Task Force Bayonet Soldiers train in electronic warfare

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti – Soldiers with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment from Minnesota, conducted Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems training Aug. 17-20.

Bravo Company is part of Task Force Bayonet, a group of over 900 National Guard Soldiers from Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois deployed throughout the Horn of Africa to support Operation Enduring Freedom. The task force provides security forces to military bases throughout the region.

“The training was designed to supplement UAS/CUAS training Task Force Bayonet received (at Camp McGregor, New Mexico) prior to deployment,” said Matthew Delay, an instructor with Asymmetrical Warfare Group out of Fort Meade, Maryland. “All Soldiers should be confident with all basic aspects of CUAS with reference to detection, reporting and response.”