Members of 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) conduct high angle rescue training on February 27, 2020, in Panama. The Soldiers were practicing how to tie knots and lift a litter up a cliff. These Green Berets are assigned to a Mountain Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA). New Special Forces operators get assigned to one of four ODA categories: Mobility, Mountain, Combat Diving, Free Fall.

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