How the Marines’ attack drone team is defining UAV warfare

When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stood on the Pentagon’s parade field last month to announce a memo meant to accelerate the U.S. military’s ability to stock up on cheap drones , the sheet of paper he signed was delivered by a member of the Marine Corps Attack Drone Team, a Quantico, Va.-based unit that just got its start in January .

Since then, the team’s primary work has been to develop the service’s tactics, techniques and procedures for operating armed first-person viewer drones, as infantry units are integrating the use of drones . Their first pamphlet is expected this month, Col. Scott Cuomo, who commands Weapons Training Battalion, Quantico, told reporters in July.

“This is an area where we are not at where we need to be,” he said. “So we need to create an organizatio