CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait -- Dangling from a single rope attached to a helicopter flying more than 250-feet above ground isn’t how most people get around. But Reconnaissance Marines aren’t average, in fact for them, it’s just another day at the office.
The Reconnaissance and Sniper Platoons of Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit got to practice their aerial acrobatics
Jan.13 at Camp Buehring in Kuwait during a special purpose insertion/extraction (SPIE) refresher.
“SPIE rigging is an easy way to get in and out of a location if there is no way to land a helicopter or if there is an obstacle too high,” said Sgt. Shawn Reynolds, a helicopter rope suspension training, or HRST, master and Reconnaissance Marine with Recon Platoon.
Marines and sailors of the 11th MEU are conducting sustainment training in Kuwait as part of their current deployment to the Arabian Gulf.
For more information on the 11th MEU, visit our website atwww.11meu.usmc.mil.