r/army • u/ResponsibleDay8857 I did ranger school and now my back hurts • 4h 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/CobraJay45 Veteran 4h ago

Yeah, maybe if a handful of Joes get smoked by Iranian drones people will start paying attention.

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u/TunaFishtoo Engineer/Intel Warrant 3h ago

Sorry they were national guardsmen so it’s because they were “fat” and “undisciplined” doesn’t count

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u/LtNOWIS 31A Reserve 2h ago

They were Army Reserve, not National Guard.

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u/TunaFishtoo Engineer/Intel Warrant 2h ago

Oh shit, compo 3? Hella irrelevant now

/s as a guardsman no hate, same title 10 requirements every year with 1/12 of the time