[datura]

Just a salute to our Armed Forces from a veteran - one of those days when I wish I were still there.

[Rakkasan1]

isn't this just a mcguire rig doing a stabo type extract?

[Americanwolf]

I can answer your question on this. I was Navy got to do this once as part of an goodwill between squadrons aboard the carrier. You stay connect from point A to point B. It is a heck of a ride. :)

[michwm]

WAY TOOOOO COOL...THANKS

[Still Thinking]

That looks like FUN! (At least till you get whacked on something hard)

[konaice]

Dude....

Reduce the size of those pictures...
They are HUGE. They saturate my broadband,
what would they do to a modem user!!!

[ProudVet77]

Need a Barf aleart for that second pic. Got dizzy just looking at it.
The best way to dispose of explosive ordnance is in or on your enemy.

[jbstrick]

A military helo pilot friend of mine thinks these guys are nuts. He calls them (no offense intended) "Dopes on a rope"

[Se7eN]

Very cool!

I worked Roach Coach(hot/cold food truck) on Eglin AFB when I was 19, and the EOD guys were my favorite stop.

They were always full of humor, but the craziest guys I'd ever met in the military(and I spent almost all 19 living on AFB's). They had rattlesnake skins on the wall, time bomb clocks and a cave outside to do exercises in. I found out why they were all crazy.

I later dated the Chief Msgt's daughter over that unit and got to see another room inside. They had glass display cases of every type of IED you can think of, from rat traps to ciggarette packs. THey also had a large stock of various sized missiles.

[ConservativeLawyer]

A flying EOD team for your viewing pleasure.

[squirt]

Done it out of 34's. It was a hoot.

[Centurion2000]

I would LOVE to do this .... or better yet have the helicopt hit 5000 feet and then sky dive off that rope.

[Chief_Airframer]

"The EOD Team was flown over San Diego harbor during a demonstration, known as "spy-rigging," an evolution used by the Navy and Marine Corps for hasty placement and extraction in hostile areas".


It's actually a SPIE (Special Purpose Insertion Extraction) Rig. Good times....Good times....

[Bobibutu]

Ah - to be 18 again and go for EOD training.

I was "loosely" attatched to EOD Unit 2 as an "underwater swimmer" when they would join us on our Minesweepers - out of Little Creek VA. circa 1960.

We didn't even dream of stuff like this.

Thanks - and my DSL did not choke on it...

[ArmyBratproud]

SPIES bump

[Pete'sWife]

OMG.

I get a nosebleed on a step ladder.

[philman_36]

I used to see the SEALs in training doing this in San Diego harbor.
The spread-eagled arms and legs are supposed to keep 'em from spinning.

[Redcloak]

The guy on the end of the rope: "Happy thoughts... Happy thoughts... Happy thoughts... Happy thoughts... Happy thoughts... Happy thoughts... Happy thoughts... "

[ppaul]

Very cool.
Thanks.

[GeronL]

Thats looks pretty scary.

I love our soldiers

[beaversmom]

Looks cool and probably feels great if you are not afraid of heights. Me? Well I would be doing a load in my pants.