U.S. Department of War | Army Maj. Ian Roth, 11th Airborne Division
U.S. Army paratroopers from the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, recently executed a historic company live-fire exercise at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, integrating small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) and night operations. This event, involving over 700 paratroopers from April 27 to May 8, marked the brigade's first exercise incorporating friendly kinetic and strike sUAS, with paratroopers employing first-person-view (FPV) drones to strike simulated enemy positions and defend against live drone adversaries. The sUAS, built with components from the 11th Airborne Division Innovations Team and the brigade's Multifunctional Reconnaissance Company, were entirely controlled by ground units, demonstrating tremendous effect and accuracy. This exercise validates the unit's enhanced capability to integrate direct and indirect fires in complex, austere, and arctic combat scenarios, signaling a crucial doctrinal shift towards decentralized drone warfare and advanced night combat proficiency for airborne forces, thereby increasing their lethality and adaptability in future operational environments.
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