For those curious what I do for a living
 

Its been a while, so I thought I'd share a video of something I shot today on my GoPro and pieced together quickly to show off. I'm a Combat Photographer in the Marines and today I went with our Special Forces and conducted SPIE rigging with military working dogs. The huge bonus to my job is getting in on the action!

"The Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction (SPIE) system was developed as a means to rapidly insert and/or extract a reconnaissance patrol from an area that does not permit a helicopter to land. SPIE has application for rough terrain as well as water inserts/extracts. "


Basically, I'm just dangling from a long cable strung underneath a helicopter!

The quality is toned down quit a lot just to throw it up online quickly. I'll also throw up some edited photos tomorrow as well. Eventually I'll put a compilation together someday of all the cool stuff I've done.

Yeah, that beats sitting in a cube farm by a lot.

-Tim

I've been really wanting to see your photos and videos, can't wait for more!

and here i thought you were taking videos for afghani porn sites.

Business was booming in 2012, Goats everywhere!

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Those cheeks are lookin' chubby. You hiding some nuts in there or something? :lol:

awesome!!

Is that supposed to be a lead in to another Afghani porn joke?

Intriguing video, what is the function of being on the long cable? What is the function of the dog?

semper fi devil dog, i've been SPIE rigging before, pretty kick ass, but you haven't lived until you've been on a tank in combat, or even just on the range ... ahhhh now you have me feeling all nostalgic

Although I never rolled with Tanks, I did spend plenty of time rolling in MRAPs across the AFG, probably will never be on par with Iraq, but it was definitely up there on the pucker scale rolling through the major cities of Helmand Province, Afghanistan!