Fast roping w/K-9...pics by Lance Cpl. Jessica N. Etheridge

Cpl. Conner Scott fast-ropes out of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter with Bobo, his military working dog, at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 8, 2015. This is the first time Scott and Bobo have fast-roped out of a helicopter together. The training familiarized handlers and their dogs with proper fast-roping and landing procedures. Scott, from Long Island, New York, is a dog handler with 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF. The CH53E is with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III MEF