A Marine with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, ties a round-turn on a bowline anchor in a time limit of 30 seconds, while blindfolded during Assault Climbers Course 3-16, aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., August 30, 2016. This knot is used to anchor a rappel line around a tree and is one of 16 knots tested during ACC. ACC trains ground combat arms servicemembers in mountain warfare tactics, techniques and procedures to serve effectively as force multipliers to their units during combat operations in complex, compartmentalized, mountainous terrain. (Of
A Marine with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, ties a round-turn on a bowline anchor in a time limit of 30 seconds, while blindfolded during Assault Climbers Course 3-16, aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., August 30, 2016. This knot is used to anchor a rappel line around a tree and is one of 16 knots tested during ACC. ACC trains ground combat arms servicemembers in mountain warfare tactics, techniques and procedures to serve effectively as force multipliers to their units during combat operations in complex, compartmentalized, mountainous terrain. (Official USMC photo by Lauren Kurkimilis/released)
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