One Rope Bridge Army

To provide jrotc cadets a competitive program in five mentally and physically challenging training events.

One rope bridge army.

Nwtc cadre followed coronavirus restrictions while guiding students through both the basic and advanced mountaineering courses in august. Once the rope has been proven safe cadets will use their skills and equipment to clip onto the one rope bridge and climb across. The one rope bridge is an event in the raider competition in which two cadets securely tie a single rope across a river. Modified army physical fitness test mapft one rope bridge 5 kilometer road march litter carry and one of the optional events.

The one rope bridge is constructed using a static rope. Installation using transport tightening system 7 12. Grip the middle of the rope and face the anchor point for the bridge. Basic military mountaineering course student spc.

The rope is anchored with an anchor knot on the far side of the obstacle and is tied off at the near end with a tightening system. The breaking strength and safe load capacity respectively for the sizes of manila rope most often used by jungle troops are. Chapter 8 army aviation air assault 8 1 air assault formations 8 3 pz operations 8 5 safety 8 8 chapter 9 waterborne operations one rope bridge 9 1 boat positions 9 8 embarking debarking 9 11 landing site 9 11 river movement 9 13 formations 9 14 chapter 10 military mountaineering special equipment 10 1 knots 10 2 belays 10 8. Loop the rope three times around your left hand for a total loop amount of about 12 inches.

1 inch diameter rope 9 000 pounds 2 250 pounds 1 2 inch diameter.