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Phase Three - Rappelling Phase
This phase is three days long. During this phase soldiers receive instruction on basic ground and aircraft rappelling procedures, to include the following tasks:
- Tying of the hip-rappel seat (Swiss seat)
- Hook-up techniques
- Lock-in procedures
- Rappel with and without combat equipment
- Belay procedures
- Fast Rope familiarization
Soldiers will conduct 2 rappels on the wall side of the 34 foot tower, 9-12 rappels from the open side, and 2 from a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter hovering at 70-90 feet. All rappels are conducted with and without combat equipment. During fast rope familiarization, students conduct a controlled descent and a static hold for 5 seconds. Students that successfully conduct both descents from a 12 foot platform, then descend from the 34' tower using the stack-out/rapid exit technique. Fast rope descents are conducted without combat equipment.
Soldiers are tested on:
- Tie the hip rappel (Swiss) seat within 90 seconds with no deficiencies
- Hook up to a rappel rope within 15 seconds, without deficiency.
- Conduct 3 rappels: lock-in rappel, rappel without combat equipment (Hollywood) with three controlled brakes, combat equipment rappel with three controlled brakes.
- Soldiers must pass all tests to move on to the next phase and are allowed one retest per exam.
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