NJ Guard conducts joint FRIES training at JBMDL [Image 1 of 42]

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, NJ, UNITED STATES

04.21.2015

Photo by Master Sgt. Mark Olsen  

New Jersey National Guard   

Tactical Air Control Party Airmen from the 227th Air Support Operations Squadron, New Jersey Air National Guard, perform Fast-Rope Insertion Extraction System (FRIES) training from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with the 1-150th Assault Helicopter Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 21, 2015. The 227th were recertified on FRIES training by Soldiers from the Long Range Surveillance C Company, 1-158th Cavalry, Maryland Army National Guard. This was the first time the 1-150th Assault Helicopter Battalion has performed FRIES training with their own helicopters and equipment in New Jersey. FRIES is used when a fast exit from a rotary-wing aircraft into a restricted area, including water operations, is required. It provides a method for inserting and extracting special operations forces personnel when an aircraft cannot land. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)

• Date Taken: 04.21.2015
• Date Posted: 04.22.2015 17:31
• Photo ID: 1890104
• VIRIN: 150421-Z-AL508-003
• Resolution: 5616x3744
• Size: 7.09 MB
• Location: JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, NJ, US