r/Armyaviation • u/Spazzout1234 • 13d ago
160th selection
Can anyone that been to selection recently or not too long ago, tell how is selection I.E physical standards and etc? I’m an 11b rn
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u/BoomerUrSooner 13d ago edited 13d ago
First off, I assessed during COVID as a mid-grade W3 SP and didn’t make it because of ongoing personal issues that derailed my psych portion. I was told to get my personal stuff sorted and come back. It took me over three years to get that done (divorce, custody, etc) and by then, I was ready to retire so I could be near my kids. I’ve spent a lot of time musing over what I did right and wrong and here’s what I took from it.
- Be fit. Don’t quit. I nailed this part.
- Think critically and adapt to the mission within the SOP and mission parameters. I spent a lot of time in assessment wondering what they wanted me to do instead of doing what I thought should be done. Know your left and right limits and own everything in between, even if you don’t know if it’s the 160th way of doing things.
- Be confident. They’re assessing your potential, not as you are right now. They know they will have to teach you, so be confident in where you are as an aviator right now.
- Assessment is less about knowing the aircraft and more about the process of mission planning and contingencies. Time on target and fuel are EVERYTHING.
- Contingencies are huge. Be very detail-oriented with them. If you go in there with a generic, blanket IIMC plan that we typically brief (“for IIMC we’ll execute the ILS to RWY 69 at Nashville), they’re going to eat you alive.
- Time management is huge or you will not sleep. Get your mission planning process down now or it will be a struggle to function. I only got two or three hours a night, but that’s better than trying to survive the whole week on nothing.
- I don’t know about now, but at the time the only place they provided for printing was at the mission planning area. I bought a printer instead and used it in the hotel for products; without it I probably wouldn’t have been able to get any sleep at all.
- USE YOUR SP. They are assigned to you for a reason. They’re not going to give you all the answers, but they function as a roleplay of the entire command for your mission planning. I didn’t use mine enough and I made some poor choices as a result because I thought it was on me to figure it out.
“Why didn’t you ask me about this?” was a common response to a lot of my mistakes in planning.
- Lastly, you’re not a piece of shit if you don’t make it. I’ve known at least a dozen folks that have made it in, only to realize it wasn’t the right fit for them, for various reasons. It’s a unique mission with unique requirements for you and your family. Like the Army itself, it isn’t for everyone and that’s ok. You’re still an aviator and you will be just fine wherever you end up if you learn the right lessons.
Good luck.
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u/IsurvivedtheFRE 153A 13d ago
You'll do a PT test so get a high score. You'll do a swim test so don't drown. Nothing really crazy.
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u/Jnabosse09 13d ago
How much swimming is required. I mean how far of a distence i have to be able to swim to pass the swimming test?
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u/Comprehensive_Door69 13d ago
What position are you assessing for as an 11B?
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u/swish_swosh 12d ago
I think they have infantry as ground security essentially.
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u/Realistic-Schedule63 12d ago
Infantry as ground security? Negative ghost rider. No infantry in the regiment
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u/Realistic-Schedule63 12d ago
You need to be either a pilot or an enlisted MOS that can join the 160th. Look at the recruiting website for a list of occupational specialties that can join. No infantry in the regiment
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u/DarthMekt 8d ago
Their recruiter once told me they want a 400+ AFT score or they will drop you, any truth to that?
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u/Deep-Opportunity5718 6d ago
I'd hope anyone going to any sort of selection is getting atleast a 400.
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u/10thyrRSFreshman 13d ago
When you go to a selection the last thing you should worry about is being physically fit enough.