James Andreasen

Chief Warrant Officer Three (CW3) James L. Andreasen is a U.S. Army AH-64 Apache Instructor Pilot, Aviation Mission Survivability Officer (AMSO), combat veteran, and UAS Master Trainer focused on battlefield adaptation and the future of warfare. Andreasen enlisted in the Army in 2010 and began his aviation career with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) as an MH-47G Flight Engineer. After selection to Army Aviation, he transitioned to the AH-64 Apache and has served in operational, leadership, and instructor assignments across both Special Operations and conventional Army aviation. He has completed seven combat deployments to Afghanistan—six supporting special operations forces and one with conventional Army aviation. He currently serves at Fort Rucker, Alabama, where he teaches the Air Cavalry Leaders Course, the Army’s graduate-level reconnaissance and security leadership course. In 2025 and 2026, Andreasen deployed to Ukraine as the UAS Lead Liaison Officer for Security Assistance Group–Ukraine (SAG-U), working from the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv. In that role, he supported U.S. Army efforts to understand and apply lessons from Ukraine’s rapidly evolving drone war. His work included engagement in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Pavlohrad, Zhytomyr, and Izium, where he studied UAS employment, FPV strike systems, electronic warfare, digital kill chains, and battlefield adaptation. He also participated in U.S. drone-related delegation efforts and supported the collection and analysis of rotary-wing aviation lessons learned for the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence. Andreasen writes and speaks on unmanned systems, reconnaissance and strike operations, aviation survivability, military innovation, and lessons from the war in Ukraine. His work focuses on translating operational observations into practical recommendations that improve readiness, survivability, and combat effectiveness for U.S. and allied forces.