RAW FOOTAGE: First-Person SPIE Rigging

U.S. Marines showcase a Marine Air-Ground Task Force demonstration on Lake Washington at the Boeing Seafair Air Show during Marine Week Seattle. The video shows Marines demonstrating Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction rigging, developed as a means to rapidly insert and/or extract a reconnaissance patrol from an area that does not permit a helicopter to land.
Marine Week Seattle showcases Marine Corps equipment, aircraft, and technological capabilities to the general public. More than 700 Marines are participating in Marine Week Seattle to give Seattleites the opportunity to meet the individual Marine and celebrate community, country, and Corps
Footage by: Lance Cpl. Rachael E. Zilliox

[@cummyslug6588]

4:16 when you and your homies put on creative mode

[@razor10reciever16]

Jorge Rial 😂

[@matthewdowning6955]

Yo wtf are you talking about?

[@razor10reciever16]

Matthew Downing Minecraft??

[@razor10reciever16]

U fly in creative mode

[@axeinthegame6853]

Lmq

[@christophernorris1895]

I bet they stood by for the last 32 hours to do that.

[@chuckr9938]

Haha isn't that the truth

[@harrykuheim6107]

They probably had to Reenlist for this too...

[@hml3672]

Most of the time the SPIE rigging was dropped right after they hit the ground. Good point, though.

[@Nica-Ra-Wata]

"Hurry up and wait gents..."

[@aybe32]

3 day weather hold!

[@LinkTheHero]

Alternative Title: Marines prepare for and lose tug-of-war with a helicopter

[@electricsavage4012]

Not a single dommet?

[@solinaber]

@@electricsavage4012 no

[@Ahmad-yp1mp]

🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽😄

[@omegabomb5777]

Jalila Alhasan what the actual fuck is wrong with you

[@colinjohnson3814]

Lose? I believe it was pretty clear that the Marines caught a wild helicopter and pulled that sucker back down to the ground.

[@person4804]

Everybody gangsta till the marines fly on a rope

[@guyfrompoland1358]

*till marimes open flying circus

[@natashanonnattive4818]

A sovereign flag or Militia? Military is gold fridged isn't it? Don't get it

[@coolHawk_]

ISIS: **hanging out** **harry potter music starts**

[@galdsonteixeira1621]

Muito engraçado otario

[@hotelvalsinestra6380]

yes

[@sharkedog6007]

Here we se the Marines in their natural migration from one land to another. Every Marine makes this journey many times during their lifetime.

[@thelegendaryt-rex4763]

Marines: don't mind me, I'm just stopping by for a break

[@joeyshields4987]

Vettv

[@jamebrooke894]

LMAO!!

[@flyingfishtank5357]

Just imagine... you’re on a boat and in the distance you hear a slight *USA USA USA* chant in the distance. You look outside as it grows louder and sees a helicopter appear over the tree line with a rope of men and a flag at the end

[@TBL-thunder-6]

😂😂😂

[@austinwallace974]

but the flag would touch the ground when the rope was set down ☹️🇺🇸

@@austinwallace974 of course they pick up the slack and secure the flag before touching ground.

@@austinwallace974 patriots don't let any of their flags touch the ground, that's practiced world wide

[@tombrooks2015]

And think Dick head ! Lmao

[@fibeskorni2433]

thats called a marine-kabob

[@makarov7975]

Girls: oh I Love helicopter rides Boys:

[@jacobgambrell8988]

Kobe Bryant has entered the chat:

[@f_alcon2903]

Jacob Gambrell jesus

[@thelegendaryt-rex4763]

@@jacobgambrell8988 10/10 comedy

[@lawrenceross9572]

lol , anyone else hear them when they drifted towards the water when they were landing? "no no no no"

[@catmonsterblurry9427]

Lawrence Ross i heard it

[@jennag5969]

🤣🤣🤣

[@mels_life1]

"DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME" I don't have a helicopter you know... Yet, lmao.

[@cannonfodder8907]

hehe

[@FENIX0916-]

Jet?

[@koilzimbabwe]

You made my day😂

[@rockinmranch6895]

I have an excavator though!

[@treepeenbawlz1934]

I tried this at home. It works

[@dylanrutan100]

I didn't even know that existed. Holy shit that's cool.

[@hml3672]

can winch them up through the hell-hole on Sea Knight and Sea Stallion. Have to use an external hoist onHuey and can only lift 4 Marines at a time.

[@hml3672]

Should see them going down, called fast roping.

[@samuelbadger4371]

Check out operation skyhook

[@thatoneloserakahater5983]

It's in cod

[@aviationman8254]

LANGUAGE OR GRANNY WILL BEAT YOU

[@jamesmckee5716]

Best fun I've ever had with my pants on!!!

[@samuelbadger4371]

Your profile picture matches the joke perfectly

[@trapzmvp8964]

James McKee lol

[@niabia7506]

James McKee oh god

[@eggman3020]

Wtf lol

[@huntergleason8586]

Ooh just wait

[@mikedixon9447]

Seriously, I'd pay a shit load of cash to go on that ride.!

[@Thwack992]

You can get paid to do it, enlist.

[@Birtheater4545]

Nah don't pay, enlist. Join the brotherhood. Oorah. Semper Fi.

[@narada6329]

· FBI · dude ur FBI go open up some random dudes door

[@cheemsg.i.7130]

Narada Peiris lol

[@nikelinq2899]

You can get it for free if you enlist as a Marin

[@David.Sanders]

lol the rock tied onto the rope. The love of a marine and rocks, is a special kinda love.

[@derkaderkastan420]

David Sanders just like crayons

[@willroland9811]

Hey, hey, crayons are essential gear goddamitt! Knock that shit off!

[@lukeflupper]

I still have rocks from Korea, Okinawa and Norway. (Not these new rocks.....old salt rocks) LOL. OOORAH. GET SOME!!?

[@petraeus6390]

Crayons and glue.

[@Token_Black_Guy]

The infantry loves rocks

[@Hello-jz6xz]

To be honest, this would make a good starter cut-scene for a COD MW Mission.

[@chungabunga1169]

This is how Soap, Price and the rest of Bravo Team extracted from the gulag in the MW2 mission, “The Gulag”

[@nvdwarriorLtc]

We older Huey pilots called them dopes on a rope! Lovingly.....

[@DonaldMaggart]

Proud Dope Commuter Chief Collector of Foliage

[@XtrmTJ97]

Call us anything you want, just go UP before you go FORWARD !!!

[@danielharp5883]

One of the most amazing things I've ever seen. Marines kick ass!

[@lukeook1099]

6:40...... I thought the helicopters shadow was a giant fish haha

[@dolbydolby6025]

Luke Ook I did to bruh

[@equinox3327]

it is a fish it is a fish that can fly...

[@koilzimbabwe]

Could it be ?

[@hml3672]

Sea Stallion, a large sea horse!

[@ethanh7868]

Luke Ook samw

[@CarrieTaylor7]

ah, Amazon delivering my order of Marine(s) on a Rope

[@eddiecramer1136]

@CarrieTaylor, I got to admit, that broke me up! 😆

[@RachaelMoody76]

Hmm Dear Santa 🎅 I been good this year!

[@LMJee]

IRL Fast Travel

[@John-rx2xb]

Is it a bird? Is is a plane? Is it a pile of marines tied to a helicopter?

[@jennag5969]

🤣🤣🤣

[@EverestFemboii]

@Bobby Allen R/Whoooosh

[@andrei01918]

LMAO

[@generalripper1964]

Someone needs to paint that deck. ;-) Seriously though, I'm sharing the hell out of this. ;-)

[@marines]

Ooh-rah, Jason Unwin! Thanks for sharing the hell out of the video. - Cpl. B

[@ahmedkassim8903]

U got to be kidding me right? I mean that can't be a actual marine commenting. Or can it?

[@generalripper1964]

Ahmed Kassim This is their official KZbin channel and there really are Marines with specialties media relations. So yes. It was probably a real live US Marine that answered. :-) And BTW, I DID SHARE THE HELL OUT OF IT a year ago. :-)

[@ahmedkassim8903]

Cool!

[@owenvancleef8612]

+Marines Thanks for your survice

[@beansaretasty5369]

3:55 all praise the sun god

[@penssuck6453]

I did this once in the Corps. While I enjoyed it, I didn't see the use of it. I would much rather simply rapel from a helo. It's faster in every way.

[@novaman3509]

Pens Suck It's more for use in a situation where the help can't land, but those Marines need to GTFO, ASAP.

[@jolllyroger1]

Pens Suck is faster dropping off many deliveries.... Drop the rope and go next in drop and go... More being dropped as they are u hooking... Also you can be firing until touchdown..... Rappelling really is slower because you can only have one man on the rope until because pulling below a rappeller will stop the men above.... The large rope slide like a fire pole is fast but not for mass dilivery.... This way is fastest for each helicopter to drop and go..... Plus you can have supplies on the bottom..... I saw this demonstrated I was in army MP"s really wanted to do it too.... I got to do some a lot of other fun stuff like wasting ammo that was expiring... firing laws rockets 90 mm recoiless rifle playing with hand grenades eod training.... For to blow a lot of people sheit up.... Traveled the globe met many girls rappelled of castles skied Switzerland.... The eiger.... kleinesheideg.... Swiss misses.... Man I should have stayed in and been fed well and sowed my seed world wide

[@eddieg4740]

that is mostly for emergency extract. I was marine recon and we did that a lot. it replaced the old jungle penetrator and stabo system. what would suck is when you got a chopper pilot that wanted to get his ticket punched for recon support and he would drag you on lift off. but it's a lot of fun, in training, it sucks when you are in a situation that you really need it to didi mao out of the a.o., cause that means your shit is really weak :))

[@elroyjetson8883]

Nobody would ever insert Marines like this by choice. For one thing, the Marines are about as exposed as a person can be. For another, the helo is exposed because evasive maneuvers are really tough on the guys hanging. For a third, note that the helo isn’t flying very fast. Nobody would do 150 knots with a bunch of guys hanging from a rope (that helo can fly faster than that with the guys inside) because being in a 150 knot wind will tear your clothes off with all the accompanying damage. And I’m sure we can come up with other reasons. So it’s used for extract when the helo can’t or for some reason doesn’t want to land. It’s nobody’s first choice on how to transport Marines. Ain’t it great they can do it though? Lot of trust that everyone is doing their job there.

[@north7764]

Pens Suck More of an extraction method than anything...

[@allamericanstuff310]

I love the flag at the end of the rope, imagine they just destroyed a terrorist base and flew away like that with the flag flapping in the wind and fireworks bursting everywhere while the marines yell "USA USA USA!!" That would be funny

[@lonewolf7022]

ALLAMERICANSTUFF no it wouldn't.

[@kingelephant7554]

H20 Jones yes it would

[@bryantbs7270]

H20 Jones it would be EPIC

[@joeemanuele1385]

H20 Delirious01 why wouldn’t it

[@waccums8857]

ALLAMERICANSTUFF 😂

[@josephalexander3884]

Excellent video Marines. Thank you for your hard work and dedication for me, a civilian. God bless the USMC, and God bless you.

[@TypeRyRy]

Wow, I haven't seen one of these maneuvers in a long time. Love how they have the American flag at the bottom. 👍

[@NivekX602]

I didn't even know this was a thing before today. Looks like a ton of fun!

[@sorrrbet4923]

Imagine the guy who came up with this concept: Guy: "Barry, I just had a great idea" Barry: "What is it this time?" Guy: "So you get a rope..." Barry: "Yeah?" Guy: "And attach it to a helicopter..." Barry: "No..." Guy: "Hear me out here. And then you clip yourself onto the rope" Barry: "What? Hell no" Guy: "And then you hang from the rope and fly on it" Barry: "Have you been drinking again, man?" Guy: "Noooo.... What are you talking about?"

[@jpturner171]

Great memories👍🏽 Semper Fi Marines! 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@chrisbrooker3564]

THAT'S why people join the Marines!

[@dubsteppro777]

@R L the only people going down on sailors are sailors

[@bigfatthiccdaddy717]

R L no sailors are known for that kind of stuff why you think they get clowned more for that then other branches

[@Capnbp]

Chris Brooker or they risk their lives to protect the countey

[@casalebron]

United States Marine Corps badass since 1775

[@neil3442]

I dont think the marines were around since the Declaration of Independence.....

[@figgeldorpe1053]

@@neil3442 do some research man.

[@eshaanbadhan8110]

Wow amazing graphics.

[@Diles46]

Insane and awesome. Semper Fi Marines!

[@Sethemiah]

you know, they dont really mean "hanging out" with your friends on those recruitment posters.

[@ohividy2093]

not gonna lie, that looks fun as hell

[@droman752]

Great team work and that’s for all your hard work and training, you make it look easy. God bless America

[@coldghost2721]

Dude this looks like the alien scene in toy story 😂😂

[@stevil1300x]

Great video! Well done Devil Dogs!!

[@cliffthompson4149]

That is awesome! The United States Marine Corps rocks!!!

[@socaljarhead7670]

SPIE rigging at dusk in the Mojave Desert is a magical experience.

[@livefastdiefun9290]

Hell yes bro I want to do this...USA all the way 🇺🇸

[@rjeption]

I leave for marine corps bootcamp next month!

[@casalebron]

Good luck.

[@b4ds33d]

Capitalize Marine Corps you puke.

[@willroland9811]

Why aren't you out running? Push/pull upping? Go PT NOW! Thank me later.

[@michaelnash3377]

Very cool. Stay safe. SEMPER FI Marines!

[@wandarebiejo6409]

USMC = U Signed the Motherfucking Contract! LOL

[@kingchance2416]

Thx for serving our country

[@joeyacosta1871]

this trip was amazing I could have said that you know you guys did good keep up the good work

[@dakotamoffatt4953]

4:19 aight we bouta head out

[@memegod1618]

Hes strapping them like an amusement ride😂😂

[@monicasaenz1155]

You are the best soldiers, Thank you for your effort, dedication, sacrifice and commitment. God bless you🙏🙏❤️❤️

[@crowninglions7971]

Disabled United States Marine Corps veteran I loved doing these exercises

[@thewaymaker6001]

Amazing. My dad is an Air Bourne instructor and special forces commando, he spent many years training and going into the Amazon jungle and Latin American drug countries. Wish I could have his courage and dedication but I work as a marketing manager, completely different field :/

[@orithecat4012]

6:08 LOOK AT THIS DUDE!!!! 😹😹😹😹

[@lucysmithers357]

Because I live very close to a base I actually watched this being done..I was amazed by it..our hero's are fearless.. God bless them all..

[@sgt.davideswigerusmc5113]

In 1972, I had the privilege to serve with GySgt Giles in 1st RECON Bn. who was involved in the perfecting of SPIE rigging during Vietnam. Better than any ride at Disney. Semper Fi

[@chodge1945]

You should continue to make longer videos because these are really enjoyable to watch!

[@aimfirereloadrepeat8349]

Absolutely Awesome seeing it from that POV!

[@alanmoffat4454]

GREAT WAY TOO GET OUT OF ANY TROUBLE VERY WELL DONE.

[@venomisaacl8963]

This honestly brought a laugh out of me, seeing a bunch of Marines strung down from a helicopter.

[@johnmarist26]

Wow that looks like a lot of fun!

[@RamZnation]

This is one experience I never had the privilege to do while I was in the Corps and to this day regret never being able to do this. I was always curious to know if there is there is a loading order to SPIE (Senior NCO first or last, and vice versa with JR Marine).

[@ChrisJones-nt1sy]

Just a guess buy it would make sense for the senior nco to be last so they are the first to land and can start giving directions.

[@giuliozapelli6824]

This looks like SOOOOO MUCH FUN

[@JamesJones-cl5tq]

Looks like the best carnival ride ever!

[@PatriotCoinRings]

*"I can see all the Best Fishing Spots from up here"*

[@monabale8263]

sounds like something Lunkers would say..and then go shoot wild hogs from a helicopter XD!

[@PNWLeviathanFPV]

Army be like: YOU ARE ALL MOVING TOO SLOW! YOURE DEAD- YOURE DEAD- NOW CARRY YOUR DEAD STUPID BATTLE BUDDY AS YOU CLING TO THIS ROPE. Marines: You good? You good? Candy? Mid flight soda for the flag flying?

[@jennag5969]

V V. 😂😂why is that army one so accurate

[@mindofaseagull7465]

Marine instructors are tougher and more scary than army ones

[@rickkirby4518]

Whatever. Incidentally, the Army was doing STABO extract long time ago. Oh, yeah, it was the Army who developed Air Assault technics when the Marines where trying to look pretty in those fancy blue uniforms and talking big sh!t about how much more high speed they were supposed to be.

[@rickkirby4518]

Used to be Marines would show up at Sherman by ones and twos to get some good old Army training back in the day. Now, you all think you invented FRIES and SPIEs insertion and extraction. The Army invented the stick.

[@rickkirby4518]

Did you ever see Band of Brothers? That's when Airborne was born. Or, We Were Soldiers? That's when Air Mobile, the predecessor to Air Assault was born. The Marines are new to it.

[@Billy-pc6lt]

Outstanding.

[@worldpeace1822]

And than the pilot thought ...our marines didn’t take a bath yet! I’m only taking them on board when they have been cleaned properly.

[@kellahnemanuel6121]

I love the marines they doing their best to save the citizens and the world

[@takbo]

i was there watching!

[@humanbeing8338]

This is so cool!

[@FossorE5]

Watching Marines play is like watching the Blue Angels, all fun and games until you piss them off.

[@-SANDMAN-]

They like to talk about this on P.I. ...looks like the lanyard systems need serious revamp, way too time consuming to be of much use in most scenarios

[@robertbeck8670]

SAND MAN nam marines were lifted out of a sh@t sandwich. Not sure whic year

[@-SANDMAN-]

@@robertbeck8670 In that case, I am wrong.

[@deadforhours2191]

SAND MAN this is by no means the go to, historically its used as a last ditch effort in a bad situations to get boys who NEED to GTFO ASAP, ASAP

[@willsclarke2241]

Semper Fi !!!!!!!!!!

[@benjaminhackett8896]

This was beautiful.

[@EzioAditore]

I don’t understand why they did this, but I love it!

[@uscgwagner]

Rapid deploying / recovery

[@brodycain8547]

What mos are they?

[@Alexander19851]

0321, 0326 once you get the Naval Parachutist/ and the Combatant Diver Badge. look up your MOS's here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_MOS

[@prettyboypops]

5:17 that’s one good looking flag

[@frankieb9444]

It sure is

[@fastmatt3041]

This was more simple than I thought. Bad ass

[@jaybajan]

this looks so exciting

[@Sethemiah]

silly army brats just drive when they want to go mini-golfing.

[@EatTinker]

We called it 'dope on a rope'.

[@charleskean8122]

this looks like so much fun

[@sirwilliam51]

Nice touch with flying the colors as command position.

[@dragonusmc0311]

"Ooh-rah!" Marine Corps

[@ciloty7578]

When you have a server with ur bro but hes not online 4:17

[@Nelly4G63T]

Old Glory put a smile on my face. Awesome surprise!

[@JonC341]

Loved seeing the colors fly! Would hate to travel like that though.

[@cartman4885]

Sure hope your never under fire while being extracted

[@johnhowder8507]

? this was invented for extraction of Force Recon members doing deep recon. If you're talking about how slow they're going they're probably just making sure everything is good to go since they have the time for it. There's no since in risking anyone's life during a training mission or in this case an airshow

[@ryangis431]

I'm pretty sure they would de-ass the area before anyone is shot.

[@user-zl1pj5ii1f]

Arno Victor Dorian stop with the “I’m pretty sure” because it never happens. Just stupid shit y’all say when none of it’s true lol he’s right

[@maxkol4380]

I SPIE rigged with UDT shorts on under my cammies. Won't make that mistake again.

[@Token_Black_Guy]

Rug burn or just wedgies?

[@jl3273]

LMAO!!!!!!

[@mgschlegel1205]

Just another reason why I bloody love my country! USA 🇺🇸

[@jimbeam6016]

Hooya boys!!!! Enjoy your youth. Your in the best place in the world to be young

[@uglydog311]

It is even more fun than it looks 0351, weapons co 3/4, 82-86

[@boothedaniel92]

uglydog311 3/4 is still killing it with the stuff out of 7th Reg! Getting all the good stuff

[@MattBentonVlogs]

MURICA!!!! Hoorah!!!!

[@tsaltslinger3268]

That was beautiful!

[@patgarrett2152]

Awesome!, must be quite a sensation!

[@WasabiSniffer]

'MURKA

[@bendyboigamingprorobloxpro]

GOD BLESS AMERICA (and the U.S Marines)

[@BltchErica]

This looks so fun

[@danielward5164]

That looks fun and terrifying at the same time

[@jollygreen4662]

What a nice ride

[@humanbeing8338]

Just wished that we can see the whole amazing scene from a different view. Awesome awesome video! Epic!!!!

[@jccharly2000]

amazing!!

[@maxinechristaelumbaring2121]

Helping each other is very important☺️💛