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The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: K. Hart Release Status More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: K. Hart Release Status More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: STRONG RESOLVE '98 Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Todd P. Cichonowicz, USN Release Status: Released More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '98 Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ph1(Nac) Spi More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BELLEAU WOOD Base: Uss Dubuque (LPD 8) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Chris Tourge, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public Combi More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lake George State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ken Wright Release Status: Released to Publ More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Uss Boxer (LHD 4) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Branden P. O'Brien, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog More

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The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Uss Boxer (LHD 4) Scene Major Command Shown: 13th MEU (SOC) COMBAT CAMERA Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Branden P. O'Brien, Usmc Release Status: Re More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Taegu Air Base Country: Korea Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Victor Owens, USAF Release Status: Released More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Taegu Air Base Country: Korea Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Victor Owens, USAF Release Status: Released More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Taegu Air Base Country: Korea Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Victor Owens, USAF Release Status: Released More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Jan. 30)--A tactical law enforcement team member practices vertical insertion techniques at Air Station San Diego's helicopter launch pad on January 23. USCG photo by PA2 CC Clayton

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Jan. 30)--A tactical law enforcement team member waits his turn to practice vertical insertion techniques at Air Station San Diego's helicopter launch pad on January 30. USCG photo by PA2 CC Clayton

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Jan. 30)--Coast Guard Cutter Tybee participates in vertical insertion training with HH-60J helicopter pilots and tactical law enforcement team members on January 30 in San Diego harbor. USCG More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Jan. 30)--Coast Guard Cutter Tybee participates in vertical insertion training with HH-60J helicopter pilots and tactical law enforcement team members on January 30 in San Diego harbor. USCG More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Jan. 30)--Coast Guard Cutter Tybee participates in vertical insertion training with HH-60J helicopter pilots and tactical law enforcement team members on January 30 in San Diego harbor. USCG More

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Jan. 30)--A tactical law enforcement team member practices vertical insertion techniques at Air Station San Diego's helicopter launch pad on January 23. USCG photo by PA2 CC Clayton

SANDWICH, Mass. (Oct. 30, 2005)--A student of the Atlantic Area Vertical Insertion Program descends down a fast rope during the week-long VI course held here. The course is designed to teach members to effecti More

SANDWICH, Mass. (Oct. 30, 2005)--A student of the Atlantic Area Vertical Insertion Program descends down a fast rope during the week-long VI course held here. The course is designed to teach members to effectiv More

SANDWICH, Mass. (Oct. 30, 2005)--A student of the Atlantic Area Vertical Insertion Program descends down a fast rope during the week-long VI course held here. The course is designed to members to effectively de More

SANDWICH, Mass. (Oct. 30, 2005)--A student of the Atlantic Area Vertical Insertion Program descends down a fast rope during the week-long VI course held here. The course is designed to teach members to effecti More

Marines serving with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, board a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter during a fast rope training exercise here, Oct. 9, 2013. Fast roping allows Marines to quickly enter an More

U.S. Marines with 5th ANGLICO conduct fast rope training from a CH-53, belonging to Marine Tilt Rotor Squadron 252, at the parade field, here, Aug 20, 2014. 5th ANGLICO practices fast roping for real world oper More

Joint Terminal Attack Control members secure a fast rope on to the HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during training in Grand Bara, Djibouti, Oct. 15, 2014. JTAC members engage in close air support and direct the traf More

U.S. service members along with Canadian armed forces make an approach to a building during close quarters battle training during Fleet Combat Camera Pacific’s Summer Quick Shot 2015 combined joint field traini More

160106-N-ZB122-001 NAVAL BASE GUAM, Guam (Jan. 6, 2016) – U.S. Naval Aircrewman Helicopter 2nd Class Jeremy Phillips, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25, conducts final search procedures during More

A partner nation servicemember fast ropes from a tower at the JDF Up Park Camp in Kingston, Jamaica during Exercise Tradewinds-2016, Thursday, June 23. Fast roping is a method used by troops to descend from str More

USS MAKIN ISLAND, Gulf of Aden (January 7, 2017) U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Andrew Owens, a platoon commander with Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 4th Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, signals the helicop More

Sgt. Matthew Haines, a squad leader with India Co, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, gives a safety brief to Marines before conducting a fast-roping exercise aboard USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) on Jan. 25, 2017 as part of More

U.S. Marines rappel from a CH-53E Super Stallion during a fast rope masters course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 27, 2018. The course provides the Marines with the necessary skills to execu More

U.S. Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LAR), 1st Marine Division, and 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO), 1st Marine Division, conduct a safely brief before a fastrope exerci More

U.S. Marines with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), stand by to conduct fast rope elevator drills at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 7, 20 More

Cpl. Robert J. Forrest, 23, and Houston native watches Marines with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, descend 35 feet down a thick, plaited rope rigged to a helicopter parked on the amphibious assault ship More

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 6, secures a rappel line from an MH-60S Knight Hawk assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26, during a training More

Corporal Joseph E. Lechnar, squad leader, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, steadies a rope as his Marine fast ropes out of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter during a training exercise here, Oct. 9, More

Joint Terminal Attack Control members secure a fast rope on to the HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during training in Grand Bara, Djibouti, Oct. 15, 2014. JTAC members engage in close air support and direct the traf More

160106-N-ZB122-002 NAVAL BASE GUAM, Guam (Jan. 6, 2016) – A U.S. Marine with 1st Raider Battalion, Marine Special Operations Team (MSOT), climbs a ladder into an MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter assigned to Helicop More

USS MAKIN ISLAND, Gulf of Aden (January 7, 2017) U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 4th Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, slide down a fast rope during helicopter rope suspension technique More

Sgt. Matthew Haines, a squad leader with India Co, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, gives a safety brief to Marines before conducting a fast-roping exercise aboard USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) on Jan. 25, 2017 as part of More

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Matthew Kraft, a rifle platoon commander with Charley Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, prepares to rappel from a CH-53E Super Stallion during a fast ro More

A U.S. Marine UH-1Y Venom crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Air Wing, walks back to his helicopter during a fastrope exercise at Marine Corps Base More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Colton Forristal, a squad leader with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and a native of Kansas City, Missouri, dons his gea More

A Marine with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, descends 35 feet down a thick, plaited rope rigged to a helicopter parked on the amphibious assault ship Makin Island. The battalion is the 11th Marine Exped More

A Marine serving with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, fast ropes from a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter during a training exercise here, Oct. 9, 2013. Fast roping allows Marines to quickly enter a More

A Joint Terminal Attack Control member repels down a fast rope attached to the HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during training in Grand Bara, Djibouti, Oct. 15, 2014. JTAC members engage in close air support and dir More

160106-N-ZB122-004 NAVAL BASE GUAM, Guam (Jan. 6, 2016) – U.S. Naval Aircrewman Helicopter 2nd Class Jeremy Phillips, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25, walks to an MH-60S Knighthawk helicopte More

USS MAKIN ISLAND, Gulf of Aden (January 7, 2017) A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 4th Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, slides down a fast rope during helicopter rope suspension techni More

Marines of India Co, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines don the gear needed to conduct a fast-roping exercise aboard USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) simulating descending from a helicopter to a landing zone on Jan. 25, 2017, a More

U.S. Marines prepare to rappel from a CH-53E Super Stallion during a fast rope master course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 27, 2018. The course teaches the Marines how to properly fast rope More

A repel rope is thrown from an UH-1Y Venom helicopter during a fastrope exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 22, 2018. The training was conducted by 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battal More

U.S. Marines with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), run to board an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squ More

A Marine with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, descends 35 feet down a thick, plaited rope rigged to a helicopter parked on the amphibious assault ship Makin Island. The battalion is the 11th Marine Exped More

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 6, secures a rappel line from an MH-60S Knight Hawk assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26, during a trainin More

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fastrope from a Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166 Reinforced (VMM- 166 (REIN)) CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter aboard the USS Bo More

Two CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters lift off carrying Marines from Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, during fast rope training here, Oct. 9, 2013. The helicopters lowered ropes that Marines used to More

A Joint Terminal Attack Control member repels down a fast rope attached to the HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during training in Grand Bara, Djibouti, Oct. 15, 2014. JTAC members engage in close air support and dir More

160106-N-ZB122-005 NAVAL BASE GUAM, Guam (Jan. 6, 2016) –U.S. Marines with 1st Raider Battalion, Marine Special Operations Team (MSOT), practice movement and insertion by an MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter assigne More

USS MAKIN ISLAND, Gulf of Aden (January 7, 2017) A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 4th Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to slide down a rope during helicopter rope suspension t More

Lance Cpl. Travis Howarth, a rifleman with India Co, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, dons a pair of leather gloves to conduct a fast-roping exercise aboard USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) simulating descending from a helic More

A U.S. Marine rappels from a CH-53E Super Stallion during a fast rope masters course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 27, 2018. The course teaches Marines how to properly conduct fast rope ope More

U.S. Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LAR), 1st Marine Division and 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO), 1st Marine Division, board a UH-1Y Venom helicopter during a fastrope More

U.S. Marines with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fast rope out of an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor More

A Marine with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, descends 35 feet down a thick, plaited rope rigged to a helicopter parked on the amphibious assault ship Makin Island. The battalion is the 11th Marine Exped More

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 6, secure a rappel line from an MH-60S Knight Hawk assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26, during a training ex More

A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fastropes from a Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166 Reinforced (VMM- 166 (REIN)) CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter aboard the USS More

Marines with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, fast rope from a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter and secure an objective area during a training exercise here, Oct. 9, 2013. When fast roping, Marines More

Joint Terminal Attack Control members wait for the signal to approach the HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during training in Grand Bara, Djibouti, Oct. 15, 2014. JTAC members work closely with other service members More

160106-N-ZB122-006 NAVAL BASE GUAM, Guam (Jan. 6, 2016) – A U.S. Marine with 1st Raider Battalion, Marine Special Operations Team (MSOT), climbs a ladder into an MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter assigned to Helicop More

Cpl. Dominic Kessinger, a fire team leader with India Co, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines grips a 90-foot rope as a Marine prepares to descend from the top of an elevator dock aboard USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) during a More

U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, prepare to land a CH-53E Super Stallion during a fast rope masters course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pe More

A U.S. Marine repels from a UH-1Y Venom helicopter during a fastrope exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 22, 2018. The training was conducted by 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion More

U.S. Army Rangers from 75th Ranger Regiment and 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) conduct training operations in support of the Army Marketing Research Group's "Warriors Wanted" campaign at More

U.S. Marines with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), stand by to board an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft assigned to Marine Medium Tiltroto More

A Marine with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, descends 35 feet down a thick, plaited rope rigged to a helicopter parked on the amphibious assault ship Makin Island. The battalion is the 11th Marine Exped More

Members of the 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry from Shilo, Manitoba, and 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment from Hawaii, practice the Fast Rope Insertion Extraction System with a CH-53 More

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 6, belays a line while the another rappels from an MH-60S Knight Hawk assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26, More

Lance Cpl. Zachary A. Barren, rifleman, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, gives a warning to other Marines as their helicopter approaches an objective area during fast rope training here, Oct. 9, 2013.

Joint Terminal Attack Control members load fast rope on to the HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during training in Grand Bara, Djibouti, Oct. 15, 2014. JTAC members work closely with other service members to communic More

160106-N-ZB122-007 NAVAL BASE GUAM, Guam (Jan. 6, 2016) – U.S. Naval Aircrewman Helicopter 3rd Class Ryan Siner, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25, secures a pin after a fast roping exercise f More

Cpl. Caleb Potter of India Co, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines grips a 90-foot rope as Marines descend from the top of an elevator dock aboard USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) during a fast-roping exercise on Jan. 25, 2017, More

U.S. Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, and 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, 1st Marine Division, climb into a UH-1Y Venom helicopter during a fastrope exercise More

U.S. Army Rangers from 75th Ranger Regiment fast-rope onto buildings in support of the Army Marketing Research Group's "Warriors Wanted" campaign at Fort Campbell, Ky, on July 22, 2018. Image Used in the Specia More

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), hovers in support of fast rope elevator drills at Camp H More

A Marine with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, descends 35 feet down a thick, plaited rope rigged to a helicopter parked on the amphibious assault ship Makin Island. The battalion is the 11th Marine Exped More

Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 6, secure a rappel line from an MH-60S Knight Hawk assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26, during a training ex More

: Two HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters fly in formation doing maneuvers during training in Grand Bara, Djibouti, Oct. 15, 2014. JTAC members work closely with ground commanders to communicate the best use of air pow More

Marines of India Co, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment descend from the top of an elevator dock aboard USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) during a fast-roping exercise on Jan. 25, 2017, simulating descending from a helic More

U.S. Army Rangers from 75th Ranger Regiment simulate clearing a village alley in support of the Army Marketing Research Group's "Warriors Wanted" campaign at Fort Campbell, Ky, on July 22, 2018. Image Used in t More

U.S. Marines with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fast rope out of an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor More

Joint Terminal Attack Control member repel down a fast rope attached to the HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during training in Grand Bara, Djibouti, Oct. 15, 2014. JTAC members work closely with ground commanders to More

Cpl. Dominic Kessinger, a fire team leader with India Co, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines grips a 90-foot rope as a Marine descends from the top of an elevator dock aboard USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) during a fast-ropin More

U.S. Army Rangers from 75th Ranger Regiment simulate clearing a village alley in support of the Army Marketing Research Group's "Warriors Wanted" campaign at Fort Campbell, Ky, on July 22, 2018. Image used in t More

: Joint Terminal Attack Control member repel down a fast rope attached to the HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during training in Grand Bara, Djibouti, Oct. 15, 2014. JTAC members work closely with ground commanders More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Louissaint and Cpl. Caleb Potter of India Co, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment observe as Marines descend from the top of an elevator dock aboard USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) durin More

Joint Terminal Attack Control member repel down a fast rope attached to the HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during training in Grand Bara, Djibouti, Oct. 15, 2014. JTAC members engage in close air support and direct More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Louissaint and Cpl. Caleb Potter of India Co, 3rd Battalion, 6th observe as Marines descend from the top of an elevator dock aboard USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) during a fast-roping More

A Joint Terminal Attack Control member repels down a fast rope attached to the HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during training in Grand Bara, Djibouti, Oct. 15, 2014. JTAC members engage in close air support and dir More

Cpl. Caleb Potter of India Co, 3rd Battalion, 6th observes as Marines descend from the top of an elevator dock aboard USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) during a fast-roping exercise on Jan. 25, 2017, simulating descendin More

Joint Terminal Attack Control members clear the area of the HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during training in Grand Bara, Djibouti, Oct. 15, 2014. JTAC members engage in close air support and direct the traffic of More