Camp Gruber Training Center hosted Exercise Thunderstruck 3.0, an event focused on the integration and deployment of unmanned systems.
Training scenarios incorporated UH-60 Black Hawk operations, tactical convoy movements, medical evacuation missions, and unmanned aerial capabilities, giving participants the opportunity to rehearse coordination, communications, and maneuver under simulated air and ground threats.
Oklahoma National Guard soldiers put their tactics, techniques, and procedures to the test during the exercise. Military representatives from other states, international partners, and defense industry observers monitored the operational scenarios, according to DVIDS.
The training reflected lessons from modern battlefields where rapidly evolving unmanned systems provide persistent surveillance, track troop movements, and shape how military formations maneuver. Friendly and opposing drones operated throughout the exercise, delivering battlefield capabilities while replicating active threats.
