(e.g. yourname@email.com)

Forgot Password?

    Digital Visual Information Distribution System Logo

    Special Boat Team takes flight with Nightstalkers [Image 5 of 5]

    Issued by: on
    VIRIN:
    Date Created:
    City:
    State:
    Country:
    A military training exercise is underway on a river or lake surrounded by rocky cliffs. A CH-47 Chinook helicopter is performing a sling-load operation, lifting a rigid inflatable boat (RIB) while a second RIB with personnel speeds across the water below. The rotor wash from the helicopter is creating a mist and a visible rainbow effect on the water surface.

    MOSES LAKE, WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES

    05.21.2014

    Photo by Sgt. Christopher Prows 

    5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment   

    Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen from Special Boat Team 12, stationed at Naval Base Coronado, Calif., with the help of aviators from 4th Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., conducted a Maritime External Air Transportation System training evolution in Moses Lake, Wash., May 21. MEATS is a way to move a watercraft from a point on land or water to somewhere else using an Army MH-47G Chinook helicopter. The crewmen rig the boat to the helicopter as it hovers above, and then climb a rope ladder to board the helicopter before moving to the final destination, where they will slide down a rope to the boat before the helicopter disconnects the hoist cables. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Christopher Prows, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 05.21.2014
    Date Posted: 06.04.2014 17:02
    Photo ID: 1379571
    VIRIN: 140521-A-PP158-286
    Resolution: 4733x3076
    Size: 1.3 MB
    Location: MOSES LAKE, WASHINGTON, US
    Web Views: 456
    Downloads: 102

    PUBLIC DOMAIN  

    This work, Special Boat Team takes flight with Nightstalkers [Image 5 of 5], by SGT Christopher Prows, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright.

    GALLERY

    The image shows military personnel looking down through an open hatch or ramp of a helicopter or aircraft at a rigid inflatable boat (RIB) on the water below. The personnel are wearing tactical gear, helmets, and communications equipment, suggesting a special operations or maritime insertion/extraction scenario. The boat below is creating a visible wake in choppy water, indicating it is in motion.
    A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter hovers at low altitude over a body of water, generating intense rotor wash that creates a spray and a visible rainbow effect. Below the helicopter, military personnel in tactical gear are positioned in what appears to be a combat rubber raiding craft (CRRC) or inflatable assault boat. This appears to be a special operations training exercise involving helicopter and waterborne insertion tactics.
    A dark-colored tandem-rotor helicopter, consistent with an MH-47 Chinook variant, is airlifting a rigid inflatable boat (RIB) suspended by sling cables over a body of water near a rocky cliff face. Several personnel are visible aboard the suspended boat. This appears to be a military special operations training or insertion exercise.
    A military helicopter, identifiable as a CH-47 Chinook variant (likely MH-47), is performing a sling-load operation over a body of water, carrying a rigid inflatable boat (RIB) with personnel aboard. The helicopter is flying low over the water surface, generating significant rotor wash visible as mist and spray. Rocky cliff terrain forms the background, suggesting a training or special operations exercise.
    A military training exercise is underway on a river or lake surrounded by rocky cliffs. A CH-47 Chinook helicopter is performing a sling-load operation, lifting a rigid inflatable boat (RIB) while a second RIB with personnel speeds across the water below. The rotor wash from the helicopter is creating a mist and a visible rainbow effect on the water surface.

    MORE LIKE THIS

    CONTROLLED VOCABULARY KEYWORDS

    No keywords found.

    TAGS

    JBLM
    Joint Base Lewis-McChord
    Special Boat Team 12
    MEATS
    SOAR
    160th SOAR
    Special Operations Aviation Regiment
    SBT 12
    Nightstalkers
    4/160th SOAR
    Maritime External Air Transportation System
    Washington

    OPTIONS

  •   Register/Login to Download
  •   Validate Your Account to Download
  •   Connect My Placements
  •   Download Photo
  •   Download Gallery
  •   Add to My Albums
  •   Create TinyURL
  •   Connect to Placements
  •   Add to Playlist
  •   Distribute Photo
  •   Schedule Social Post
  •   Edit Photo
  •   Add Gallery to Playlist
  •   Distribute Gallery