{"id":30022,"date":"2025-10-20T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2025\/10\/20\/why-the-army-may-need-a-specialized-counter-drone-mos\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:21:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:21:24","slug":"why-the-army-may-need-a-specialized-counter-drone-mos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2025\/10\/20\/why-the-army-may-need-a-specialized-counter-drone-mos\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the Army may need a specialized counter-drone MOS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As drones have grown into a massive threat, so has the need for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2024\/10\/24\/soldiers-in-army-basic-training-now-knocking-down-drones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2024\/10\/24\/soldiers-in-army-basic-training-now-knocking-down-drones\/\">counter-drone defenses<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But this runs into the perennial question of generalists versus specialists. Should counter-drone, or C-UAS, be a skill taught across the U.S. Army, with every soldier a potential asset for air defense? Or should C-UAS be assigned to highly trained specialists? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service needs to create a specialized C-UAS Military Occupational Specialty, or MOS, argues one Army officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDedicated CUAS MOSs will focus on defensive operations by defending maneuver formations from enemy kinetic UAS [unmanned aerial systems] and ISR [intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance] assets,\u201d wrote Capt. Peter Clifton in a September <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lineofdeparture.army.mil\/Journals\/Air-Defense-Artillery\/ADA-Archive\/2025-E-Edition\/Air-Defense-for-All\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.lineofdeparture.army.mil\/Journals\/Air-Defense-Artillery\/ADA-Archive\/2025-E-Edition\/Air-Defense-for-All\/\">essay<\/a> for the Army\u2019s Air Defense Artillery Journal. \u201cThis will allow friendly formations to retain freedom of maneuver on the battlefield and prevent enemy UAS assets from detecting and reporting friendly positions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2024\/10\/15\/make-counter-drone-training-as-routine-as-marksmanship-army-general\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/counter-UAS.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Make counter-drone training as routine as marksmanship: Army general<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A 10th Mountain Division soldier-built application helps troops train for better reaction to drone attacks.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Current C-UAS training is too generalized, according to Clifton, who is headquarters and headquarters detachment commander for the 110th Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Battalion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Joint CUAS course is generally an afterthought for training and pulls soldiers from their primary MOS responsibilities,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The problem isn\u2019t that maneuver forces lack <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pentagon\/2025\/08\/28\/pentagon-forms-new-task-force-to-fast-track-counter-drone-capabilities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pentagon\/2025\/08\/28\/pentagon-forms-new-task-force-to-fast-track-counter-drone-capabilities\/\">counter-drone capabilities<\/a>. Units being deployed may receive anti-drone jammers, and personnel are expected to be proficient with their small arms, machine guns and anti-tank weapons, all of which can be used against drones. But assigning regular personnel to anti-drone work means \u201cadding additional duties to a squad member in an already over tasked squad will severely degrade mission command from the company commander to the team leader,\u201d as units will have less riflemen for engaging and destroying enemy forces, Clifton warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army itself admits that counter-drone training needs improvement. For example, a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/api.army.mil\/e2\/c\/downloads\/2025\/08\/29\/4a176176\/counter-unmanned-aerial-systems-c-uas-training-and-implementation-at-the-national-training-center.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/api.army.mil\/e2\/c\/downloads\/2025\/08\/29\/4a176176\/counter-unmanned-aerial-systems-c-uas-training-and-implementation-at-the-national-training-center.pdf\">report<\/a> by the Center for Army Lessons Learned revealed numerous problems during exercises at the National Training Center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe current training environment nearly always prioritizes maneuver, intelligence, and combined arms tactics, relegating C-UAS training to a secondary role where it is thrown in a corner and forgotten about, only reemerging when a critical event, such as a drone swarm overflight of a BN [battalion] HQ, reminds leaders of the importance of C-UAS,\u201d the report warned. Units rotating through NTC suffer from a lack of standardized tactical standard operating procedures, \u201crefined\u201d battle drills and dedicated C-UAS planning and personnel, according to the report. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other research suggests a C-UAS MOS would have challenges as well as benefits. On the plus side, C-UAS specialists would better integrate counter-drone capabilities into the maneuver forces, and allow for training that is more focused and can be continually updated, according to a 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/analysis\/countering-small-uncrewed-aerial-systems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/analysis\/countering-small-uncrewed-aerial-systems\">study<\/a> by the Center for Strategic and International Security think tank. However, a C-UAS MOS would also require more time and resources for training, and result in \u201cpotentially slower response time because only authorized C-UAS operators can counter threats.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ironically, one potential benefit of a counter-drone career field has nothing to do with drones. A C-UAS MOS might be a recruiting tool for attracting young people \u201cwith an affinity for technology and video games,\u201d Clifton argued. \u201cRecruits already predisposed to systems like the Xbox controller will lower the learning curve and make their training faster and more cost effective.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should counter-drone skills be taught across the U.S. Army? Or should C-UAS be assigned to specialists? 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