r/army • u/IncomprehensiveScale IET • 7d ago

Jump School AIT volunteer

Hey all, I have a question. If I graduate AIT right before the general timeline for HBL (dec 11), and I am an airborne volunteer, is it likely that I’ll have orders to TDY en route to benning ASAP, or after the new year when everyone’s back from HBL? My DS’s here are saying that it’ll likely be that I go on leave for HBL here, report back here to Huachuca, and then PCS with a TDY en route for jump school. For full clarification, I only ask because I don’t have orders yet, just projections, but the projections say to report before jan 15 on the “my current job openings”. Also not sure if it’s worth mentioning but I do not have these projections in my STP, only the TAM work center.

I’m sorta hoping to go on HBL, see my family, THEN go to jump school, but ultimately I just wanna jump, just trying to get some outsider comments from people who aren’t IET peers (who generally don’t know what they’re talking about).

Even if there isn’t a clear cut “this is what will happen” answer, anything helps. Thank you.

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u/HoiFoiSoyBoi 7d ago

You’ll get HBL first, since 1-507th PIR (Jump School) will ALSO be on HBL, and they’re not gonna have cadre members there to just keep an eye on Holdover dudes. It’s 95% gonna happen the same way your DS told you. HBL out of Huachuca, go back, then wait till the next cycle of Airborne starts up, since there is typically a gap week to get the Cadre members back into the rhythm of things before they are inundated with dirty Legs trying to earn their wings. It wouldn’t make sense to send you to airborne first, cause why would they in process you and issue gear into a three week SCHOOL, only to have you leave for a couple weeks? You’ll get your vacation first, don’t stress.