Then step off. It might appear easy in the field manual, but tough in practice when you consider you're now standing 60 feet above ground wearing a seat harness and holding a rope. It's time to ...

You'll also need a safety belt, a high-end harness and tether, and descent-control L4 Nylon Type 4 rope. Because helicopter rappelling is conducted in a noisy environment, you have to know the ...

practiced their rappelling skills off the back edge of the flight deck of USS Peleliu, March 5. The main training objective was keeping the 14 BLT Helicopter Rope Suspension Technique masters ...

The instructors teach air assault, rappel master and Fast Rope Insertion/Extraction System ... Jason Jones from the 503rd Military Police Battalion, 65th MP Company. “I am here to provide ...

Climbing ropes is a difficult challenge that has haunted young athletes, from middle-school PE class to military recruits, for generations. You need to develop two things to master climbing rope ...

JROTC cadets from Permian High School and Odessa High School spent part of their Friday on the wall of the Odessa College Fire/EMS Technology Training Rappel Tower as they trained in basic ...