First, ‘Department of the Army (DA) Select’ soldiers are assigned by the U.S. 2Įnlisted personnel enter into SOA training by one of two ways. The first step in an enlisted soldier’s path to becoming a Night Stalker is assignment to the SOATB, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Bradley D. These POIs range from Enlisted Combat Skills to airframe-specific Maintainer and Non-Rated Crewmember (NRCM) courses. SOATB offers ten enlisted Programs of Instruction (POIs) for new arrivals and enlisted soldiers who have been in the regiment for some time. They must then complete Enlisted ‘Green Platoon’ (EGP) in SOATB before earning assignment to the 160th SOAR. Regardless of rank or MOS, all enlisted personnel must be assessed and selected to attend training. This fictional profile depicts the kind of enlisted soldier that might be assigned to SOATB to train for eventual assignment to the 160th SOAR. 1 He had expected orders to a conventional Army aviation maintenance company, but instead received orders to the Special Operations Aviation Training Battalion (SOATB) at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to be assessed and trained as a Night Stalker in the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR). Assigned to 2/210th Aviation Regiment, 128th Aviation Brigade for training, Foster attended the seventeen-week-long 15U course, eventually graduating as the Distinguished Honor Graduate. He graduated from ten-week-long Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and PCS’d (Permanently Changed Station) to Fort Eustis, Virginia, for Advanced Individual Training (AIT). Having met the minimum prerequisite Mechanical Maintenance score of 104 on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), Foster was able to select CH-47 Helicopter Maintainer (15U) as his Military Occupational Specialty (MOS).
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