The U.S. Army activated the 390A Robotics Technician military occupational specialty at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School on Fort Bragg on Oct. 1, 2026. The next day, the first 10 warrant officers in the specialty were inducted into the Special Forces branch at a ceremony in the JFK Auditorium.
Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Christopher C. LaNeve introduced the MOS publicly at the Maneuver Warfighter Conference on Sept. 16. According to the Army, lessons from recent conflicts showed that unmanned systems in contested environments need more than operators. Units need technical experts who can integrate, program, sustain and defend those systems. Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jerry Brown, command chief warrant officer for 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne), said the work “cannot be an additional task or an additional hat for someone on the ODA.”
The 19-week 390A Warrant Officer Basic Course is run by the Special Forces Warrant Officer Institute. It includes 14 weeks of technical training in computing networks, edge artificial intelligence, computer-aided design, additive fabrication and radio frequency systems. That is followed by two weeks of mission planning and a three-week field exercise. Training takes place at Fort Bragg, at Camp Mackall, and at Fort McClellan and Clark Range in Alabama. The course ends with a “Prototype Capstone,” in which students design, 3D-print and code a solution to a new problem in field conditions.
Graduates will serve as technical advisors to brigade and task force commanders.
Special Operations Support Inc. congratulates the inaugural class.
Image: Illustration.
Source: U.S. Army
