Army Aviation Talent Management: Nowhere to Go For the Army Unmanned Aircraft System Operator

摘要

It's easy to see the evolution of military forces across the timeline of technological advancement. A conversation often sidelined by technology is the human element, the training, the chess match of keeping talent within an organization. Army Aviation evolves organically by keeping and growing the full potential of its aviators, both manned and unmanned.. In 2018 the Minnesota Army National Guard (MNARNG) selected Benjamin Aleksander for Initial Entry Rotary Wing training. WO1 Aleksander was an experienced Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operator whose pathway to the MNARNG Aviation is unique highlighting a dilemma within the tactical unmanned aircraft system (TUAS) platoons. There is an absence of upward mobility for enlisted Soldiers and no internal mobility or the option to transition to Gray Eagle from Shadow. Understand what the Army almost LOST in this one example: WO1 Alek-sander's ambitions led him from the 1st Cavalry Division as an Unmanned Aircraft Standardization Operator to the Wisconsin Army National Guard (WI-ARNG) 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT),TUAS Detachment.