Staff Sgt. Carlos Mercado (center, left), a Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team paratrooper, talks strategy with his partner Staff Sgt. Christopher Hart (center, right), a Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team paratrooper, as they begin the Fast-Rope Insertion and Extraction System portion of the 2018 Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning, Georgia on Apr. 13. The FRIES portion had teams fast-rope from a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter and complete a series of tasks.

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