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Preparatory Training. When a paratrooper was assigned to the 101st in 66-67, after processing in, drawing equipment, etc. at Phan Rang he was sent through P-Training prior to being assigned to a company and sent out to the field. I don't know if this continued after the rest of the division started coming over in late '67. I left in JUN67.
This was a 1wk course, like a mini AIT. He was taught alot of the tactics used out in the field. How to walk point; be a point slackman; how to set up different types of ambushes; how to be on a LP or OP[Listening Post or Observation Post], etc.. The biggest lesson, however, was how to do a CA, Combat Assault, from a chopper. This wasn't taught back in the states in AIT. All of this was puncuated with PT, running, and most of the training exercises being done with full rucks, so it was also getting climatized.
I guess some other units had variations of this, also.
This was a 1wk course, like a mini AIT. He was taught alot of the tactics used out in the field. How to walk point; be a point slackman; how to set up different types of ambushes; how to be on a LP or OP[Listening Post or Observation Post], etc.. The biggest lesson, however, was how to do a CA, Combat Assault, from a chopper. This wasn't taught back in the states in AIT. All of this was puncuated with PT, running, and most of the training exercises being done with full rucks, so it was also getting climatized.
I guess some other units had variations of this, also.
