Marines conduct helicopter rope suspension training

U.S. Marines with Basic Reconnaissance Course 2-20, Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry – West, conduct helicopter rope suspension training at the 13 Area rappel tower, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, January 22, 2020. HRST includes classes and practical application of fast roping, rappelling, belaying and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction rigging […]

Exercise Wild Crocodile II

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 20.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, participate in Exercise Wild Crocodile II at Campo de Tiro de Alcochete, Portugal, January 13, 2020. The bilateral training enhanced interoperability between the U.S. and Portuguese military forces. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is deployed to conduct crisis-response and theater-security operations in Africa […]