Creative home station training ups the ante on mitigating thru SubTO [Image 2 of 9]

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MD, UNITED STATES

10.23.2013

Photo by Lt. Col. Sonise Lumbaca 

U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group

A soldier from the U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group conducts a "slack" rappel during subterranean operations training held Oct. 24 here. Each week, the AWG's Able Squadron conducts a complex training event that creatively utilizes home station facilities and equipment to get at the subterranean problem set. At the rappelling station for this training, AWG members trained on a variety of rappelling and climbing methods techniques that can be used when entering and exiting an underground facility. A slack rappel (an informal term), is a technique utilized by rappellers to bound over or clear an object during descent. (U.S. Army Photo by Lt. Col. Sonise Lumbaca)

• Date Taken: 10.23.2013
• Date Posted: 11.01.2013 10:46
• Photo ID: 1044637
• VIRIN: 131024-A-XG691-002
• Resolution: 2136x3216
• Size: 1.79 MB
• Location: FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MD, US
• Hometown: FORT MEADE, MD, US