How a Team of Marines Built the Corps' FPV Drone Training Program from a Cold Start
War on the Rocks
- Published
- July 1, 2026
- Duration
- 49:40
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jul 5, 2026
Discusses Last fall, the U.S. Marine Corps had virtually no first-person view attack drones. That's changed qu…
Summary
Last fall, the U.S. Marine Corps had virtually no first-person view attack drones. That's changed quickly. This episode is about how a team of marines at Weapons Training Battalion at Quantico went from a cold start to building a Marine Corps-wide first-person view drone training system. Ryan was pleased to welcome some great marines onto the show: Col. S…
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Last fall, the U.S. Marine Corps had virtually no first-person view attack drones. That's changed quickly. This episode is about how a team of marines at Weapons Training Battalion at Quantico went from a cold start to building a Marine Corps-wide first-person view drone training system. Ryan was pleased to welcome some great marines onto the show: Col. Scott Cuomo, CWO5 Steve Pearsoll, CWO3 (Gunner) Troy Hotaling, GySgt Jude Stewart, GySgt Justin Creasman, and Sgt Timothy Brockup. Since we reco