![]() That way if anything medically comes up that can keep you from flying, you'll know sooner than later and save yourself wasted effort. The first things you'll want to do is schedule a SIFT test with your local education center (only need to pass once and the score is good for life) and get a flight physical started at your local clinic. In any case, you'll have a lot more experience than 90% of the candidates that come through WOCS for Flight since they come from all over the Army and not just Aviation. It'll probably take you a while to piece everything together and you'll still be a Tango working on Blackhawks in the meantime. Start putting it together as soon as you can. Personally, I waited about 6-8 months after arriving to my unit to start working on my WOFT packet, but there is no reason to wait. I can't say much beyond that because I wasn't a Tango. This is where you will gain most of your experience and become familiar with the Blackhawk. When you eventually leave AIT and head for your first unit, you'll probably jump right into maintenance and spend most of your time working with other soldiers who have decent experience and know what they are doing. It's only meant to familiarize you with the airframe. You'll have a very basic understanding of how things works, but it honestly will not translate to practical application once you get to your first unit. It sounds selfish, but trust me you'll save yourself a headache later on.Īs far as the training goes, you'll spend a lot of time in a classroom environment learning about all of the major systems such as Hydro, electronics, navigation, etc which will be accompanied by hands on training inside of the hangar. Take care of yourself before anyone else. ![]() Do not rely on anyone to do the right thing for you. It is well worth the effort if you value your sanity. You can "phase up" by meeting certain criteria that will grant you additional freedom such as sleeping in, wearing civilian clothes, not having to march to the dfac in a formation and leaving post to get some R&R (weekends only). Drill Sargeants were brought back to Eustis about 3 years ago due to the BS the students kept getting in trouble with, so it's a lot like a BCT environment. Don't believe anything anyone says about AIT being relaxed, because it is not. I don't know how long 15T AIT is, I want to say between 12-18 weeks. Your AIT will take place at Fort Useles-err, Eustis. The best advice I can give you for BCT is do NOT volunteer for anything, keep your mouth shut and don't give the Drill Sargeants a reason to call you out. "Hurry up and wait" is a popular saying that is very true when it comes to training in the Army. Nothing will make sense and you'll probably get frustrated by the lack of common sense from everyone around you. You probably won't enjoy BCT as much as the young bloods since you're joining up with a lot of civilian life and work experience under your belt. I joined at 30 and selected an Aviation MOS (15Y) with the intention on learning something about Rotary-wing Aircraft prior to dropping my packet. As long as your scores are good enough, then hold out for it.I was in your shoes around 3.5 years ago. If your goal is to crew then I would tell the recruiter that you will not sign for anything other than 15T. I always knew all 4 of us were capable of troubleshooting any maintenance issue we may run into, and were capable of performing any mission task without even having to think about it. I've heard of cooks being door gunners on 47s before. Luckily my unit didn't allow anyone to crew with us unless you were a crew chief, rather we were stateside or deployed. ![]() The crew chief is one who is trained to complete every mission task that that helicopter is capable of and able to effectively troubleshoot any maintenance issues without a problem. Door Gunners is another MOS that they take on to man a gun. Like the last person said though, don't confuse door gunner as a crew chief. We were the ones that went on missions and would also usually perform small unscheduled maintenance. The way it was run was basically you have the basic maintenance guys in Delta Company who perform major maintenance and Phases, basically stripping the bird down and inspecting and fixing it. So Flight Company just means everyone who flys on the aircraft?Yes I was only in one unit before getting picked up for being a pilot.
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