Photo by Jeffrey Grossi | 4th Air Force | 02.05.2025
Master Sgt. David Rogers, 315th Security Forces Squadron fire team leader, aims a DroneDefender weapon at a small unmanned aircraft system during Exercise NEXUS FORGE Feb. 5, 2025, at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Adversaries continue to refine drone tactics, increasing the need for adaptable C-sUAS training and emerging technologies to maintain airspace dominance. (U.S. Air Force photo by......
Photo by Spc. Olivia Lauer | 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 08.16.2022
A Soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment mans his foxhole before force-on-force operations during Operation Northern Strike at Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 15, 2022. This kind of training is used to refamiliarize units with tactics and techniques they would utilize in real-world scenarios....
Photo by Sgt. Max Elliott | 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 08.16.2022
Infantry Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment man their foxholes before force-on-force operations during Operation Northern Strike at Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 15, 2022. Infantry brigade combat teams must train in a joint, multicomponent, multinational environment to ensure they can fight and win in an expeditionary environment against a near peer adversary....
Photo by Spc. Olivia Lauer | 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 08.14.2022
Staff Sgt. Noah Straman, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, fires a DroneDefender to jam common frequencies on which drones operate during Operation Northern Strike at Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 14, 2022. Participants in the training exercise operate in a multidomain, combined joint environment to improve their Joint All-Domain Command and......
Photo by Spc. Olivia Lauer | 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 08.14.2022
Staff. Sgt Noah Straman (left), assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, aims a DroneDefender while Staff Sgt. William Doan (right), also assigned to the 37th IBCT, helps locate the target during Operation Northern Strike at Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 14, 2022. The DroneDefender deploys an electromagnetic signal to disable communication between an......
Photo by Spc. Benhur Ayettey | 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 08.14.2022
Cpl. Brenden Fisher, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, fires a DroneDefender during Operation Northern Strike at Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 14, 2022. The DroneDefender is a hand-held defense mechanism that has been adopted by the U.S Army to eliminate aerial threats such as drones, quadcopter and fixed-wing airframes, by jamming common......
Photo by Spc. Benhur Ayettey | 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 08.14.2022
Capt. Tucker Palmatier (left) and Staff Sgt. Noah Straman, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, operate a DroneDefender to combat a foreign unmanned aircraft system during Operation Northern Strike at Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 14, 2022. The DroneDefender quickly disrupts an adversary's control of the foreign UAS, neutralizing it so that no......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Gray | 5th Armored Brigade | 06.28.2019
Soldiers from 5th Armored Brigade, First Army Division West, developed a course of instruction to counter the threat of commercial, off-the-shelf unmanned aerial surveillance vehicles at McGregor Range Complex, N.M., June 28, 2019. Currently, there is no doctrine in place to train soldiers how to deal with COTS UAS....
