Rappel master hopefuls evaluated on command and control

Active duty and National Guard Soldiers from across the country are evaluated on aircraft command and control procedures Aug. 23, 2018, during the U.S. Army's Rappel Master Course taught by Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 183rd Regiment, Regional Training Institute at Fort Pickett, Virginia. A total of 26 Soldiers completed all the course requirements and earned the rappel master certification. The aircraft command and control evaluation requires Soldiers to use proper hand and arm signals, issue commands to the air crew and rappellers and correctly perform all tasks and procedures while overseeing personnel as they rappel from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.

Read more about 183rd RTI at go.usa.gov/xUJuW.