There are plans for additional training schools and for awards and recognition for those schools. This is an informal conversation in a public area of the forums, but I am willing to talk about my hopes and desires for the 506th. Bear in mind none of this is binding and needs to be approved by command staff.
Right now we have Recruit Training, OSUT (infantry training), Combat Medical School and Flight School. We also have Warrior Leaders and Advanced Leaders courses that are required for advancement in the ranks of the NCO's and SNCO's.
It is my hope some day to also have a variety of specialty schools and qualifications that may not directly affect the game or your billet but will be fun to do. Bear in mind it takes time to create these courses and personnel to run them. Some of them may be offered only once or twice a year and only to select personnel based on billets or performance.
Air Assault School: It is almost 100% likely that this school will exist, there are people working on it right now.
Airborne School: While the 506th is not a parachute unit, there is nothing saying we can't occasionally send deserving personnel off to Airborne school as a reward for performance.
Ranger School: While the 506th is obviously not a Ranger Btn, many soldiers in the US Army get Ranger qualified and have right to wear the tag. This would be a very select and tough course.
US Army Pathfinder School : The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Fort Campbell has a pathfinder unit in each of its two aviation brigades. We may create a school whereby select Soldiers and Airmen have an opportunity to gain the coveted Pathfinder tag.
So as you see, there are a lot of really cool things we can and hope to do in the 506th. All of these things take time and effort to develop in a way that doesn't turn them into a joke. So far, what we have accomplished after only being in existance for 1 month is amazing. I can't wait to see where we are at in 6 months.
