Air Assault Badge - Training Locations

Training Locations

Formal air assault training has been conducted at Fort Campbell, Kentucky by the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) since the Air Assault School was formed in 1974. During the early stages of the occupation of Iraq in late 2003, the division conducted a course in-theater to maintain Air Assault proficiency.

Air Assault training is also offered by the Army National Guard (ARNG) Warrior Training Center at Fort Benning, which conducts training both at the post and at a variety of other locations throughout the United States by means of Mobile Training Teams.

The Fort Hood Sentinel announced on May 24, 2012 the start of the new III Corps Air Assault School in June 2012.

Air assault training has also been offered over the years on either a continual or occasional basis at other locations, to include (but not limited to):

  • Camp Blanding, FL (FL ARNG; intermittent operations)
  • Camp Carroll, Fort Richardson, AK (6th Infantry Division (Light) and AK ARNG)
  • Camp Crowder, MO (MO ARNG hosting MTT, Feb - Mar 2012)
  • Camp Gruber Maneuver Training Center, OK (OK ARNG) (1988-1994)
  • Camp Rilea, OR
  • Camp Hovey, Korea (2001, hosted by the 2d Brigade, 2d Infantry Division)
  • Camp Robertson, Schweinfurt, Germany (2005, hosted by the 2d Brigade, 1st Infantry Division; 2011, hosted by the 21st Theater Sustainment Command)
  • Fort Belvoir, VA (Military District of Washington)
  • Fort Benning, GA (ARNG Warrior Training Center) (Jan 2006–Present)
  • Fort Bliss, TX (MTT, March 2011)
  • Fort Drum, NY (10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry))
  • Fort Hood, TX (2nd Armored Division; MTT in October 2011; III Corps AAS started in June 2012)
  • Fort Knox, KY
  • Fort McCoy Total Force Training Center, WI (Light Fighter Academy)
  • Fort Ord, CA (7th Infantry Division (Light))
  • Fort Polk, LA (near Warrior Brigade, 128th Combat Support Battalion)
  • Fort Riley, KS (1st Infantry Division; MTT in September 2009)
  • Fort Rucker, AL (1st Aviation Brigade) (Nov 1983 - Oct 1995)
  • Fulda, Germany (11th Armored Cavalry Regiment)
  • Schofield Barracks, HI (25th Infantry Division)

Most of these locations no longer run air assault courses.

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