United States Army Airborne School
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Oct 20, 2026
Dan WrightsmanGUEST
So I graduated.
Dan WrightsmanGUEST
I never went to airborne school.
Dan WrightsmanGUEST
I did go to ranger school.
Dan WrightsmanGUEST
So after we graduated one station, I was part of a cohort unit.
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Dan WrightsmanGUEST
I went to Ranger School, was able to pass the swim test.
Dan WrightsmanGUEST
Um, and so passed Ranger School, graduated.
Dan WrightsmanGUEST
I did not go to Airborne School because we were deploying the next five, six months.
Dan WrightsmanGUEST
And I was also becoming a first sergeant, so I wanted to go back, spend some time with the family before we deployed, especially 'cause it was around Thanksgiving, Christmas time, um, and then get ready to take over the company before we deployed.
Jorge PabonGUEST
Fort Lee, Virginia, that's where you do your MOS, your job and the jobs that they give you to do.
Jorge PabonGUEST
And then from there I went to Fort Benning, Georgia to Fort Airborne School.
Jorge PabonGUEST
That was crazy as well because when you go to Airborne School you go with Marines, Recon, soon-to-be Marines, soon-to-be Green Beret, soon-to-be, um, Rangers.
Jorge PabonGUEST
They, they approached me to be a Green Beret.
Jorge PabonGUEST
They approached me to be a Ranger.
Jorge PabonGUEST
The Green Berets are Special Forces operations.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
Okay.
Jorge PabonGUEST
So after Airborne School I get my, I get my papers and it says Seven Special Forces Unit.
Jorge PabonGUEST
Fort Lee, Virginia, that's where you do your MOS, your job and the jobs that they give you to do.
Jorge PabonGUEST
And then from there, I went to Fort Benning, Georgia, to Fort Airborne School.
Jorge PabonGUEST
That was crazy as well because when you go to Airborne School, you go with Marines, Recon, soon-to-be Marines, soon-to-be Green Berets, soon-to-be, um, Rangers.
Jorge PabonGUEST
They, they approached me to be a Green Beret.
Jorge PabonGUEST
They approached me to be a Ranger.
Jorge PabonGUEST
The Green Berets are Special Forces operations.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
Okay.
Jorge PabonGUEST
So after Airborne School, I get my, I get my papers and it says Seven Special Forces Unit.
Gene YuGUEST
When I realized that in the time that I still had left and I really wanted to get in the fight somewhere, I decided to ascend into Special Forces or at least try out because the way I had thought about it was that I wanted to serve, but I didn't know exactly where I was best suited for the Army at the time.
Gene YuGUEST
I had gone to ranger school at that point, airborne school, started realizing, again, I was a little bit tougher than I originally thought.
Gene YuGUEST
It made me a little bit more of a soldier than I originally thought, again, because I was so bad at my splinters.
Ben ThompsonHOST
And Ranger School is no joke.
Gene YuGUEST
Yeah, Ranger School is no joke.
Gene YuGUEST
Ranger School is no joke.
Gene YuGUEST
Airborne School is also not a joke, but it's not like any other school.
Gene YuGUEST
It's not
Fitz MayiHOST
Yeah
Dylan TruesdaleGUEST
... basic training, Airborne School, all those things, then you'll at least get a opportunity to go to RASP, or the Ranger Assessment Selection Program, which is what gets you into the Ranger regiment, which is where I was stationed, or the unit that I was part of.
Fitz MayiHOST
of.Is that how you ended up-
Dylan TruesdaleGUEST
Yeah
Fitz MayiHOST
[laughs] Yeah
Dylan TruesdaleGUEST
...
Dylan TruesdaleGUEST
so I had to go to rader- radio operator school, did that, and then went to airborne school, and then, and then RASP, so Ranger Assessment Selection Program, and, and basically just knocked all those out within about a six-month timeframe.
Fitz MayiHOST
Wow, okay.
Clint EmersonGUEST
And then I end up back there for that.
Clint EmersonGUEST
And then – Had to go to jump school and then go check into team three.
Clint EmersonGUEST
How'd you like jump school? You know, you're just, yeah, you're just, you have enough ego to, you know, get in trouble.
Clint EmersonGUEST
Yeah, you do.
Clint EmersonGUEST
Because the Army kids are all like, oh, my God.
Jorge PabonGUEST
Fort Lee, Virginia, that's where you do your MOS, your job and the jobs that they give you to do.
Jorge PabonGUEST
And then from there, I went to Fort Benning, Georgia, for Airborne School.
Jorge PabonGUEST
That was crazy as well, because when you go to Airborne School, you go with Marines, Recon, soon-to-be Marines, soon-to-be Green Berets, soon-to-be, um, Rangers.
Jorge PabonGUEST
They, they approached me to be a Green Beret.
Jorge PabonGUEST
They approached me to be a Ranger.
Jorge PabonGUEST
The Green Berets are Special Forces operations.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
Okay.
Jorge PabonGUEST
So after Airborne School, I get my, I get my papers and it says Seven Special Forces Unit.
Rich LaMonicaHOST
His story is one that grabs you immediately.
Rich LaMonicaHOST
During Airborne school, his parachute failed just before Ranger selection.
Rich LaMonicaHOST
He survived, but the impact left him with a broken back and a traumatic brain injury.
Rich LaMonicaHOST
Then came another battle.
Cory GoldGUEST
That's, uh, option 40
Rich LaMonicaHOST
... and you went through.
Rich LaMonicaHOST
And airborne school was it for you.
Rich LaMonicaHOST
Uh, you, you had your incident-
Jorge PabonGUEST
Fort Lee, Virginia, that's where you do your MOS, your job and the jobs that they give you to do.
Jorge PabonGUEST
And then from there I went to Fort Benning, Georgia, to Fort Airborne School.
Jorge PabonGUEST
That was crazy as well, because when you go to Airborne School you go with Marines, Recon, soon-to-be Marines, soon-to-be Green Berets, soon-to-be, um, Rangers.
Jorge PabonGUEST
They, they approached me to be a Green Beret.
Jorge PabonGUEST
They approached me to be a Ranger.
Jorge PabonGUEST
The Green Berets are Special Forces operations.
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Mm-hmm.
Jorge PabonGUEST
So after Airborne School I get my, I get my papers and it says Seven Special Forces Unit.
Jorge PabonGUEST
Fort Lee, Virginia, that's where you do your MOS, your job and the jobs that they give you to do.
Jorge PabonGUEST
And then from there I went to Fort Benning, Georgia, to Fort Airborne School.
Jorge PabonGUEST
That was crazy as well because when you go to Airborne School, you go with Marines, recon, soon-to-be Marines, soon-to-be Green Beret, soon-to-be, um, Rangers.
Jorge PabonGUEST
They, they approached me to be a Green Beret.
Jorge PabonGUEST
They approached me to be a Ranger.
Jorge PabonGUEST
The Green Berets are Special Forces operations.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
Okay.
Jorge PabonGUEST
So after Airborne School I get my, I get my papers, and it says Seven Special Forces Unit.
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