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Navy Captain Advocates Adding Unmanned Aircraft to Amphibious Ready Group

Navy Captain Advocates Adding Unmanned Aircraft to Amphibious Ready Group
Members of the RQ-21A Blackjack test team transport the RQ-21A Blackjack across the flight deck of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) after its first flight at sea Feb. 10, 2013. (U.S. Navy photo)

Navy and Marine Corp commanders fresh off a deployment in the Middle East said their Amphibious Ready Group and Marine Expeditionary Unit were equipped to take on missions including embassy evacuations from Yemen and joint operations with special operators. However, there was one piece of equipment they wanted but didn’t have: an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance asset such as a drone."Organic ISR would have been extremely helpful during this last deployment. We did not have access to that,” Navy Capt.…

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