Quotes by Barbara Fast

“We used a UAV to observe,”

“We were able to show precisely through the use of the UAV that we had been very careful in targeting to only hit the area where here was insurgency activity and left the bulk of the mosque completely intact,”

“Our folks have done some really innovative training, ... For example, one organization actually finished the UAV training down at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, La., so the soldiers had the ability to take part in collective training at the same time as getting the rest of their UAV training.”

“We do believe a family of UAVs needs to be sourced to support our operations,”

“We are capitalizing on other services UAV programs as well. By and large, we fight as a joint force,”

“Detection is very, very hard. It looks like a rock. Its strapped in behind a guard rail on a highway. Its hidden in a trash bag. So the UAV is not perfect for all the problems,”

“There is no one solution that is going to be a panacea, especially for the IED problem,”

“Of course, as a second lieutenant, your mind is not exactly that expansive,”