52-598: RRT or Rrt may refer to: Radio Reconnaissance Platoon Railroad Tycoon (series) Rainbow Round Table Rapidly exploring random tree Reference Rendering Transform ( Academy Color Encoding System ) Registered Respiratory Therapist Renal replacement therapy Randomized response technique Rational root theorem in mathematics Refugee Review Tribunal in Australia. Recommended Replacement Time (In Pacemaker and Internal Defibrillator, time to replace
104-689: A MEU (SOC) , the Radio Reconnaissance Team is also a part of the Maritime Special Purpose Force (MSPF) as a unit of the Reconnaissance & Surveillance Element (MSPF). The MSPF is a sub-element of the MEU(SOC) , as a whole, and is responsible for performing specialized maritime missions. These missions include, but are not limited to: RRP begins with completion of Army Airborne School , which
156-399: A zip line type assembly which simulates making contact with the ground traveling at speed and in various directions. In many cases, the first use of the 34-foot tower is made at the end of this period of training. To continue to week 2, prospective troopers must pass all jump training tests as well as the standard Army physical fitness test (APFT) in the 17–21 year old range, regardless of
208-585: A Marine achieving certification and being assigned to a team. Between 1986 and 1989, RRT's were deployed as an element of the Marine Expeditionary Unit ( Special Operations Capable ) Radio Battalion Detachment assigned to each of the rotating 11th , 13th , 15th , 22nd , 24th , and 26th MEU(SOC) deployments. Captain Gillespie was assigned as the officer in charge of the 2nd Radio Battalion Detachment, 24th MEU(SOC) in 1986, which
260-514: A duration of several days that can be dynamically determined to suit the needs of the platoon and its deployment tempo. During the RRIP, an RRP candidate can expect very long and strenuous days. The RRIP culminates in a series of field training exercises (FTX's) from 24 to 72 hours in length. Advanced training may include: There are currently three Radio Battalions , two with their own RRPs. 1st Radio Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF),
312-580: A four-man Force Recon team was not viable due to conflicting missions. He suggested that a separate six-man Radio Bn team be trained in selected airborne and seaborne insertion/extraction techniques, terrestrial reconnaissance, and survival skills. The original mission statement for the team was, "To conduct limited communications intelligence and specified electronic warfare operations in support of Force Reconnaissance operations during advance force or special operations missions. The initial list of titles for this proposed group was: General Gray got
364-571: A large group of soldiers gathered in the ready-room waiting to be loaded onto the aircraft one chalk at a time. Immediately after landing on the Drop Zone (DZ), the soldiers collect their parachutes and other gear and meet back at the rally point on one side of the DZ, where they wait for a bus to take them back to Lawson Army Airfield to get ready for their next jump. The jump schedule varies greatly based on class dynamics, weather, and aircraft. Graduation
416-760: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Radio Reconnaissance Platoon The Radio Reconnaissance Platoon is a specially trained Marine Corps Intelligence element of a United States Marine Corps Radio Battalion . A Radio Reconnaissance Team (RRT) was assigned as the tactical signals intelligence collection element for the Marine Corps Special Operations Command, Detachment One . Regular RRTs also participate in SOC operations during Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) , or MEU(SOC), deployments. The mission of
468-664: Is followed by the Basic Reconnaissance Course , Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE), and the Radio Reconnaissance Indoctrination Program. The Radio Reconnaissance Instruction Program (RRIP) is the in-house technical training tool used by the RRP to ensure that its Marines are not only tactically proficient in basic reconnaissance skills but technically adept in their respective areas of expertise. The RRIP has
520-895: Is located at Camp Pendleton , California . 2nd Radio Battalion, II MEF , is located at Camp Lejeune , North Carolina . Owing to a restructuring of the entire Radio Battalion organization, the former 1st Radio Battalion, with its RRP, moved from Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kāneʻohe Bay to Camp Pendleton in October 2004. The RRP has since been reestablished in 3rd Radio Battalion, Kaneohe HI. The RRTs of 1st and 3rd Radio Battalions still deploy in support of III MEF's 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Alpha and Bravo cycles based in Okinawa . 1st Radio Battalion also deploys RRT's in support of I MEF's rotating 11th , 13th and 15th Marine Expeditionary Units . A six-man Radio Reconnaissance Team (RRT)
572-464: Is normally conducted at 0900 on Friday of Jump Week at the south end of Eubanks Field on the Airborne Walk. However, if there is inclement weather, or other factors delay the scheduled jumps, graduation may be conducted on Fryar Drop Zone following the last jump. Guests and family members are welcome to observe all of the jumps at the DZ, attend the graduation ceremony, and participate in awarding
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#1732781137070624-537: Is typically composed of a Team Leader ( Staff Sergeant or Sergeant ), Assistant Team Leader (Sergeant or Corporal ), Point Man , Navigator , Radio-Telegraph Operator (RTO), and Assistant RTO. Lt. General Alfred M. Gray, Jr. , Commanding General of Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (FMFLant) and future Commandant of the Marine Corps , and Lt. Col. Bill Keller, Commanding Officer of 2nd Radio Battalion , FMFLant , met at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in
676-461: The 2nd Infantry Division was directed to conduct tests to develop reference data and operational procedures for air-transported troops. First Lieutenant William T. Ryder volunteered and was made the test platoon's platoon leader, Lieutenant James A. Bassett was designated assistant platoon leader, and forty-eight enlisted men were selected from a pool of 200 volunteers. The platoon moved into tents near Lawson Army Airfield , and an abandoned hangar
728-692: The Basic Airborne Course , which is open to troops from all branches of the United States Department of Defense , Reserve Officer Training Corps , and allied military personnel. In 1940, the War Department approved the formation of a test platoon of Airborne Infantry under the direction and control of the Army's Infantry Board. A test platoon of volunteers was organized from Fort Benning's 29th Infantry Regiment , and
780-555: The Indoc , one RRT was sent to Army Airborne School at Fort Benning , Georgia , while the other Marines prepared and trained for Solid Shield-85. The exercise went well, and by all accounts, the Radio Reconnaissance proof of concept was an unqualified success. In 1987, 1st Radio Battalion at MCB Hawaii officially created a Radio Reconnaissance Platoon. Prior to 1987, the battalion had shied away from designating
832-805: The Marines did not abide by standard military communications procedures, nor did they follow set frequencies or call signs . Because the detachment had received no intelligence from the National Security Agency prior to deployment, they were forced to start from scratch upon arrival in Beirut . General Gray wanted to integrate a Force Reconnaissance team with attached Radio Battalion cryptologists , selected and trained for terrestrial reconnaissance and special operations. He directed Lt. Col. Keller to coordinate with 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company to test this idea. Keller coordinated with
884-561: The U.S. Army Regimental System (USARS). The 1st Bn, 507th PIR was originally organized with six companies: Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), to provide administrative support and conduct the Pathfinder and Jumpmaster Courses; four Line Companies (A, B, C, and D) to conduct the Basic Airborne Course; and Company E, a parachute rigger support company. Company D has since been inactivated. The first week of
936-1072: The United States Army , however the Marine Corps , Navy or Air Force also provide instructors. The reasoning is that because students from four military services attend the training, each service insists that they have at least one representative to ensure quality instruction. The vast majority of students at Airborne School come from the U.S. Army. This includes soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division , XVIII Airborne Corps , 4th BCT 25th Infantry Division , 173rd Airborne BCT , United States Special Operations Command , and United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command . Marine Recon , ANGLICO , and MARSOC personnel will also attend as part of their pipeline or as advance training. Recent Navy BUD/S graduates, Navy SWCC , Navy EOD , Navy SARC , USAF Combat Controllers , USAF Special Reconnaissance , USAF Pararescuemen and USAF Tactical Air Control Party also attend
988-411: The 34-foot tower in addition to the swing-landing trainer, a suspended harness trainer, and occasionally the 250-foot tower. Soldiers will become familiar with the mock door trainer to simulate mass exit training (how to exit an aircraft in flight). Additionally, prospective troopers are taught the different phases of parachute flight from aircraft exit, through opening shock and chute deployment, then onto
1040-505: The Basic Airborne Course is dedicated to teaching prospective troopers how to land properly to minimize the potential for injury and general familiarization with the T-10D and T-11 parachute . The T-10D is a round-shaped parachute and the T-11 is a square-shaped parachute, both using static line extraction with a descent rate of 18–23 ft/sec and 16–20 ft/sec respectively, dependent on
1092-536: The Commanding Officer of 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company , Maj. Joe Crockett. Their initial step was to attach a Radio Battalion Marine, equipped with an AN/GRR-8 receiver to a Force Recon Team during an exercise and see if he could keep up and do something worthwhile. The experiment did not go well, and the concept was tabled until that summer, when Lieutenant Colonel Chuck Gallina became Commanding Officer (CO) of 2nd Radio Bn. General Gray discussed
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#17327811370701144-603: The Radio Reconnaissance Platoon is to conduct tactical signals intelligence and electronic warfare operations in support of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) commander during advance force, pre-assault, and deep post-assault operations, as well as maritime special purpose operations. The RRT is used when the use of conventionally-trained radio battalion elements is inappropriate or not feasible. While deployed with
1196-498: The U.S. Army Parachute School has been known by a variety of names: The former 4th Student Battalion (Airborne), The School Brigade provided command and control of Airborne School students from the 1960s until October 1985. During its existence, it was organized with a battalion headquarters and up to nine numbered companies, designated the 41st to 49th Student Companies. In the 1960s and 1970s, each Airborne Class normally included students from two different companies. By January 1982,
1248-497: The back of moving trucks to allow the trainees to experience the shock of landing. Less than forty-five days after it was formed, members of the test platoon made their first jump from a Douglas B-18 Bolo bomber over Lawson Field on 16 August 1940. Lieutenant Ryder and Private William N. (Red) King became the first officer and enlisted man to make an official jump as paratroopers in the United States Army. On 29 August,
1300-414: The battalion was organized with an HHC (which took over the mission of the former Airborne Department), and the 41st to 45th Student Companies, with each Student Company providing command and control for one complete Airborne Class. In October 1985, the assets of the 4th Student Battalion (Airborne) were used to reactivate the 1st Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, as part of the implementation of
1352-402: The beginning of the drop zone and continue to do this until all jumpers have jumped. A soldier must complete five jumps, normally including at least one night jump, to graduate Airborne School. During jump week, the schedule varies and soldiers will jump in a variety of configurations from unloaded Hollywood to fully equipped and loaded Combat Equipment jumps. Jump week can seem chaotic, with
1404-407: The deployment of the risers, steering the chute, and all the way to landing. One critical skill learned is how to identify a parachute malfunction and deal with it. This may involve emergency procedures including when and how to deploy the reserve parachute. Soldiers also learn about oscillation, landing falls, and how to recover from drag. The T-10D and T-11 parachutes are partially steerable using
1456-621: The device because of exhaustion of the batteries) Warroad International Memorial Airport (IATA code), airport in Warroad, Minnesota Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title RRT . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RRT&oldid=1189117756 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1508-476: The distinguishing black baseball caps with shiny brass rank insignia and parachutist badge that is part of the instructor's uniform. However, all students at the school are required to address them as " Sergeant (or Petty Officer in the case of a Navy instructor) Airborne". A student's interaction with Black Hats consists largely of shouting, "clear Sergeant, Airborne!", and "not clear Sergeant, Airborne!" instead of yes or no. Instructors come predominately from
1560-422: The final stage of parachute landing. This maneuver teaches a soldier to transfer the energy of the fall (landing) up the sides of the lower legs and knees, all the way up the side of the upper body. During this period black hats (instructors) closely observe and correct the prospective troopers' body position and technique making corrections. This week culminates in practice landings from the lateral drift assembly,
1612-458: The ground at an airspeed of about 113 knots. After the flight crew completes the pre-drop and slow-down checklists, soldiers rise out of their seats and move at the jumpmaster's direction to one of two paratroop doors (on each side of the aircraft). At "green light" one stick of soldiers exits the plane – jumpers continue to move to the door until the red light is illuminated. At that point the aircraft will begin its racetrack maneuver circling back to
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1664-527: The idea with Gallina, who became a major proponent of the concept. In December 1984, Captain E.L. Gillespie, a J2 SIGINT Operations Officer in Joint Special Operations Command , arrived at Radio Battalion to develop a concept of operations to integrate Radio Battalion Marines with Force Recon teams for independent advance force operations. Captain Gillespie submitted a draft "Talking Paper" contending that integration with
1716-474: The list and personally circled the Radio Reconnaissance Team as the official name for the teams. He then directed the CO of Radio Battalion to screen, select, and train the required personnel to deploy two six-man RRT's for a proof of concept operational deployment during the advance force operational phase of Exercise Solid Shield-85. He also ensured that the CO of 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company would assist in
1768-673: The newly installed government of President Corazon Aquino in the Republic of the Philippines . United States Army Airborne School The United States Army Airborne School —widely known as Jump School —conducts the basic paratrooper (military parachutist) training for the United States Armed Forces . It is operated by the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 507th Infantry , United States Army Infantry School , Fort Moore , Georgia . The Airborne School conducts
1820-581: The parachute risers and students are taught the different techniques to steer their chutes into the wind and aim for the Point of Impact at the center of the Drop Zone. The second week completes a soldier's individual skill training and begins building team effort skills. Once successfully completing the skills required and the physical fitness requirements, a soldier progresses to jump week. Finally, soldiers get to practice their new skills while jumping out of aircraft in flight. The C-130 or C-17 aircraft pick up
1872-400: The parachutist wings to the soldiers. On graduation day, families typically spend only a few minutes with their soldier, pinning on his or her new airborne wings. The soldier frequently departs Fort Moore that day or the following day, to attend another advanced military school or to report to another duty station. The Airborne School instructors are commonly referred to as "Black Hats", due to
1924-582: The paratrooper students in front of the hangar at Lawson Army Airfield . From there it is a very short flight to Fryar Field (commonly referred to as "Fryar Drop Zone"), where all of the training jumps are accomplished. Fryar Field is named after Private Elmer E. Fryar of the United States Army's 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment , who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War II . The Air Force aircraft fly at 1250 feet above
1976-527: The personnel selection, training and equipping, and that II MEF's Solid Shield-85 OPLANS, OPORDERS, and Annexes would adequately reflect the integration of the RRT. Captain Gillespie was directed to immediately commence screening of 2nd Radio Battalion personnel. However, most Radio Battalion Marines did not share the officers' enthusiasm for the project. There was also resistance by Company Commanders, who did not want to allow their best Marines to be assigned to
2028-479: The platoon made the first platoon mass jump held in the United States. Members of the original test platoon formed the battalion cadre of the 501st Parachute Battalion, the first parachute combat unit. The second, the 502nd Parachute Infantry Battalion , was activated on 1 July 1941. As more airborne units were activated, a centralized training facility was organized at Fort Benning on 15 May 1942. Over time,
2080-504: The prefix C, N, or A to identify a cadet, NCO, or officer, respectively, or simply a 3 digit number with no prefix for junior enlisted personnel), which is applied to the student's assigned equipment and used as identification throughout training. All students are quartered in gender-segregated, open-bay company barracks for the entire course except for officers, warrant officers, and senior non-commissioned officers (E7 and above), who are assigned to bachelor officer's quarters. However, during
2132-414: The prospective trooper's actual age. Ground week is the phase of training in which the largest number of personnel wash out. Depending on circumstances, personnel who fail to advance are either dismissed from the course outright or less commonly recycled back to an earlier class for additional training. The second week of Jump School concentrates on the jump towers. Prospective troopers will continue using
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2184-462: The school in order to be jump-qualified. Summer cycles frequently include a substantial numbers of Army ROTC and West Point cadets along with occasional cadets from other service academies and college ROTC programs. Summer classes can swell to 600+ candidates. The US Coast Guard does not usually participate in Airborne training. During in-processing, each student is given a roster number (with
2236-958: The seizure of the Iranian mine-laying vessel, Iran Ajr and the incident at Middle Shoals Light . Other RRT personnel were involved in actions in Panama leading to and during Operation Just Cause , the invasion of Panama . In the Pacific Theater, the first certified RRT to participate in real-world operations deployed in 1988–89 as part of the 13th MEU(SOC) Radio Battalion Detachment commanded by First Lieutenant Kirk Kicklighter. Staff Sergeant Scott Laasanen and Sergeant Daniel Stinson served as team leaders during collection missions in support of Australian forces intervening in civil war in Papua New Guinea , as well as intelligence operations against rebel forces seeking to overthrow
2288-449: The spring of 1984 to welcome home the returning members of the 2nd Radio Battalion Detachment from Beirut , Lebanon . The Marines of 2nd Radio Battalion had conducted tactical cryptologic operations in support of the entire deployment of the US peacekeeping force in Beirut since the initial landings at Beirut International Airport . During the wait, Gray and Keller were discussing
2340-538: The task. With the exception of the Senior non-commissioned officers and Sergeants , the majority of the Marines provided to form the initial RRT's were "malcontents" waiting to be discharged . At this time, Major Carrick insisted that all of the RRT candidates must go through the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company Indoctrination Process (Indoc) . Carrick later admitted that the only reason that he insisted on this issue
2392-446: The tower added realism otherwise impossible to duplicate outside of an airplane drop, and proved to the troopers that their parachutes would function safely. Impressed, the Army purchased two and erected them on what is now Eubanks Field at Fort Benning. Two more were later added, and today three of the original four towers are still in use. Parachute landing training was often conducted by the volunteers jumping from PT platforms and from
2444-473: The unit as "Radio Reconnaissance" for fear of dividing vital resources and creating a separatist culture within the ranks of MEU(SOC) deploying Radio Battalion detachments. 1st RRP Marines trained with Alpha Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion in the initial stages and attended various multi-service schools to perfect their skills. During its first two years, 1st Radio Battalion's RRIP consisted of 4–6 months of training, formal schools, and exercises prior to
2496-476: The various problems faced by the Radio Battalion detachment. Both agreed that the most significant problem was the lack of a tactical cryptologic database available from national and theater assets prior to the Marines ' landing in Beirut . Equally significant were the unconventional aspects of the communications networks used by the various factions in Beirut . Those that posed the greatest threat to
2548-536: The weight and equipment outfitting of the individual jumper. Prospective troopers are taught how to wear the parachute harness correctly and how to use the special training gear. During ground week, prospective troopers will spend the majority of time learning, practicing, and perfecting their parachute landing fall (PLF) and proper exit technique from the aircraft. To practice the PLFs, soldiers will jump from platforms of various heights into sand or pebble pits, simulating
2600-603: Was obtained for training and parachute packing. Lieutenant Colonel William C. Lee , a staff officer for the Chief of Infantry, recommended that the test platoon be moved to the Safe Parachute Company at Hightstown, NJ and train using parachute drop towers from the 1939 New York World's Fair . Eighteen days after forming, the platoon was moved to New Jersey and trained for one week on the 250-foot free towers, which proved to be particularly effective – drops from
2652-536: Was that he felt that all or most of the Radio Battalion Marines would either quit or fail the Indoc and the project would be put to rest once and for all. However, all of the RRT candidates passed the Indoc . Captain Gillespie later talked to the Indoc instructors, who indicated that they had done everything that they could think of to make the RRT Marines quit, but they wouldn't. After
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#17327811370702704-470: Was the first Radio Battalion detachment to conduct real-world operations during Operation Earnest Will (a Kuwaiti oil tanker escort operation). The 24th MEU(SOC) RRT reinforced by members of 1st RRP with specific linguist skills, was involved in significant cryptologic operations in the Persian Gulf and provided intelligence support for several combat actions against Iranian forces , including
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