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    Fast-roping is a technique for descending a thick rope, allowing troops to deploy from a helicopter in places where the aircraft cannot touch down. The...
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    around the target building to ensure that no enemy could get in or out. Fast-roping was deemed necessary for the raid as the Black Hawks had no suitable...
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    operating with the MRH-90. The special operations capable variant added a Fast Roping and Rappelling Extraction System (FRRES) and a gun mount for the cabin...
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  • ambushed by Shah and his group just hours after inserting into the area by fast-roping from an MH-47 Chinook helicopter. Three of the four SEALs were killed...
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    Helicopter Rope Suspension Technique (HRST) is a military term for techniques and methods of rappelling, fast roping, Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction...
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    space taken by troop ingress and egress; there was also no provision for fast roping or paratrooper equipment. In response, the German Defense Ministry proclaimed...
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    Team roping also known as heading and heeling is a rodeo event that features a steer (typically a Corriente) and two mounted riders. The first roper is...
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    used to provide aerial reconnaissance or insertion via rappelling or fast-roping. The use of armored vehicles by SWAT teams is controversial, and it has...
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    first floor. The following day, the house was stormed by NSG commandos fast-roping from helicopters onto the roof, covered by snipers positioned in nearby...
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    extreme rotor downwash of the V-22 has caused incidents when rappelling or fast roping from the aircraft, including a soldier being blown 3 meters away from...
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    day a week is devoted to maintaining either perishable skills (such as fast roping, breaching, and photography) or specialized skills (such as mobile assaults...
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  • a civil parish in Cheshire Rope Kojonen (1874–1931), Finnish politician Rope climbing, a sport Fast-roping (or Fast Rope Insertion Extraction System)...
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    vessels, secure gas and oil platforms or secure land-based targets by fast-roping from helicopters or using other undisclosed methods to neutralize enemy...
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    crashed into the USNS Arctic during a joint training exercise involving fast roping about 20 miles off Fort Story, Virginia. The crash killed a soldier,...
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    Commander Peter G. Oswald was killed in El Salvador during a helicopter fast-roping accident during joint training exercises with the Salvadoran forces....
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    moved into an outward stowed position to provide clearance to enable fast roping and rappelling. The regiment was planned to transition to the MRH-90...
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  • in the Mogadishu firefight. A platoon of Rangers from B-3/75 did the fast-roping scenes and appeared as extras; John Collette, a Ranger Specialist during...
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    roof of the building. The crew members climb down a rope using a technique known as fast-roping. Worley, Will (4 June 2017). "London terror attack: SAS...
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    training, air-assault units usually receive training in rappelling, fast-roping techniques, and air transportation. Their equipment is sometimes designed...
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    develop a special operations capable MRH90. This required developing a Fast Roping and Rappelling Extraction System (FRRES) and a gun mount for the cabin...
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    Top rope climbing (or top roping) is a form of rock climbing where the climber is securely attached to a climbing rope that runs through a fixed anchor...
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    Education Codes (NEC). Special qualifications include parachuting and fast roping, among many others. NSWDG support personnel receive special duty pay...
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  • the verb "to fry": see frying Fast Rope Insertion Extraction System, or fast-roping, a technique for descending a thick rope Fries rearrangement, a chemical...
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    USNS Arctic (T-AOE-8) (category Supply-class fast combat support ships)
    Regiment crashed into the ship during a joint training exercise involving fast roping about 20 miles (32 km) off Fort Story, Virginia. The crash killed a soldier...
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  • helicopter is landing, or by rappelling from a hovering helicopter, or fast-roping straight onto rooftops. As landing zones may be hostile, Guardsmen train...
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    Courses include: Pathfinder Training Basic fast-roping/rappelling skills Fast-roping/rappelling dispatchers Fast-roping/rappelling instructors Static Line dispatchers...
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    Touchdown Helocast Small Boat (Hard Duck, Soft Duck, Rolled Duck) Rappel Fast Rope Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction (SPIE) Wet Dry Static Line Over-the-Horizon...
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    Retrieved 11 July 2024. Judson, Jen (9 October 2023). "US Army pursues faster, more survivable Stinger missile replacement". Defense News. Retrieved 11...
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    course Parachutist course including HALO/HAHO qualification Rappelling/fast-roping Mountain rescue SERE training Close quarter fighting Extraction via helicopter...
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    Ranger Assessment and Selection Program, 5 January 2010 Rangers practice fast roping techniques from an MH-47 during an exercise at Fort Liberty, 28 April...
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