A member of the Costa Rican Police Forces fast ropes out of a Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter assigned to the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, Joint Task Force-Bravo, Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, during Fast-Rope Insertion and Extraction System (FRIES) training in Liberia, Costa Rica, June 15, 2021. The system is employed during situations where terrain restricts an aircraft from landing and service members need to get to the destination quickly.

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Keywords: .., 1-228th, army, costa, force, fries, jtf-bravo, police, rica, rican