U.S. Special Forces often deploy on dangerous missions by sliding down a rope from a hovering helicopter, but run the risk of either burning their gloved hands from the friction or hurting themselves ...

An experienced Navy SEAL died this week after being injured in a fast-rope training exercise. Fast-roping is a common infiltration method used by special-operations and conventional units. It's a ...

A Navy SEAL died after a training accident over the weekend, the US Navy said Tuesday. The Navy has since identified the SEAL as Cmdr. Brian Bourgeois, commander of SEAL Team 8. Naval Special Warfare ...

ODIM has received a promising status report on the CTCU based fiber rope deployment system currently in use in ultra deepwater in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) by Subsea 7. 'The CTCU technology which is ...