Njengengane engama-80, ukuphefumula kwami kwangempela kokujoyina amasosha kwakungaba Tom Cruise - i- Top Gun esikhwameni sezindiza esikhwameni, hhayi umbhede oweqa umkhumbi esinawo manje. Ngangihlose ukungena kuqala ku-Marine Corps, bese ngisebenzisa ngokunenzuzo enye yezinhlelo zabo zokuthumela izinhlelo ukuze zibe i-aviator yezindiza.
Nakuba ngingadabuki ngesinqumo sami (nakuba eminyakeni eminingi kamuva, ukufaka kwami kuphela ukuthi ngigqoke ijezi lendiza yesikhumba ngukuthi ngithole ishibhile ku-eBay) Ngifisa ngasese ukuthi othile ungangifake engxenyeni encane engavamile Uhlelo lwe- Warrant Officer Flight Training (WOFT) .
Ngenkathi i-Navy, iMarines, ne-Air Force yonke idinga idijithi yeminyaka emine kanye nekhomishana yekhomishana yokuhamba, i-Army ivumela abaphothule esikoleni esiphakeme ukuba bagxume ebhodini le-helicopter. Ukube nje bebebekwe imali ekuboneni ifilimu ehlelwe njenge-Navy, ngingazi ukuthi ngikutholile ngokushesha - ngoba ngangithanda kakhulu, ukushaya phakathi kweSomalia ngandlela-thile akuzange kubonakale sengathi kuyisicashunwa njengokushaya ama-postburners noma ukuxoxisana nomshayeli wami wezindiza ngaphasi kwekhasi likaMichael Ironside.
E-Army, i-Rotary Wing Aviators (izindiza zezindiza) ziyizikhulu, kodwa hhayi ezihlukahlukene ezibekiwe. Ziyi- Warrant Officers , isisombululo sezempi sokwenza izikhulu zivela ochwepheshe bezobuchwepheshe abaqeqeshwe ngaphandle kokuzibophezela ngemithwalo efanayo yomyalo nezombusazwe ezibhekene namalungu angama-lieutenants nangaphezulu. Abasebenzi abaningi be-Warrant kunoma yiliphi igatsha lensizakalo babhalisiwe ngaphambili, cishe cishe eminyakeni eyiyishumi ehlangothini lwabo lobuchwepheshe, kodwa i-Army yenza okuhlukile kwezindiza.
Imikhombandlela yempi / izidingo
I-Warrant Officer Flight Training Program ivulekele izakhamuzi zase-US okungenani ezingu-18 kodwa zingekho eminyakeni engama-33 ubudala, eziye zadlula iBettery ye - Armed Forces Vocational Aptitude nge-score okungenani engu-110 ku-General Technical Technical section of the test. Ingabe-amaflaya kufanele futhi athathe ukuhlolwa kwe-Flight Aptitude and score okungenani 90.
Futhi-ke, ngoba unesidingo sokubona ukuthi uya kuphi lapho uhamba indiza yezigidigidi zamadola, kufanele udlulise izivivinyo ezifanele ngokomzimba futhi ungabi nombono obi kakhulu kunama-20/50 (ulungiswe ku-20/20 ).
Imfundo
Njengoba ngishilo ekuqaleni, uhlelo lwe-WOFT luphawuleka phakathi kwezinhlelo zezinsizakalo ezingena ezingeni ngoba lidinga kuphela idiploma yesikole esiphakeme - akukho degree, akukho okuhlangenwe nakho kwangaphambili. Kodwa ungatholi i-cocky. Uma wamukelwa, i-Army ikuqala ku- Basic Combat Training (ikampu ye-boot) njenganoma yimuphi omunye amasosha okufakwe ohlwini, ukuqinisekisa ukuthi awuqondi nje ku-Scouts Boy (noma Girl).
Ngemuva kweklasi le-boot kufika iWarrant Officer Candidate School (WOCS) isonto eliyisithupha. Uma usuvele ufunde mayelana nezikhulu ezithunyelwe , i-WOCS yiyona ndlela ezwakala ngayo - ukuhluka ku-Officer Candidate School eqondiswe ngqo kuma-Warrant Officers. Emva kwakho konke lokhu, ukhuthazwa ngokusemthethweni kuWarrant Officer futhi uzoba nelungelo lokukwazisa wonke umuntu e-Army. (Le jibe ejwayelekile empini ibhekisela eqinisweni lokuthi ngenxa yokuthi zibalwa ngaphezu kwezikhulu ezithunyelwe ngaphansi, abaphathi bama-Warrant bachithe isikhathi esiningi noma bebuyisa amasosha noma babuyela abaphathi babo.)
Okokugcina, ama-Warrant Officers amasha aya ezinyangeni eziyishumi zokuqeqesha indiza e Fort Fort, Alabama. Njengamanye izinhlelo zokuqeqesha izindiza, wonke umuntu uqala ngezindiza eziyisisekelo esisodwa - kulokhu i-helicopter ye-TH-67 Creek - engasetshenzisiwe enkonzweni esebenzayo kepha unikeza abafundi isisekelo esiqinile ekuqhubeni. Njengoba bezuza ulwazi, abaqhubi bezindiza baqhubekela phambili ekuziphatheleni ngokukhethekile emotweni yezindiza abazoyihamba kuyo yonke imisebenzi yabo.
UCW3 Bernie Smith, ongumshayeli we-Blackhawk onolwazi, wabhala lesi sihloko esiwusizo lapho asikhumbuza ngomusa ukuthi ukukhetha kwakho indiza akuyona neze oyikhethayo nhlobo - kuxhomeke kakhulu ekusebenzeni kwakho esikoleni nokuthi yiziphi izikhundla i-Army efuna ukuyigcwalisa . Ngakho kubalulekile ukuya ohlelweni olufana nalokhu ngokuhamba ngezinyawo kanye nesosha njengezisusa zakho eziyinhloko, kunokuba inhliziyo yakho ibekwe endizeni ethile.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi iyiphi inyoni oyitholayo, abaqhubi bezindiza bafundela amahora angu-179 ngesikhathi sokunamathela ngaphansi kwamabhande abo, ngokusho kwewebsite yakwaFort Rucker.
Imisebenzi Nemithwalo Yemfanelo
Izinduna zezindiza zezindiza zihamba zonke izinhlobo zokulwa nokusekela ngaphansi kwelanga, kuhlanganise nalabo abangekho ngaphansi kwelanga. (Ukuhamba ngemibono yebusuku kubonakala kumnandi kuze kube yilapho usubonile indlela edideka ngayo.) Izinhlu zamasayithi eWarrant Officer Recruiting site, phakathi kwamanye amabandla enkundleni yomshayeli, "ukuhlonishwa, ukuphepha, isibhamu, ukusindisa, ukushaya emoyeni, ukungena kwamatshe ukulethwa, umthwalo wangaphakathi / wangaphandle, nokusebenza kweparadrop / ukukhumbula. "
Lezi zithunywa zingashintsha ngokuya ngokukhethekile kwezindiza:
- I- UH-60 Blackhawk yenza izinhlobonhlobo zezithunywa zezokuthutha zezempi, kuhlanganise nokunyakaza kwebutho kanye nokukhishwa kwezokwelapha.
- I- AH-64 Apache , okungenani emehlweni ami, i-helicopter elingana ne-jet fighter. Nakuba kungenjengoba ngokushesha nje njengejets, Yebo, ama-Apaches amancane, aphilile, aphilileyo, abesilwane esivuthayo okukhona ukusekela amabutho asemhlabathini ngokuvula izibhamu namabhomu esitha.
- I-OH-58 i-Kiowa Warrior yenza imisebenzi yokubonga.
- I-CH-47 Chinook, enezimpondo zayo ezimbili, isuke ibamba umsebenzi njengezokuthuthwa kwezintambo kanye nemishini ekhuthele kusukela eVietnam.
I-Warrant Officer abashayeli bezindiza bangase bafake imisebenzi yokubambisana engeyona ngqo ehlobene nokushayela (okunikezwa noma ubani osempi). Kodwa ngokungafani nezikhulu ezithunyelwe, zahlala zigxile emisebenzini yabo ngokuba abaqhubi bezinhloli, hhayi ukuphishekela isikhundla esikhulu somyalo.
Akusikho uhambo epaki, kodwa njengoba ngikubona, iWarrant Officer Flight Training Program iyithuba elimangalisayo lokuthuthela emsebenzini njengomshayeli wesosha kanye nesosha elihle, ikakhulukazi labo abangakwazi ukulinda (noma ukukhokhela) Idireji yeminyaka emine ukuqala ukufaka izandla zabo ezingcolile.