is USAF combat controllers training as hard or even harder than marine corps boot camp?

Answer 1

If your talking about the Para Rescuer, then Yes. They have the hardest training, and the highest drop out rate of all special forces. Their training is even harder than SEALs and that's says alot.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

i'm Tiny yet can carry my very own, will boot camp very own my ***? A. actual, confident! how annoying is Marine Corps boot camp? A. the toughest element you will ever do. If all and sundry would desire to stay to tell the story MCRD, there could be no different amenities (LOL)! edit (29/12/08 08:00 MST) stress card?? no longer happening contained in the Corps. I heard approximately them whilst i replaced into at my first Air stress project after shifting from USMC to USAF... i assumed they have been a shaggy dog tale then; immediately using 'stress enjoying cards' could be a travesty. 5'10 @ one hundred thirty five? That ain't Tiny.. attempt 5'4" and ninety 8 # soaking moist. I gained 10 lbs in boot (i found out that folk incredibly can SLEEP and eat often. That replaced into SO COOL!) blase031... / o3NJP: gadget? thank you, your mom enjoyed it!

Answer 4

The job has changed so much I don't know how valid my experences would be anymore.
USMC boot camp is for 13 weeks, so it is a poor comparison. CCT training just like Special Forces, or Navy SEAL training never stops. You get in shape and you stay in shape, and you practice, practice, practice. As soon as you think you are through with schools, they dream up another one.

Forty years ago our idea of "smart bombs" was to set a bamboo arrow on fire that pointed at the target, so the job was in many ways crude by todays standards.

Answer 5

Its a LOT harder; you have to go through airborne training, Ranger School, plus some Special Forces training. In all, it takes about a year to complete the training.

Answer 6

It is a specialty, there fore it is more selective than boot camp.

Combat Control Training

Combat controllers are among the most highly trained personnel in the U.S. military. They must maintain a Federal Aviation Administration air traffic control qualification throughout their careers in addition to other special operations skills.

Their 35 week training and unique mission earn them the right to wear the scarlet beret.

* Indoctrination Course, Lackland AFB, Texas
One week orientation to CCT focuses on sports physiology, nutrition, basic exercises, CCT history and fundamentals.
* Combat Control Operator Course, Keesler AFB, Miss.
This 15.5 week course teaches aircraft recognition and performance, air navigation aids, weather, airport traffic control, flight assistance service, communication procedures, conventional approach control, radar procedures, and air traffic rules. This is the same course that all other air traffic controllers attend. This is the heart of a combat controller's job.
* U.S. Army Airborne School, Fort Benning, Ga.
This three-week course teaches basic parachuting skills required to infiltrate an objective area by static line airdrop.
* U.S. Air Force Basic Survival School, Fairchild AFB, Wash.
This two and a half-week course teaches basic survival techniques for remote areas. Instruction includes principles, procedures, equipment and techniques, which enables individuals to survive, regardless of climatic conditions or unfriendly environments and return home.
* Combat Control School, Pope AFB, N.C.
This course provides final CCT qualifications. Training includes physical training, small unit tactics, land navigation, communications, assault zones, demolitions, fire support and field operations including parachuting. At the completion of this course, each graduate is awarded the 3 Skill Level, scarlet beret and CCT flash.

Special Tactics Advanced Skills Training, Hurlburt Field, Fla.

Advanced Skills Training (AST) is a twelve-month program for newly assigned STS operators. AST produces mission-ready operators for the Air Force and United States Special Operations Command. The AST schedule is broken down into four phases: water, ground, employment, and full mission profile. The course tests the trainee's personal limits through demanding mental and physical training. Combat controllers also attend the following schools during AST:

* U.S. Army Military Free Fall Parachutist School, Fort Bragg, N.C., and Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz.
This course instructs trainees in free fall parachuting procedures. The five-week course provides wind tunnel training, in-air instruction focusing on student stability, aerial maneuvers, air sense and parachute opening procedures.
* U.S. Army Special Forces Combat Divers School, Key West, Fla.
Trainees become combat divers, learning to use scuba to covertly infiltrate denied areas. The four-week course provides training to depths of 130 feet, stressing development of maximum underwater mobility under various operating conditions.
* U.S. Navy Underwater Egress Training, Pensacola Naval Air Station, Fla.
This course teaches how to safely escape from an aircraft that has ditched in the water. The one-day instruction includes principles, procedures and techniques necessary to get out of a sinking aircraft.

Answer 7

Both are very difficult training. The mission is different.

Answer 8

they may be tough but no one is tougher thaan a Navy SEAL