A team of five Soldiers assigned to C Company, 2nd Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, hoist a fast rope on their shoulders before being “extracted” using the Special Purpose Insertion and Extraction System SPIES and Fast-Rope Insertion and Extraction System FRIES method. The fast-rope insertion and extraction system FRIES is employed by small units to make rapid infiltration and exfiltration using rotary-wing aircraft in confined areas. The UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter is flown by a crew with the North Dakota Army National Guard’s C Company, 2nd Battalion, 2
A team of five Soldiers assigned to C Company, 2nd Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, hoist a fast rope on their shoulders before being “extracted” using the Special Purpose Insertion and Extraction System SPIES and Fast-Rope Insertion and Extraction System FRIES method. The fast-rope insertion and extraction system FRIES is employed by small units to make rapid infiltration and exfiltration using rotary-wing aircraft in confined areas. The UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter is flown by a crew with the North Dakota Army National Guard’s C Company, 2nd Battalion, 285th Aviation Regiment. Capt. Kevin Sandell, 11th Public Affairs Detachment
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Keywords: army, conflict, military, soldier, war
