Aviators from 4th Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, conduct a Maritime External Air Transportation System (MEATS) training evolution in Moses Lake, Washington, with Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen from Special Boat Team 12, stationed at Naval Base Coronado, California. MEATS is a way to move a watercraft from a point on land or water to another location using an Army MH-47G Chinook helicopter. The crewmen rig the boat to the helicopter as it hovers above, and then climb a rope ladder to board the helicopter before moving to the final destination, where they will slide down a rope to the boat before the helicopter disconnects the hoist cables.
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