Eagle Tower Course Training
From AAManual
Obstacle courses are used in physical fitness training to teach physical skills, to improve conditioning, and to instill a spirit of daring and confidence. The challenges that obstacles offer help to develop and test basic skills. Success in combat may depend on Soldiers' ability to perform these skills.
There are two types of obstacle courses:
- The Conditioning Obstacle Course
- The Confidence Obstacle Course
- The Conditioning Obstacle Course
- features low obstacles and is run against time. Several fast runnings of this course provide a vigorous workout; therefore, conditioning occurs. You will learn the obstacles and how to overcome them rapidly.
- The Confidence Obstacle Course
- consists of higher, more difficult obstacles than those of the conditioning course. The confidence course gives Soldiers confidence in their mental and physical ability and cultivates their spirit of daring.
The Eagle Tower is a confidence course combining a test of physical strength, endurance and the ability to overcome daunting situations. There are 5 stations Soldiers must work their way through the tower by following the instructions given to them by a drill sergeant on each one.
The tower itself consists of rope and ladder climbs followed by repelling down a 40 ft. wall. The Eagle Tower is part of the conditioning, strengthening and confidence building instruction Soldiers receive during BCT; it originated from the 101st Airborne's air assault training course. Please see the screen shots of each station below.
