{"id":80787,"date":"2025-08-08T14:44:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/how-the-us-army-trains-gaming-nerds-to-be-drone-pilots-in-germany-boot-camp-business-insider\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T14:44:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:44:16","slug":"how-the-us-army-trains-gaming-nerds-to-be-drone-pilots-in-germany-boot-camp-business-insider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/how-the-us-army-trains-gaming-nerds-to-be-drone-pilots-in-germany-boot-camp-business-insider\/","title":{"rendered":"How The US Army Trains Gaming Nerds To Be Drone Pilots In Germany | Boot Camp | Business Insider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US Army announced it will invest $36 billion over the next five years to modernize its force, with a <!--more--> heavy emphasis on drone technology.<\/p>\n<p>Graham Flanagan, Business Insider&#8217;s chief video correspondent, went inside a combat training exercise with the Army&#8217;s 2nd Cavalry Regiment in southern Germany, where soldiers are learning to assemble, operate, and fly drones used for both reconnaissance and attack capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>The 2CR drone pilots train at the Drone Innovation Cell in Vilseck, Germany before heading to a training area in the Bavarian countryside to deploy the technology in a training event known as STX Lanes, which stands for &#8220;situational training exercise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>MORE BUSINESS INSIDER VIDEOS:<br \/>\nHow Air Force Drone Pilots &#8220;Fly&#8221; 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