What’s Harder – Airborne School or Air Assault School?

Having both the Airborne and the Air Assault badges, I get asked all the time which school was harder. The answer is simple: neither of them.   These schools are not designed to make you suffer, they are professional schools designed to teach you important military skills.   Although these schools have standards, with enough training and preparation, every soldier should be able to graduate and earn the badge.

Lets look at these 2 schools in greater detail using 4 criteria….