MFF comprises of a one week static line course followed by a three week military freefall course. Until recently the Army trained SEALs to parachute however a dedicated Tactical Air School was opened at Otay, San Diego CA which allows for training larger numbers.
Static line military parachuting is a basic military skill for all airborne forces which is designed to drop a body of men behind enemy lines for operations. Military freefalling is a very dangerous activity that requires a high degree of skill. Unlike civilian freefallers who jump by day and clean, a SEAL may jump with over 200 pounds of equipment on top of their own bodyweight at night and be prepared to deal with the enemy on the ground below him.
There are a variety of insertion techniques that can be used including HALO (High Altitude Low Opening) and HAHO (High Altitude High Opening). HALO is military freefalling from altitudes in excess of 25,000 feet while HAHO is where the parachute canopy is deployed shortly after exiting the aircraft and this allows a SEAL to travel up to 25 miles from the aircraft exit position onto a target with no warning.
July 30th, 2009 - 3:22 pm
So do Navy SEAL Candidates, SWCC and EOD technicans still attend Airborne School in Ft. Benning or do they just attend this training?
September 12th, 2009 - 10:21 am
SWCC and SEALs probably don’t! But E.O.D. would….
December 23rd, 2009 - 12:37 pm
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January 5th, 2010 - 8:34 pm
The Navy now has their own MFF course in San Diego, Ca. They opperate in conjunction with the Army to ensure congruent teaching techniques between SOF forces. All Naval Special Warefare ratings attend that course, EOD, SWCC, and SEALs. It consists of a 5-day static-line course followed by a 5-week freefall course. The previous course that Terry Crammer spoke of at Ft. Benning was a 5-week course for static line only. It was widely known as 5-days of training crammed into 5-weeks. When I graduated BUD/S (SEAL basic training) you went directly to “jump school”. Due to the high rate of injury it has now been moved to the end of training, which sucks because you now have to wait longer to be “freefall qualified” and thus don’t get the extra $225/month you would until later in training. Hope this hellps…
February 12th, 2010 - 12:26 pm
Army ABN school is only 3weeks long.Thee basics school or what?Can’t learn much their.
February 19th, 2010 - 10:38 am
Their really is a wierd since about the words added to mine!
Making me look like a hacker.