Know Your craft
This small boat weighs approximately 20,000 lbs, has two 132 gallon fuel tanks and is generally used for UMS mission set.
what is the 11 meter RHIB?
THis critical safety step must alwyas be done to the lifting gear before executing a crane or helicopter hoist.
What is checking the sling for damage (and verifying it is rated above the boat's weight)?
This highly buoyant, brightly colored piece of gear features reflective stripes and is thrown to a man overboard.
What is a life ring?
When setting an anchor, you should pay out this many times the measured depth of the water in anchor line.
What is 2 to 3 times the depth?
To completely eliminate the risk of propeller injuries, the boat's engines must be placed in this state during diver deployment and recovery.
What is neutral?
This platform features a max speed of 5-20 kts and is used across multipleoperation types including helicopter, UMS, and MCM Ops
What is the CRRC? (Combat Rubber Raiding Craft)
To ensure a RHIB doesn’t spin out of control while being hoisted by a crane, crew members use these lines.
What are guide lines (or steadying lines)?
This line runs from a primary vessel and attaches directly to a RHIB's king post to safely hold it alongside the ship.
What is a sea painter?
This unique handling characteristic allows Jet Drive RHIBs to "walk" laterally and touch a pier with both sides at once.
What is moving laterally (or walking)?
When pulling a conscious person out of the water, the boat must approach so that the wind or current is doing this.
What is pushing the person toward the boat?
These two RHIB sizes are explicitly listed as being utilized for MCM dive operations.
What are the 8 and 9 Meter RHIBs (Ridgid Hull Inflatable Boat)
This electronic system, along with charts and a DAGR, is standard equipment listed inside the command's basic navigation kit.
What is ATAK?
This piece of gear features a telescoping pole with a hook at the end, used to grab objects out of the water.
What is a boat hook?
These two brands/styles of 14-pound anchors are explicitly utilized by the command.
What are Fortress and Danforth anchors?
Crew members recovering an unconscious victim should grab them by this area of the body with the victim's back facing the boat.
What is underneath the shoulders / in their armpits?
This is the engine setup and propulsion system diving the 11 meter RHIB.
What are the 2 x inboard cummins/yanmar engines with Jet Drive?
For an airborne lift via helicopter, this many connection points are utilized at the airframe to prevent the boat from spinning.
What are two points?
This line attaches directly to the sea painter so that personnel stationed up on the ship can better control it.
What is a lizard line?
When getting an outboard engine boat underway, this line must be undone first before pushing the stern out.
What is the stern line?
During a UUV recovery, you position the craft so the current pushes the device away from the hull to avoid this specific hazard.
What is the UUV going under the boat (and getting damaged)?
Unlike the 11 meter craft, the 8 and 9 Meter RHIBs rely on this specific bran and configuration of outboard motor.
What is the Outboard Mercury 2x 150 HP or 250HP?
Mark 18 systems, Tow fish, G-TAK laptops, and MAST bottles all fall under this specialized equipment loadout category.
What is UUV (Unmanned Underwater Vehicle) Equipment?
This 4-hook metal item is attached to a line to grab and pull items, and can alternatively hold up a damaged jet drive bucket.
What is a grapnel?
To safely break an anchor out of a buried sea floor, you must pull the line tight, tie it off to the bow post, and execute this maneuver
What is moving the boat forward?
Failing to keep the wind and current pushing a canopy away from your craft during this type of recovery risks fouling your prop/jet intake or trapping an operator.
What is a parachute / jumper recovery?