Virginia unmanned aerial system platoon resets after deployment – Nov. 1, 2012

by Virginia Guard Public Affairs

Virginia Guard Soldiers from the Bowling Green-based Detachment 1, Company B, 116th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team reset and requalify on their RQ-7B Shadow tactical unmanned aerial systems Nov. 1 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland. Fourteen Soldiers from the UAS Platoon trained on the Shadows Oct. 14 - Nov. 4, gaining familiarization with an extended wingspan and requalifying on their equipment after deploying to Afghanistan last year.

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