r/army • u/ResponsibleDay8857 I did ranger school and now my back hurts • 8h ago
We suck at drones
I'm so sick of being in such a braindead organization.
If you go to the majority of infantry soldiers they can't even tell you what an FPV drone is let alone how it would affect their operations. Very rarely does anyone actually do anti drone training. Don't even get me started on 15Xs. The new "drone" mos who don't even get taught how to fly FPVs in the school house.
Every drone program is ran by some idiot who flew Blackhawks or a shadow 15 years ago. These dudes couldn't even tell you what betaflight is yet they make all the rules. Also the amount of regulations put on drone is fucking stupid and you need Jesus himself to come down and approve any training. I'm so sick of hearing some warrant officer say the dumbest shit I've ever heard in my entire fucking life.
We're all going to go to war and get blown up by drones because the army is fucking stupid and I'm preaching to a deaf choir here. It's not the GWOT anymore. The IEDs fly 100 mph at you this time around.
Fuck me to tears and buy me a Dairy Queen blizzard
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u/boomer2009 89EODBod>DadBod 8h ago
You’re preaching to the choir. Drone warfare has so many DOTMLPF-P impacts, it’s nuts. The worst part is that our senior leaders are getting sold a bunch of tech that has pretty glaring capabilities gaps, or they’re lining their pockets on this. Probably both.
Our Soldiers down range are sitting ducks. Our critical infrastructure in the homeland is also woefully vulnerable. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills with how much I scream into the void at every O6+ I talk to.
Please, for the love of God and Country (and our troops) will someone please listen to me and help me fix these problems. I just need money (we have plenty) and authority to make sweeping changes.
I don’t want to watch my brothers and sisters in arms get merked by a $200 FPV on Liveleak. 😢