Army Pathfinders are specialists in navigating their way through foreign terrain and establishing safe landing zones for Airborne Soldiers or Army aircraft. Many times they are asked to parachute into remote areas, navigate their way to unobstructed locations, then relay those coordinates back to a command center.

Specifically Soldiers learn the following skills at Pathfinder School:

• Navigate cross country on foot
• Establish and operate a day/night helicopter landing zone
• Establish and operate a day/night parachute drop zone
• Conduct slingload operations
• Aircraft rappelling
• Provide air traffic control and navigational assistance to aircraft within an operational site control zone

Training at this school is not MOS dependent.

There are no related civilian jobs with this type of training, but you will gain confidence, leadership skills and a sense of pride.