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The character of warfare is changing

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rapidly . One need only consider that

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in the month of December alone , more

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than 50,000 armed drones killed more

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than 20,000 adversary targets in

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Ukraine . As a result of these changes

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on 3 January , senior leaders across

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our corps tasked weapons training

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battalion here in Quantico to create a

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Marine Corps attack drone team . This

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team's mission is to ensure that we

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deeply understand the changes on the

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modern battlefield and that we rapidly

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accelerate scaling lessons learned from

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these changes across the fleet Marine

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Force to ensure that our core remains

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the most lethal fighting force . My

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name is Major Alejandro Tazon . I'm an

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0402 by trade , and I am currently the ,

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uh , Marine Corps attack drone team ,

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uh , officer in charge of OIC . The

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Marine Corps attack drone team mission

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is to rapidly scale and accelerate the

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implementation of armed first person

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view drones into the Fleet Marine Force .

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The identification of the target and

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then the relay to the FPV is through uh

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voice it's through digital

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communications or voice communications

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depending on uh the location of the

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individuals . If you have an ISR

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platform that feed is being translated

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uh transmitted back through uh either

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ATA . Video back to an individual who

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then can coordinate with the FPV pilot

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and then identify where the target is

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creating a grid , creating a mission ,

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and then relaying that mission

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specifically to the FPV operator who

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then can fly in support of that and

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then do a talk on of the target .

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One might wonder how does this all

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objectively increase our cores

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mortality . Simply put , these

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capabilities that the Marine Corps

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attack drone team is now employing

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extend the killing range of the Marine

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rifle squad from no more than 1

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kilometer to more than 20 kilometers at

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a fraction of the cost . It's against

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enemy personnel , various enemy

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material , and enemy armor . On

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a practical level , how is the Marine

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Corps attack drone team going to scale

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these capabilities across the Fleet

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Marine Forces ? The answer is behind

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you through competition . For 124

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years , the Marine Corps shooting team ,

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which also resides here in Quantico

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within Weapons Training battalion , has

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been running competitions across the

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world to ensure that our corps has the

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best marksmen , primarily with rifles

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and pistols starting in November . This

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will expand to include armed FPV drones

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as well .