NJ Guard conducts joint FRIES training at JBMDL [Image 18 of 42]

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

04.21.2015

Photo by Master Sgt. Mark Olsen  

New Jersey National Guard   

Fast-Rope Insertion Extraction System (FRIES) Master Staff Sgt. Kane Lawlor, right, and Master Sgt. Jose Almeida, center, check Airman 1st Class Michael Curley’s Special Purpose Insertion Extraction System harness before performing an extraction exercise at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 21, 2015. The three Airmen are with the 227th Air Support Operations Squadron, New Jersey Air National Guard. The 227th were recertified on Fast Rope Infiltration/Exfiltration System 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, New Jersey Army National Guard, 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 17:42
• Photo ID: 1890141
• VIRIN: 150421-Z-AL508-025
• Resolution: 5616x3744
• Size: 6.41 MB
• Location: JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, NJ, US