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U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Rick Straney (center), with the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team Mobile Unit 6 Det. 14, shouts orders to members of his team before a "fast-rope" rapid-insertion exercise from an HH-60H Seahawk onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise in the Red Sea, May 30, 2006.

Fast Rope

U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Rick Straney (center), with the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team Mobile Unit 6 Det. 14, shouts orders to members of his team before a "fast-rope" rapid-insertion exercise from an HH-60H Seahawk onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise in the Red Sea, May 30, 2006.

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