The following impressive images show, the U.S. Marines from the Maritime Raid Force, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fast-roping from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, belonging from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron VMM-261 (Reinforced).
They were taken on May 14, in Jordan, during Exercise Eager Lion 12 a major strategic theater cooperation exercise, including 19 countries and more than 12,000 participants, focusing on irregular warfare, special operations, counterinsurgency and crisis response.
Fast-Rope Insertion Estraction System is a technique used for descending from a helicopter in places where the chopper can’t land or where it doesn’t need to for deploying troops quickly.
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This technique was developed by the British during the Falklands War.
Photo by Cpl. Michael Petersheim, 24th MEU
