"The new Unmanned Advanced Lethality Course is designed to teach soldiers how to operate and be lethal with small drones, in an effort to catch up with potential adversaries' power. Soldiers learn to pilot and attack with drones during the three-week course at Fort Rucker, Alabama, that emphasizes making small drones lethal and using them to support traditional fire missions with artillery. In simulators and with drones, students learn how to spot artillery fire and to repair drones rapidly with 3D printing."
"Maj. Rachel Martin, the course director, told Business Insider that it is important to her that soldiers realize "it is a tool with which to accomplish a mission, but it may not be the tool given a certain mission set." When to use a drone "should be something that you plan out, and it shouldn't be a reactionary tactic." Instead, using a drone requires planning."
The Unmanned Advanced Lethality Course trains soldiers to pilot, attack with, and maintain small drones and to integrate them with artillery fire. The three-week program at Fort Rucker, Alabama, emphasizes making small drones lethal, spotting artillery impact, and rapid field repairs using 3D printing. Training stresses deliberate planning for drone employment and teaches soldiers to choose alternatives when appropriate, including .50-caliber machine guns and AT4 anti-tank weapons. The course responds to tactics observed in the Russo-Ukrainian war and adapts soldier roles for a style of warfare unfamiliar to the US military.
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