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For the past 60 plus years , aerosol

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operations have increased the lethality

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and mobility of the United States Army .

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What you learned here today will help

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you increase the lethality and mobility

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of your home unit . You're always gonna

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need air assault qualified soldiers .

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You're always gonna need those soldiers

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that know how to get in and out of

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those tight spaces when it comes to .

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If we have to repel into somewhere , we

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teach the soldiers how to do basic

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repelling operations . So to prepare

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for air assault school , that's the

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biggest thing is we need to be in good

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physical condition , not only physical

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condition , but you also need to be in

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good mental condition as well because

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you're not always gonna be in the best

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environments . So you're gonna need to

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adapt to whatever's thrown at you . So

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that's where the obstacle course . It

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kind of has a good balance of every

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type of obstacle or every scenario that

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you could see . So the physical aspect

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before coming to air assault school is

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very important . You need to be able to

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road march , you need to be able to run

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sling load operations . You see it

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really day in and day out , not only

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overseas , but you also see it back on

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the home front as well . When it comes

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to natural disasters , there's times

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when soldiers are cut off or families

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are cut off and we need to get

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equipment to said individuals in a very

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timely manner .

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Aerosol soldiers always have to be

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ready , they always have to be ready to

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go and because stuff happens out of

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nowhere all the time . So you have to

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continually train on every aspect of

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air assault operations and you have to

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continue to train each other with us .

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Here are 222 air assault soldiers that

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have earned the right to wear that

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coveted batch

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strong start .