HRST Master Training at Lejeune

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.-Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy More, a hospital corpsman with Special Operations Training Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force watches a Marine prepare to rappel out of an MV-22 Osprey, above Landing Zone Vulture on Stone Bay Aug. 2. The majority of students in the course were from units scheduled to attach and deploy with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in September., Sgt. Richard Blumenstein, 8/2/2011 10:35 AM

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.-Sgt. Christopher Ahaus, a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, checks a Marine’s knots while acting as a Helicopter Rope Suspension Training Master aboard an MV-22 Osprey at Landing Zone Vulture on Stone Bay, Aug. 2. In the training each Marine performed the role of HRST Master to insure Marines performed operations safely. The majority of students in the course were from units scheduled to attach and deploy with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in September., Sgt. Richard Blumenstein, 8/2/2011 11:53 AM

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.-A Marine rappels out of a UH-1N Huey during the Helicopter Rope Suspension Training Masters Course at Landing Zone Vulture on Stone Bay, Aug. 2. The majority of students in the course were from units scheduled to attach and deploy with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in September., Sgt. Richard Blumenstein, 8/2/2011 2:05 PM

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.-Staff Sgt. Philip Burns, a native of Goshen Ohio and infantry unit leader with Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team (FAST), Company Europe, fast ropes off a UH-1N Huey during the Helicopter Rope Suspension Technique Masters Course at Landing Zone Vulture on Stone Bay, Aug. 3. Fast roping is the fastest HRST method Marines use to insert into areas from helicopters., Lance Cpl. Michael Petersheim, 8/3/2011 7:11 PM