Marines from the Force Reconnaissance Platoon for the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit fast rope out of an CH-53 Super Stallion assigned to Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron 261 onto the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) in the Atlantic Ocean on Dec. 4, 2011. The New York is underway participating in a composite training unit exercise.