Helicopter Operations and Rappelling

Photos capture helicopter operations, including rappelling soldiers in training and recovery efforts, emphasizing aerial capabilities and rescue techniques.

Search and Rescue Exercise US Navy

Sergeant First Class Thomas Cole of the 207th Aviation Regiment, Army National Guard, signals a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter to lift a load of wreckage. A crew of over 40 servicemen is removing unexploded ordnance and other wreckage from the November 1988 crash of a F-15 Eagle aircraft. Base: Kodiak State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Army soldier assigned to the 25th Infantry Division Lightning Academy, demonstrates a standard L-Shaped rappel during the May 1, 2013, Lightning Academy Activation Ceremony at Schofield Barracks in Wahiawa, Hawaii. The Lightning Academy is designed to provide a unique, realistic and highly demanding, multilateral, multinational training for 25th Infantry Division soldiers, as well as the other branches of the U.S. Military to include State and Federal agencies, and our international partners in regional security and stability.

The Idaho National Guards 101st Civil Support Team partnered with the Boise Fire Department Technical Rescue Team to participate in a ropes rescue course taught by Boise firefighters. The course, which served as an annual recertification for the CST Guardsmen, entailed two weeklong sessions for the 22-member team. The first week, Oct. 10th through the 14th, 2022, started with the classroom portion of learning about ropes rescue as a prerequisite for the hands-on portion of the training. Using what they learned about the ropes, the CST Guardsmen rappelled from tops of buildings at the Boise Fire Departments Fire Training Center. Once the Guardsmen were proficient at ropes rappelling, they practiced ropes rescues using wire rescue baskets at cliffs near the Table Rock trails in the Boise foothills to simulate a large-scale rescue of multiple people. The second weeklong training, Oct. 24th through 28th, 2022, focused on confined space rescues at Boises Lucky Peak Power Plant. The training

A view of U.S. troops rappelling from a helicopters during exercise Bright Star '82. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '82 Country: Egypt (EGY)

Helicopter assists in alpine rescue.

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Feb. 2, 2016) Sailors coil line aboard USS Carney (DDG 64). Carney, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting a routine patrol in the U. S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe.

U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Dennis R. Luna with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, navigates an obstacle during the confidence course at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Oct. 31, 2022. The confidence course is composed of a series of obstacles built to test recruits' physical and mental endurance and strength. Luna was recruited out of Yuma, Ariz., with Recruiting Substation Yuma.

050614-G-3721C-333. Base: Artic Ocean

Search and Rescue Exercise US Navy

A paratrooper floats to the ground during the multinational joint service exercise Bright Star '85. Subject Operation/Series: EXERCISE BRIGHT STAR '85 Base: Cairo West Air Base State: Al Qahirah Country: Egypt (EGY)

SWAT Team Officer Rappelling from Building

DF-ST-86-09735. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

A U.S. Marine with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) Alpha Company demonstrates a highline rescue during a visit from Lt. Gen. Brian W. Cavanaugh, commanding general, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command at the Naval Support Facility Indian Head and Annex Stump Neck, Maryland, Oct. 17, 2022. During the visit, Lt. Gen. Cavanaugh received briefs from CBIRF command staff, toured facilities used by CBIRF, talked to CBIRF Marines and Sailors, and received a demonstration of the response forces capabilities in case of a crisis.

Members of the Zapovjedništvo specijalnih snaga (Croatian Special Operations Forces Command) execute a military free fall (MFF) from a U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing near Udbina, Croatia, July 20, 2022. The MFF was part of a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET), which included members of the U.S. Air Forces 352d SOW, the U.S. Armys 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and the ZSS. JCETs allow U.S. service members to train at the operational and tactical echelon as a combined, joint force with SOF setting the conditions for larger operations.

030811-F-6701P-005. Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE)

National Guard

A U.S. Air Force Pararescue Jumper performs military free fall jump operations from an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft assigned to the 26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, Nov. 4, 2022. The HC-130J is a rapidly deployable, multi-capable airframe, capable of performing combat search and rescue, aerial refueling, and combat airlift missions within the U.S. Central Command area of operations.

A student is hoisted into a UH-1N Iroquois helicopter during a rescue training class conducted by the 3636th Combat Crew Training Wing. The class is part of a 17-day combat survival course that is mandatory for all Air Force aircrew members. Base: Fairchild Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030811-F-6701P-027. Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Victor Ly, 821st Contingency Response Squadron communications journeyman, works out in between missions in eastern Europe, April 22, 2022. The 621st Contingency Response Wing Airmen are responsible for advising, directing and projecting airpower.

A U.S. Air Force tactical air control party (TACP) specialist assigned to Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, descends after jumping from a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to B Company, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, Alaska Army National Guard, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 7, 2022. The 3rd ASOS completed the helicopter jump on Geronimo Drop Zone, maximizing total-force training to demonstrate short-notice mission readiness in an arctic environment.

A Task Force Spartan Soldier descends from the top of the rappel tower during Rappel Master training at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. One of the focuses of the difficult course is high angle safety systems that rappel masters will need to use during real world training and scenarios.

The U.S. Army Parachute Team, nicknamed the Golden Knights, and U.S. Navy Parachute Team, nicknamed the Leap Frogs, conduct an aerial demonstration at the 2022 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show at MCAS Miramar, California, Sept. 23, 2022. The theme for the 2022 MCAS Miramar Air Show, Marines Fight, Evolve and Win,” reflects the Marine Corps’ ongoing modernization efforts to prepare for future conflicts.

980622-F-9580Z-038. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LT Al-Ajmi Mohamed of Saudi Arabia undergoes jump school training during multi-national range training at the Dahlonega Ranger Camp. Base: Fort Benning State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

061003-N-8591H-376. Base: Yokosuka Harbor State: Kanagawa Country: Japan (JPN)

A soldier stationed at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, is suspended in the air by a UH-1Y Huey helicopter assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 during a special patrol insertion and extraction rigging exercise at landing zone Westfield aboard Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. U.S. service members completed the exercise as part of the Helicopter Rope Suspension Training Masters Course. The HRST Masters Course, hosted by Special Operations Training Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, based in Okinawa, Japan, is a 10-day course which certifies U.S. service members the ability to land on the ground quickly in situations where aircraft may have difficulty landing.

Silhouette view of a parachute training tower during cadet practice. Base: USAF Academy, Colorado Springs State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A search and rescue (SAR) swimmer jumps into the waters of the gulf from a Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 16 (HC-16) UH-1N Iroquois helicopter during SAR training near Pensacola, Fla. Country: Gulf Of Mexico

A group of U.S Army Rangers, assigned to the 5th Ranger Training Battalion, in an UH-60 aircraft conduct a water jump into Lake Lanier at War Hill Park, Dawnsonville, Ga., May 5, 2022. The annual training event, hosted by the 5th Ranger Training Battalion, gives Rangers an opportunity to become proficient in water landings, while giving the local community a chance to see the Rangers train in the Lake Lanier area.

A C-130H Hercules crew assigned to the 182d Airlift Wing, Peoria Air National Guard Base, Illinois, flies over Rogers City, Michigan, July 25, 2019 on an integrated air drop training mission during exercise Northern Strike 19. Northern Strike 19 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting service members from more than 20 states, multiple service branches and numerous coalition countries during the last two weeks of July 2019 at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, both located in northern Michigan and operated by the Michigan National Guard. The accredited Joint National Training Capability exercise demonstrates the Michigan National Guards ability to provide accessible, readiness-building opportunities for military units from all service branches to achieve and sustain proficiency in conducting mission command, air, sea and ground maneuver integration, together with the synchronization of fires in a joint, mu

DM-ST-88-09857. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Alexander Caterinicchio, a tactical air control party specialist assigned to Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, conducts mountain maneuvering training at Sunshine Ridge, Alaska, July 20, 2022. The 3rd ASOS Airmen participated in this training to strengthen mission-readiness skills in mountain terrain.

A New Hampshire Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopter lowers a 130-foot long line toward a ground crew to extract a rusted metal culvert from Nash Stream on Oct. 19, 2022. The sling load was coordinated through Innovative Readiness Training, a U.S. Department of Defense program.

A service member climbs down the rope web during the obstacle course portion of the Pennsylvania National Guard Ranger and Sapper Assessment Program on April 22, 2022. The service members were challenged with obstacle course, water combat survival test, land navigation, and more, during the several days of RSAP

Master Sgt. Cory Paskavan, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Maritime Raid Force platoon sergeant, reenlists at 10,000 feet above sea level during a parachute operation during Exercise Eagle Reslove over Qatar, April 26, 2013. Eagle Resolve is an annual multilateral exercise designed to enhance regional cooperative defense efforts in the Gulf Cooperation Council nations and U.S. Central Command. The 26th MEU is deployed to the 5th Fleet area of operations aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group. The 26th MEU operates continuously across the globe, providing the president and unified combatant commanders with a forward-deployed, sea-based quick reaction force. The MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force capable of conducting amphibious operations, crisis response and limited contingency operations. (Marine Corps

A U.S. troops rappel from a helicopter during exercise Bright Star '82. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '82 Country: Egypt (EGY)

Alcalá de Henares. 12/01/1957. Army paratroopers. Jumping.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christian Dye, left, a tactical air control party specialist assigned to Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, ascends a cliff during mountaineering training at Sunshine Ridge, Alaska, Aug. 25, 2022. The 3rd ASOS special warfare Airmen utilize Alaskas varied and austere training locations to prepare for conditions they may face on deployment.

A Soldier assisgned to the 28th Combat Support Hospital at Fort Bragg, N.C., leaps from the ramp of a C-130 aircraft during an airborne operation on Sicily Drop Zone, D-Day 2009. Approximately 60 Soldiers participated in the jump .

220511-A-YK067-1141 ARABIAN GULF (May 11, 2022) Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class Hunter Hill, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26, lowers from an MH-60 Knighthawk during an at-sea search and rescue training operation during Exercise Neon Defender 2022. Neon Defender is an annual bilateral training event between U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and Bahrain. The exercise focuses on maritime security operations, installation defense and medical response.

Soldier during assault rappelling exercises with weapons.

DN-ST-89-02164. Base: Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)

A U.S. Air Force operator with the 492nd Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Florida, conducts a static-line jump mission from an MC-130J Commando II assigned to the 27th Special Operations Wing, Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, during Emerald Warrior 22.1 over Eglin Range, Florida, May 4, 2022. Emerald Warrior is the largest joint special operations exercise involving U.S. Special Operations Command forces training to respond to various threats across the spectrum of conflict.

Two members of the U.S. Army parachute team, Golden Knights, jump from a C-141 during an Open House demonstration. Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040624-F-7146S-017. Base: Alpena Crtc State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jeremy Garrett lowers a rescue basket down into the waiting hands of a pararescuemen below during the Keen Sword exercise Dec. 6, 2010, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Keen Sword 2011 will include an estimated 10,500 U.S. participants from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. Airman Garrett is a flight engineer with the 33rd Rescue Squadron at Kadena.

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Mark Bics performs antenna maintenance. He is a METNAV (Meteorlogical Navigational) maintainer at the 496th Air Base Squadron, Moron Air Base, Spain. The 496th ABS supports the movement of aircraft to Southeast Asia. Base: Moron Air Base State: Sevilla Country: Spain (ESP)

U.S. Army Pacific Best Warrior competitors conducted Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction Systems training June 7 during the 2022 USARPAC Best Warrior Competition at the 25th Infantry Division's Lightning Academy, Schofield Barracks East Range, Hawaii. The USARPAC BWC 2022 is an annual week-long competition consisting of competitors from multiple USARPAC units across the Indo-Pacific. The noncommissioned officers and junior enlisted Soldiers are evaluated in several categories such as general military knowledge, basic Soldier skills, and physical fitness.

Infantrymen rappel down a cliff during a training exercise. Country: Unknown

Parachutists of the U.S. Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights, prepare to throw out yellow tape to better analyze the direction of the wind before a jump into the San Antonio Country Club, Apr. 3, 2022. The Golden Knights are one of three of the Department of Defenses aerial demonstration teams, alongside the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.

050531-N-8921O-002. Base: Whidbey Island State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) - Marine Safety Office St. Louis - 26-HK-123-89. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Marine Corps mountain warfare instructors with Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center (MCMWTC), Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command, observe Marines with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, as they rappel down a sheer cliff face during Mountain Exercise (MTX) 1-23 at MCMWTC, Bridgeport, California, Sept. 18, 2022. MTX is a month-long exercise designed to prepare units to survive and operate effectively in austere, mountainous terrain.

Spec ops police officer SWAT during assault operation. Police assault operation

A Marine automatic rifleman from India Company, Third Battalion, Eighth Marines lies prone and ready to fire an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. His weapon is equipped with a blank firing apparatus and bipod. The Marine is covered between large snow covered rocks while on an ambush patrol. His is aimed at the kill zone during cold weather training at Silver Creek. Base: Bridgeport State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Special forces operator during assault rappelling with weapons.

120117-N-GC412-271ARABIAN SEA (Jan. 17, 2012) An Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician is hoisted to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Eightballers of Helicopter Strike Squadron (HSC) 8 attached to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.

040330-F-7823A-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

970505-M-0826D-005. Complete Scene Caption: Corporal Duda and Lance Corporal Taylor, with 6th Platoon, Alpha Company, 2d Recon Battalion, rappel from a UH-1 "Huey" at the Sandhill Training Area, during COMBINED ARMS Exercise (CAX) 6-97. CAX 5/6-97 is a MAGTF (Marine Air Ground Task Force) exercise being conducted at MCAGCC (Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center), 29 Palms, California. The command element for this exercise is MAGTF-6, which is built around the 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Many commands from the II MEF (Marine Expeditionary Force) have sent units to this desert warfare exercise, to fill key billets in the Ground Combat Element (GCE), Air Combat Element (ACE) and the Combat Service Support Element (CSSE). Subject Operation/Series: CAX 6-97 Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Navy Boatswain's Mate 1ST Class (BM1) Thomas L. Spoerer rappels upside down or "Australian style" on the wall of a building at the Administrative Support Unit, Bahrain, during a training exercise. Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, 11 May 1998. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Country: Bahrain (BHR)

A U.S. Soldier belays a cable as Soldiers rappel from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa, on Sept. 14, 2022. Nearly 30 Soldiers and Airmen participated in a Rappel Master course hosted by a mobile training team from the Army National Guard Warrior Training Center based out of Fort Benning, Georgia.

050831-N-8154G-045. Country: United States Of America (USA)

NOME, Alaska, (Sept. 12, 2022) -- A flight paramedic assigned to the Alaska Army National Guard prepares to pull a simulated patient into a HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter during the final stage of a Casualty Evacuation/Personnel Recovery (CASEVAC/PR) rehearsal during Operation Noble Defender. Operation Noble Defender allows Special Operations Command North and the Guard to work together in rapid deployment and emergency response procedures.

NOME, Alaska, (Sept. 12, 2022) -- A flight paramedic assigned to the Alaska Army National Guard prepares to pull a simulated patient into a HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter during the final stage of a Casualty Evacuation/Personnel Recovery (CASEVAC/PR) rehearsal during Operation Noble Defender. Operation Noble Defender allows Special Operations Command North and the Guard to work together in rapid deployment and emergency response procedures.

A Dutch Marine with Marine Squadron Carib, Netherlands Marine Corps, navigates an obstacle course during Exercise Caribbean Coastal Warrior in Savaneta, Aruba, June 16, 2022. This bilateral training exercise allows 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, to expand its knowledge and proficiency when operating in littoral and coastal regions. Caribbean Coastal Warrior continues to increase global interoperability between the U.S. Marines and the Dutch Marines as well as Caribbean Urban Warrior, an annual training evolution conducted on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) - Marine Safety Office St. Louis - 26-HK-120-30. Hurricane Katrina

Silhouette of five army soldiers hanging on a rope over an aircraft carrier

Army soldiers undergo training on the obstacle course. Country: Unknown

A new U.S. Marine with Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battallion, fast ropes down the the rappel tower at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, April 7, 2023. Rappel training was conducted to build confidence in Marines and prepare them for any circumstance they may encounter.

A member of the U.S. Army Parachute Team conducts a demonstration at the 2022 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show at MCAS Miramar, California, Sept. 25, 2022. Nicknamed the Golden Knights in 1962, Golden signifies the gold medals the team won in international competitions, and Knights alludes to the teams ambition to conquer the skies. The Golden Knights perform in more than 100 events per year. The theme for the 2022 MCAS Miramar Air Show, Marines Fight, Evolve and Win, reflects the Marine Corps ongoing modernization efforts to prepare for future conflicts.

U.S. Navy sailors with the U.S. Navy Parachute Team, nicknamed the Leap Frogs, conduct an aerial demonstration from a U.S. Army C-147A at the 2022 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show at MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California, Sept. 24, 2022. The Leap Frogs Navy Parachute Team is made up of active-duty Navy SEALs, Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen and support personnel. The theme for the 2022 MCAS Miramar Air Show, Marines Fight, Evolve and Win, reflects the Marine Corps ongoing modernization efforts to prepare for future conflicts.

Two members of the United States Military Academy "Black Knights" parachute team, leap from a Chinook Ch-47 belonging to the New York Army National Guard, 12,500 feet above Geneseo, N.Y.,July 30. The pilots and crews from Detachment 1, B Company 3rd Battalion 126th Aviation, provided skydiving platforms for the West Point parachute teams annual training sessions. The West Point Parachute Team is made up of cadet members. The Cadets join the team during their plebe year and train with coaches from the Military Academies Department of Military Instruction. The team competes at national and college events, provides demonstrations, and jumps the game ball into Mitchie Stadium for Army football home games.

Soldiers climb over a rope bridge during a basic training session on the confidence course. Base: Fort Jackson State: South Carolina(SC) Country: United States Of America(USA)

Roger Wilson, a Priority 1 Air Rescue, rescue specialist is hoisted down to a water vessel from a H-60M Black Hawk helicopter during FBI Hostage Rescue Team search and rescue training in the Charleston Harbor on Aug. 2, 2022, in Charleston, South Carolina. The HRT training was supported by local Law and maritime agencies while Priority 1 Air Rescue was involved in training the FBI personnel to familiarize them with rescue operations onboard the H-60M Black Hawk helicopter.

An educator from the 9th Marine Corps District, descends the rappel tower during an Educators Workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, May 17, 2022. The Educators' Workshop program provides selected educators, coaches, directors and influential community members with an experiential opportunity to see how the Marine Corps transforms young men and women into Marines. The program is designed to demystify recruit and officer candidate training, foster stronger relationships among recruiting personnel and the communities they serve, and increase advocacy among influencers who help shape decisions of young men and women.

US Marine crosses a river suspended by a rope, Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, USA

A Combat Rescue Officer and Pararescue Airmen fast-rope from an HH-60 Pave Hawk assigned to the 1st Expeditionary Rescue Group during a combat search and rescue exercise in Northern Israel, Jan. 24, 2023. Juniper Oak is a large-scale bilateral multi-domain exercise aimed to enhance interoperability between U.S. and Israeli armed forces contributing to integrated regional security.

040308-A-6634T-001. Base: Fort Gordon State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: SOUTHEAST

Search and Rescue Operations - Helicopter - 26-HK-261-53. Hurricane Katrina

Soldiers from the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina rappel down a building at Kasarna Manjaca, Dobrnja, Bosnia and Herzegovina on July 18, 2022. Guard members assigned to the State Medical Detachment and 1-169th Aviation Regiment, Maryland Army National Guard, trained alongside active duty Soldiers from the 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, and the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina soldiers in tactics, aviation, medical, and non-commissioned officer development. The Maryland National Guard will celebrate 20 years of partnership State with the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina through the National Guard Bureaus State Partnership Program next year.

Coast Guard Personnel - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-90-128. Coast Guard air crew in grassy area near helo3. Hurricane Katrina

Members of the U.S. Navy Parachute Team, nicknamed the Leap Frogs, conduct an aerial demonstration from a U.S. Army C-147A at the 2022 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show at MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California, Sept. 25, 2022. The Leap Frogs Navy Parachute Team is made up of active-duty Navy SEALs, Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen and support personnel. The theme for the 2022 MCAS Miramar Air Show, Marines Fight, Evolve and Win, reflects the Marine Corps ongoing modernization efforts to prepare for future conflicts.

A U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter with the 1-150th Assault Helicopter Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard, demonstrates a Special Patrol Insertion and Exfiltration System with New Jersey Air National Guard Airmen with the 227th Air Support Operations Squadron during the 2022 Atlantic City Airshow at Atlantic City, New Jersey, Aug. 24, 2022.

Thai emergency responders lower a simulated victim in a rescue demonstration during the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief event for joint exercise Cobra Gold 2024 at the Disaster Relief Training Center, Chachoengsao Province, Thailand, Feb. 28, 2024. This year marks the 43rd iteration of Cobra Gold, the largest multilateral exercise in mainland Asia to strengthen the alliance and strategic relationship between Thailand and the United States. Army National Guard

The Idaho National Guards 101st Civil Support Team partnered with the Boise Fire Department Technical Rescue Team to participate in a ropes rescue course taught by Boise firefighters. The course, which served as an annual recertification for the CST Guardsmen, entailed two weeklong sessions for the 22-member team. The first week, Oct. 10th through the 14th, 2022, started with the classroom portion of learning about ropes rescue as a prerequisite for the hands-on portion of the training. Using what they learned about the ropes, the CST Guardsmen rappelled from tops of buildings at the Boise Fire Departments Fire Training Center. Once the Guardsmen were proficient at ropes rappelling, they practiced ropes rescues using wire rescue baskets at cliffs near the Table Rock trails in the Boise foothills to simulate a large-scale rescue of multiple people. The second weeklong training, Oct. 24th through 28th, 2022, focused on confined space rescues at Boises Lucky Peak Power Plant. The training

SANTA RITA, Guam (Jan. 12, 2023) - Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 rappel and fast rope from the EODMU-5 command tower during a training exercise as part of an EODMU platoon certification onboard Naval Base Guam. EODMU-5 is assigned to Commander, Task Force 75, which executes command and control of assigned Navy Expeditionary Combat Forces in the 7th Fleet area of operations. They plan and execute Naval Construction, Expeditionary Logistics, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Maritime Expeditionary Security, and Exploitation Forces assigned to Commander, 7th Fleet for crisis response, humanitarian assistance, and major combat operations.

Air Force Reserve flight surgeons practice jumping from a 34-foot tower with full field gear during pararescue training. Base: Fort Benning State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Marine with 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group rappels down a cliff at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, May 25, 2022. Marines with 7th Comm. Bn. took part in a Basic Jungle Survival Skills course May 22-27 to prepare for jungle operations. III MIG functions as the vanguard of III MEF, operating in the Indo-Pacific regions information environment, and supports Marine Air Ground Task Force with communications, intelligence and supporting arms liaison capabilities.

Recruits undergo basic training aboard the training destroyer escort USS RECRUIT (TDE 1) at the Naval Training Center. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SSGT James Rutske, Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialist, is lowered to the A-10 crash site area from a CH-47 from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard. Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Soldier rappels from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa, on Sept. 14, 2022. Nearly 30 Soldiers and Airmen participated in a Rappel Master course hosted by a mobile training team from the Army National Guard Warrior Training Center based out of Fort Benning, Georgia.

221103-N-FD648-1008 SOUDA BAY, Greece (Nov. 3, 2022) Hull Maintenance Technician 2nd Class Armani Aguero, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99), welds a metal patch to a beam, Nov. 3, 2022. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe are of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied, and partner interests.

Sikorsky Military Helicopters Aviat HH-60J Jayhawk USCG U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer hoist operator flight mechanic

960603-F-0007M-001. Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Reconaissance Marines with Maritime Raid Force (MRF), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), rappel down a tower during Helicopter Rope Suspension Technique (HRST) training on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, April 11, 2022. Reconnaissance Marines practice a multitude of infiltration techniques to access any area of operation around the globe. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps only continously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

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