At a recent exercise in Germany, a US Army captain indicated that soldiers who play video games excel at flying drones. The captain noted that gamers learn quickly and operate drones with precision and speed. Ukrainian drone units also value gamers for their skills. The connection between gaming and drone operation involves transferable skills such as hand-eye coordination, multitasking, and situational awareness. The Army is adapting its training methods to incorporate these video game-related skills into drone warfare strategies.
Soldiers who regularly play video games are transferring those skills to flying drones, making them top pilots, a US Army captain told Business Insider.
Capt. Ronan Sefton explained that there is a strong connection between gaming and the skills needed to fly a drone well.
Those are the soldiers who, when they get off on Fridays, then go and play video games.
Transferable skills include the kind of hand-eye coordination that a gamer would have from playing with a controller and looking at a screen.
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