 00:36.960 and we take them from either a new, 00:36.960 --> 00:39.350 brand new Air Crew Assoc Member or 00:39.350 --> 00:42.200 an experienced legacy Assoc Air Crew. 00:42.200 --> 00:44.210 We take their experience as well as the 00:44.210 --> 00:46.890 new air mans lack of experience and 00:46.890 --> 00:49.113 we put them on a same baseline of training. 00:53.640 --> 00:55.630 - Here we'll bring in new and veteran 00:55.630 --> 00:58.900 Assoc aviators alike and through an advanced 00:58.900 --> 01:01.620 weapons training course, uh, at the time 01:01.620 --> 01:04.074 it's about 3 days length, uh, they go 01:04.074 --> 01:06.930 everywhere from a crawl phase where we qualify 01:06.930 --> 01:09.370 them, getting them ready to handle the weapon 01:09.370 --> 01:12.040 appropriately and then start going into 01:12.040 --> 01:15.060 walk phase than run phase to where we culminate 01:15.060 --> 01:18.550 with a exercise stress test to see 01:18.550 --> 01:20.540 how well they perform under pressure. 01:20.540 --> 01:22.330 - That advanced tactical weapons phase 01:22.330 --> 01:24.490 gives them a basic understanding of 01:24.490 --> 01:26.270 how to shoot, move, and communicate. 01:26.270 --> 01:27.930 How to drawl from a holster. 01:27.930 --> 01:29.941 How to get good sight alignment sight picture. 01:29.941 --> 01:32.060 But more importantly, on how 01:32.060 --> 01:34.420 to adapt the shooting skills for Assoc 01:34.420 --> 01:36.573 specific and unique mission sets. 01:37.790 --> 01:40.380 - The three main killers down range 01:40.380 --> 01:44.820 is bleeding, airway, and respiration. 01:44.820 --> 01:47.560 - We take them to a tactical combat casualty care, 01:47.560 --> 01:49.430 which gives them the necessary first aid, 01:49.430 --> 01:51.060 and self aid buddy care 01:51.060 --> 01:52.660 needed on the battlefield today. 01:53.630 --> 01:55.210 - It would go to the lab we call the 01:55.210 --> 01:56.720 TOMS lab, the tactical operational 01:56.720 --> 01:58.120 medical skills lab. 01:58.120 --> 01:59.880 We have manikins there that bleed, 01:59.880 --> 02:01.730 they have problems with airways, 02:01.730 --> 02:03.340 problems with respirations. 02:03.340 --> 02:05.760 We teach our students how to apply tourniquets, 02:05.760 --> 02:07.170 how to control bleeding, 02:07.170 --> 02:09.313 to apply what we teach them in class. 02:10.720 --> 02:14.007 During those 2 days, 16 hours of academic 02:14.007 --> 02:15.310 hands on skills, 02:15.310 --> 02:17.710 the students have the confidence to save a life. 02:20.160 --> 02:22.810 - We then move into a dynamics and defensive driving. 02:24.360 --> 02:26.740 - We teach the students different maneuvers, 02:26.740 --> 02:28.190 high speed and low speed 02:28.190 --> 02:29.740 in order to keep themselves out of 02:29.740 --> 02:31.253 harms way while down range. 02:32.922 --> 02:35.790 - Two of them will start out with slalom. 02:35.790 --> 02:39.268 We'll do CADISS braking, threshold braking, 02:39.268 --> 02:41.600 and then well also demonstrate 02:41.600 --> 02:44.840 braking when the, you're trying to make a turn. 02:44.840 --> 02:47.030 Then we'll go into ramming. 02:47.030 --> 02:49.973 And pit and calor pit and will fall a day. 02:52.220 --> 02:54.160 All and all the teaching brings us up to the 02:54.160 --> 02:56.400 last day, which is our FTX. 02:56.400 --> 02:58.480 The FTX will start off 02:59.530 --> 03:02.070 where they will have to do a J turn. 03:02.070 --> 03:04.370 They'll have to go into a slalom. 03:04.370 --> 03:06.520 They'll have to go into a wide turn, 03:06.520 --> 03:08.970 which then puts them into a corner. 03:08.970 --> 03:11.120 They'll have to do another wide turn, 03:11.120 --> 03:13.180 which then puts them into do 2 more corners 03:13.180 --> 03:14.350 and a curb slalom, 03:14.350 --> 03:16.970 with 2 group legs and ball. 03:16.970 --> 03:21.420 At the end, where the vehicle goes down, 03:21.420 --> 03:22.500 this is where they will have to 03:22.500 --> 03:23.820 bail out of the vehicle, 03:23.820 --> 03:26.360 and then bound back from there. 03:26.360 --> 03:28.033 To, uh, a bear gate. 03:29.020 --> 03:30.950 All the whole time while we'll have 03:30.950 --> 03:32.627 force on force, we call it, 03:32.627 --> 03:35.350 our opt 4 will be engaging in 03:35.350 --> 03:37.100 and as we progress you can see 03:37.100 --> 03:39.400 the driving gets better and better every time. 03:41.760 --> 03:43.860 - [Narrator] Next the students move onto tactical 03:43.860 --> 03:45.100 force protection. 03:45.100 --> 03:46.730 Where they learn the basics of arrival 03:46.730 --> 03:49.430 analysis and situational awareness 03:49.430 --> 03:51.380 in an urban environment. 03:51.380 --> 03:53.810 - That's the age of America. Now we all know that 03:53.810 --> 03:54.800 we've seen angry Americans. 03:54.800 --> 03:57.100 Now that being said as a team, 03:57.100 --> 03:58.510 you want to know your people. 03:58.510 --> 04:00.497 - Cultural sensitivity is where we're going 04:00.497 --> 04:02.160 for awhile right, and if we don't ruin that 04:02.160 --> 04:05.030 report, our closet situation escalades. 04:05.030 --> 04:07.630 - [Narrator] Some scenarios say focus on 04:07.630 --> 04:09.630 our aircraft flight deck denial. 04:09.630 --> 04:11.390 - You need them to stand watch for something 04:11.390 --> 04:13.700 or do something, utilize them, 04:13.700 --> 04:15.047 they're in the U.S. Military, 04:15.047 --> 04:17.130 they have all had this training, 04:17.130 --> 04:19.820 utilize them the best way you can, makes sense? 04:19.820 --> 04:20.799 - [Narrator] Customs. 04:20.799 --> 04:21.933 - You're doing great we just wanted to 04:21.933 --> 04:23.433 check in for our flight. 04:23.433 --> 04:24.830 - [Narrator] IED awareness. 04:24.830 --> 04:26.770 - They evolve just like we evolve. 04:26.770 --> 04:28.090 They learn. 04:28.090 --> 04:30.140 We need to learn too and know what the threat 04:30.140 --> 04:32.610 is for the area we are operating. 04:32.610 --> 04:33.990 - [Narrator] And vehicle inspections. 04:33.990 --> 04:35.660 - Once you see a device, call it out. 04:35.660 --> 04:37.000 - [Narrator] Assoc airmen can face a 04:37.000 --> 04:39.190 multitude of different situations in 04:39.190 --> 04:40.590 a deployed environment. 04:40.590 --> 04:42.510 And this training prepares them for 04:42.510 --> 04:44.657 today's ever changing battle space. 04:44.657 --> 04:46.800 - [Another Narrator] So keep moving forward, 04:46.800 --> 04:49.022 not just with your body but with your mind. 04:49.022 --> 04:51.360 Because the success of any mission depends 04:51.360 --> 04:53.130 on having battle ready airmen. 04:53.130 --> 04:55.290 Capable of deploying indirect support 04:55.290 --> 04:57.693 of Assoc operations throughout the world. 04:58.560 --> 05:00.610 Our training is the driving force behind 05:00.610 --> 05:02.260 preparing Assoc air crew. 05:02.260 --> 05:04.760 How to shoot, move, and communicate 05:04.760 --> 05:06.890 in tactical environments. 05:06.890 --> 05:08.870 And by the time you finish, you know 05:08.870 --> 05:12.360 no matter who you are, or what role you play, 05:12.360 --> 05:14.753 technology is nothing without the people. 05:15.750 --> 05:18.237 Turning airmen into air commandos. 05:21.512 --> 05:22.345 [Whoosh] 05:29.249 --> 05:30.082 [Ring]