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SPC Joseph Kopac - Can't see the guys at the end of the rope, we were doing jungle incertion in Panama.

SGT Carl Blas I too have a similar photo somewhere of 3 guys hanging from a rope coming into our firebase.

SPC Joseph Kopac - You may be referring to an extraction using the McGuire Rig.

The McGuire rig was a method used by SOG forces in Vietnam to extract a team by rope when the extraction helicopter could not descend low enough to either sit down, low hover, or utilize its two 35’ ladders. If the helicopter could descend down to at least 100 feet altitude above the team, McGuire rigs were dropped to the team and they were extracted by rope.
A McGuire rig was simply a 15’ x 3” nylon strap (type A7A) fashioned into a loop large enough for a man to sit in and with a smaller wrist loop sewn into the A7A strap to prevent the wounded or unconscious from falling out. The top of the A7A strap was tied to the outside (running) end of a 120 foot ½ inch nylon rope and stowed on the left side of the helicopter inside a Griswold container (a thick canvas weapons container).
Project Delta’s Sergeant Major Charles T. McGuire designed the McGuire rig used to extract recon teams.

Nothing more fun than NOE riding in the open door of a Huey or Blackhawk - as long as your not bring shot at.

LTC Rodney Joye We had the luxury of no seats just cargo strap for all our missions there during Just Cause. There were a couple of times that strap was the only thing that kept me in the bird. LOL

LTC Trent Klug same here, just strapped to the floor.

LTC Rodney Joye Arms & legs fluttering in the breeze. Kinda like a motorcycle in the air.