A Marine with Battalion Landing Team 1/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)), fast-ropes aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), Atlantic Ocean, July 17, 2023. Fast-roping is a tactical maneuver used to quickly insert troops into austere terrain in which a helicopter may not be able to land. The 26th MEU(SOC), embarked with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, is on a scheduled deployment and remains ready as the Nation’s Immediate Response Force. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kyle Jia)

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