Paratroopers
Subtitle: what it takes to join the elite
By: Tim Ripley
Edition: First edition.
Series: Military jobs
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781502605160; 9781502605177
Subjects: United States; United States. Army; Parachute troops; Vocational guidance; Airborne operations (Military science)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.
Table of contents: title: History; title: What it takes; title: Airborne school; title: Unit jump training; title: Air assault training; title: Laser-combat simulation; title: Emergency deployment readiness; title: Strategic strike missions; title: Tactical insertions; title: Air assault; title: Counterinsurgency operations; title: Humanitarian aid missions; title: Small arms; title: Parachutes and drop pallets; title: C-130 and C-17 airlifters; title: Helicopters; title: Operation Desert Shield, 1990; title: Iraq, 2003; title: New Orleans, 2005; title: Counterinsurgency in Iraq.