Army revamps basic training to simulate battlefield stalked by drone swarms
The capstone event of Army basic training now includes lessons on how soldiers can conceal themselves from drones.
Jeff Schogol
Posted on Oct 17, 2024 2:50 PM EDT
Army Basic Training
The Army wants to make sure that soldiers have been trained to protect themselves from enemy drones before they go to war. Army photo by Robin Hicks.
By the time new soldiers get to their first unit, they have faced being hunted by a swarm of drones, according to the head of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command.
The Army has revamped the Forge, which has been the capstone event of basic training for over half a decade, based on lessons learned from the war in Ukraine, Gen. Gary M. Brito told Task & Purpose in an exclusive interview on Wednesday.
“It’s exposing them to operational threats that they may see if they were to deploy tomorrow, and also so they haven’t seen it for the first time when they join whatever unit they’re going to join,” Brito said.
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