The first class of a new course that trains National Guard soldiers to both fly and maintain military drones began Oct. 19 at Fort Indiantown Gap, according to a release from the Pennsylvania National Guard written by Brad Rhen.
The unmanned aircraft system military occupational specialty transition course combines two Army jobs, UAS maintainer (15E) and UAS operator (15W), into one new specialty: tactical unmanned aircraft system specialist, or 15X, the release said.
“‘Whiskeys’ were UAS operators and ‘Echoes’ were UAS maintainers, and ‘X-ray,’ you do all of it,” Sgt. 1st Class Brent Wehr, the course manager, said in the release…