Marines and Sailors Combat Drone Threats by Digging Trenches

Marines and sailors combat drone threats by digging trenches

U.S. Marines and sailors worked alongside Latvian Army troops recently to clear woods and build a warren of trenches for countering potential drone threats — both as practice for real-world deployments and to test new battlefield tactics.Marines from the 8th Engineer Support Battalion and Seabees with Naval Construction Battalion 14 performed trench-building and fortification activities in an exercise in Skrunda, Latvia, according to a Navy rele…

Marines and sailors are building trenches for the drone age

Picturing a sky full of drones over their head, American sailors and Marines teamed with troops from the Latvian Army this month to turn a clearing in the woods into a network of trenches designed specifically to survive attacks from above.  Naval Combat Engineers, or Seabees, from Naval Construction Battalion 14 and Marines from the 8th Engineer Support Battalion took part in an exercise in Skrunda, Latvia, to quickly build and reinforce trench…