FORT SILL, Okla. — In the subtropical landscape of Fort Sill, those who are up early can often hear a constant buzzing coming from part of the installation. But it’s not their tinnitus acting up, or a swarm of killer bees. That low droning sound is likely coming from the Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems University.

The school is the War Department’s only joint training center aimed at countering the growing number of aerial threats against U.S. troops and coalition forces. It teaches Soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines how to operate drone equipment, plan counter-small UAS strategies and train others to defend their comrades from harm.

“Coming out of a long period of counterterrorism … we’ve really seen the proliferation of drones [that] we call small-UAS … at low altitude

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