Dozens of young men and women new to the work of rappelling out of a hovering helicopter to fight backcountry forest fires were trained in Salmon last week by personnel from Salmon Helirappellers and ...

U.S. Marines with 12th Littoral Combat Team, 12th Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, rehearse rappelling techniques at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, ...

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Specialized teams from the Greeley fire and police departments combined their skills in a rappelling training exercise on Wednesday.Greeley fire’s technical rescue team and the police department’s ...

The Charles DeGlopper Air Assault School has a proven record for success in leadership, teamwork and attention to detail. When the school is not in a class cycle, it dedicates resources to cultivate ...

This course is designed to meet the needs of agencies with high angle rappelling capability. Emphasis is placed on tactical rappel operations for hostage rescue, dynamic entry and port/cover ...

Warrenton, Ore. - "Safety is the number one priority," nearly 50-Soldiers from across the country were told while attending Oregon's annual summer Rappel Master Course, held June 10-14, 2018 at Camp ...

JOHN DAY — Helicopters hovering over the Malheur National Forest are a telltale sign that fire season has arrived in Grant County. Last week, the Grant County Regional Airport was the jumping-off ...

Madison County Technical Team team member Todd Zorbrist, right, gestures as he talks about ways to hook up a Stokes basket among the ropes used for rappelling and lowering equipment at Riverview Park ...