Remote Control Weapons Handling Perimeter Security at Fort Bliss

By Tactical-Life

The following is a release from David Vergun and the U.S. Army:

Remotely controlled weapons systems have drastically reduced the number of Soldiers needed for perimeter security at an expeditionary base camp at Fort Bliss, Texas.

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“Every Soldier I have assigned to securing the perimeter is one I don’t have that can execute support missions,” said Lt. Col. Raphael Heflin, commander, 142nd Combat Service Support Battalion, or CSSB, 1st Armored Division.

At a conventional combat outpost, it takes four to six Soldiers doing eight- or 12-hour shifts to man one weapons system on the perimeter, he said.

Using relatively new remote control weapons systems, he said, pointing to a series of unmanned, weaponized towers at the edge of the razor wire, two Soldiers inside the base camp tactical operation center can do the security work once done by 10.

The 142nd CSSB is among the many Army and other military service units – along with a 14-member coalition from mostly NATO nations – participating in Network Integration Evaluation 16.1, also called an NIE. The evaluation runs from Sept. 25 to Oct. 8. In all, about 9,000 participants are evaluating new and …Read the Rest

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