Marine Corps Announces 6-Pack of New Drone Courses for All Its Members

Marine Corps announces 6-pack of new drone courses for all its members

The Marine Corps is adding six new piloting courses as the service prepares to field tens of thousands of commercial drones in the coming year.

Marine Corps launches six drone training programs open to any MOS

Keeping in step with the Pentagon’s push for legions of new drones, the Marine Corps is instituting new training to ensure the service has the right personnel to operate them. The service is kicking off a series of new pilot programs aimed at meeting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s $1 billion industry push to get more than 300,000 one-way attack drones into the hands of troops by 2028, according to a release. Part of that pursuit includes pract…

Marines Launch New Drone Training Program

DECEMBER 31, 2025 – The Marine Corps has launched a training program to rapidly increase the number of small Unmanned Aircraft System operators for commercial off-the-shelf attack drones. Announced in MARADMIN 624/25, the program addresses a critical need for standardized training as the service integrates new systems, including the Neros Archer first-person view attack drone, and prepares for this significant investment in various drone technol…