During a recent visit...I observed the Army conducting training missions with its UAV fleet, despite these aircrews flying along the U.S.-Mexico border, the training missions were not being coordinated with the Department of Homeland Security to surveil the border for drug trafficking activities. This is unacceptable. Not only does military training benefit military readiness by providing realistic training in a real world, operationally relevant environment, it can also provide secondary benefit to DHS, counterdrug and border security operations, by increasing situational awareness. DoD and DHS should be working to ensure training missions for UAV squadrons...are fully integrated.
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