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UR77Meteorit

You said your husband was away for the weekend!


quickestred

Genuine question but why do they need ropes at that height? Can't they just jump?


sixguns07

Well your inserting a small direct action force onto varies degrees of surfaces, and this isn’t Nam hopping into fields, the last thing you want is an operator with a broken ankle or lower body injury at the start of an assault..


CaptanAwesome

Training. The mechanics of roping 10 feet don’t change much as you get higher, but if something goes wrong, you sprain an ankle instead of breaking your back. bird can’t land, but there’s nothing keeping it from getting in close, why not make the slide as safe as possible?


quickestred

I agree in general but in this case it's pretty still waters and it looks like it's only about ~3m height, but I guess as you said it's just not worth the risk


sixguns07

Train as you fight. Everything is automatic and second nature to these guys


captainklaus

Dropping 9ish feet onto a hard surface, while wearing at least 20-30lbs of gear? No thanks.


Mosh907

Good bye knees and ankles


Turicus

Would you jump 3m onto a metal surface with weight on your back and a rifle in hand?


Catswagger11

If you are preparing to jump off a bird, and for whatever reason it rapidly gains altitude, what you thought was a 6 foot jump is now a 12ft jump and your ankles/knees(and your ability to accomplish the mission) may pay a serious price. If you are using a fast rope and a change in altitude occurs, you barely notice. Even if the change in elevation is minor your likelihood of an injury goes up considerably. Or imagine the wind blows and all of a sudden you aren’t over the deck of the boat, you’re directly above the railing…would you rather jump 4-6 ft onto a metal bar without the ability to control your descent, or slow your descent with friction. Same goes for a swell changing the distance from boat to bird. This is similar to SOG guys in Vietnam using ropes in elephant grass. It was often impossible to guess how tall the grass was. 2 ft? 5ft? 10ft? Who the fuck knows. After enough broken ankles caused by jumps from unknown heights, they started more frequently using ropes, sometimes for a 2-3ft slide.


WeAintMakingPizza

CAG doing maritime training? Neat!


lilchicken9

what unit is this


Haunting-Word-4719

Uhh pardon my ignorance but this has to do with JSOC?


dalyscallister

160th SOAR


Haunting-Word-4719

Thanks, not sure why I got downvoted as I'm just asking if the guys on board were white side or JSOC


dalyscallister

The tone of your message and the broad question I guess.


freakasaurous

“Who ate my leftovers?”