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Video by Spc. Matthew Mackintosh

Rappel Master Course Instructional Videos: Figure 8 Loop

28th Public Affairs Detachment

Feb. 14, 2022 | 2:26

U.S. Army Sgt. Marcus Davila, an air assault instructor with the 25th Infantry Division Lightning Academy, intructs viewers on how to construct a figure 8 loop and provides a live demonstration of that process on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Nov. 8, 2021. The figure 8 loop will be utilized in the Rappel Master Course and the Fast Rope Insertion/Extraction System and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction System Course. The Rappel Master Course is a week-long course designed to ensure that students will be proficient in Rappel Master duties to include Rappel Master Personnel Inspections, tower training, rappeler sustainment training and rotary wing operations. The FRIES and SPIES Course is a four day course that teaches the students skills needed for safe and efficient Soldier insertion and extraction. (U.S. Army Video by Spc. Matthew Mackintosh, 28th Public Affairs Detachment)