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A soldiers uses a rope to slide from a helicopter.

Fast Rope

A sailor assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 5, fast-ropes into an abandoned mall from an Navy MH-60S Seahawk, belonging to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, during an insertion and hostage rescue exercise in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, Nov. 27, 2017. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Benjamin A. Lewis

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