Military mountaineering student hoists littered patient
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Vincent Lavigne, assigned to 5th Ranger Training Battalion, holds a rope in preparation of hoisting a littered patient up a mountain slope during the Basic Military Mountaineering Course at Camp Frank D. Merrill, Dahlonega, Ga., Jan. 21, 2016. The Basic Military Mountaineering Course trains Soldiers in the fundamental knowledge/skills required to successfully conduct small unit operations in mountainous terrain found throughout the world. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Manne/Released)