[Tacops] TacOps v4 UAV changes

[Rich Nelson]

Thanks. I served with Antal at Ft Irwin. Small world.

Rich

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-------- Original Message --------
On 8/22/25 2:58 PM, Major H <majorh at satx.rr.com> wrote:

>  The link below leads to a recent one hour YouTube video of Colonel John
>  Antal (US Army, Retired) speaking at a Maneuver Warfare Symposium.  Most of
>  what he talks about is related to recent, current, and future combat usage
>  of UAVs and other robotic systems. There are nuggets of info that should be
>  of interest to a critical review of the current and future use of such items
>  in TacOps.
>  
>  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr9Wu3A5wbc
>  
>  Colonel John Antal, U.S. Army, was instrumental in the development and
>  funding of TacOps late v3 and early v4.  Colonel Antal was the Commanding
>  Officer of the 16th Cavalry Regiment and the Armor School at Fort Knox from
>  June 2000 through 2003.  Under his direction the 16th Cav and the Armor
>  School purchased a $25K Army wide license to use and distribute a custom
>  version of TacOps under the name TacOpsCav.  This was not blessed by TRADOC.
>  A year or so later TRADOC published a policy/regulation intended to prevent
>  such low level field machinations from ever being repeated. Slow, expensive,
>  bureaucracy was codified as the only  path. :)
>  
>  Best regards, Major H
>  
>  
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