As a Soldier, your skills must be continually honed. And if you’re a Soldier interested in promotion, you’ll want to take part in ongoing training opportunities. The Army offers many choices including tactical, technical, physical and leadership development. Many of these opportunities allow you to practice your skills in the field as an individual and as part of a team.
Listed below are some Ongoing Training Opprotunities:
AIRBORNE SCHOOL
Airborne School teaches Soldiers the techniques of how to jump and parachute safely from airplanes.
ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT SCHOOL
Train here for a career in the health care field. The Army Health Care Team is diverse and covers many aspects of medicine—from nursing to veterinary care.
AVIATION SCHOOL
Attend Army Aviation School as an Officer or Warrant Officer and you will become one of the most highly trained helicopter pilots in the world.
CHAPLAIN SCHOOL
The Army Chaplain School provides training to prepare Army Chaplains and Chaplain Assistants to tend to the spiritual needs of other Soldiers.
DEFENSE INFORMATION SCHOOL
At Defense Information School, you can train in a skill that’s related to creating editorial publications, radio programs and television programs.
DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE
Train here, and you’ll be enrolled in an intense, full-time program learning to speak and write a foreign language fluently. Languages range from Arabic to Chinese.
DRILL SERGEANT SCHOOL
Drill Sergeants play a critical part in transforming recruits into Soldiers at Basic Combat Training. Here’s where Drill Sergeants learn the skills necessary to encourage those recruits along the way.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ADVISORS (EOA) COURSE
Ensuring equality in the workplace is important to the Army. Here’s where Soldier’s learn how to identify discrimination cases and—more important—promote equality throughout the Army.
JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL’S (JAG) CORPS
The JAG Corps is a wide-ranging practice that includes military law, criminal prosecution, international law and legal assistance.
