After a series of skills test qualifications, experience, leadership, and oral review boards lasting up to three years, the Night Stalker is designated Fully Mission Qualified (FMQ). The basic Night Stalker course for enlisted soldiers lasts five weeks the officer course lasts 20 to 28 weeks.Ī new Night Stalker pilot arrives at a unit as Basic Mission Qualified (BMQ). Soldiers who fail to pass the course the first time may retake it, but there is no guarantee that anyone assigned to Green Platoon will pass and continue on with the 160th. The weapons training includes firing thousands of rounds with the M9 pistol, M4 carbine, and AK-47 and AK-74 rifles. Upon joining the 160th, all soldiers are assigned to "Green Platoon", in which they receive intensive training in "advanced methods of the five basic combat skills: first responder, land navigation, combatives, weapons and teamwork". Until 2013, only men were allowed to be pilots in the 160th. Officers are all volunteers enlisted soldiers volunteer or are assigned by the U.S. The 160th SOAR (A) consists of the Army's best-qualified aviators, crew chiefs, and support soldiers.
Army Special Operations Aviation Command Shoulder Sleeve Insignia, worn by the 160th SOAR (A) "Night Stalkers don't quit!", "Death waits in the dark!", "Six guns don't miss!" "Night Stalkers", "160th SOAR (A)", "Task Force Brown" United States Special Operations Command
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