From Military.com:
CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. – The daily work duties are arduous, involving close tracking of insurgents, patiently watching them dart in and out of shelters and, if the opportunity presents itself, occasionally raining missiles down on their heads.
But at the end of each day, the Air Force crews who control the Predator and Reaper drones circling high above the battlefields in Afghanistan and Iraq stand up from their Naugahyde chairs, emerge from their cramped trailers on this remote Nevada air base and climb into their cars for the drive home, arriving in time to tuck their kids into bed.
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My Comment: It is clear that UAVs and other robotic systems geared for war have introduced new psychological and emotional stresses on the servicemen and women who operate them. The focus now is on UAVs, but soon there will be unmanned systems that operate on water and on the ground. What will be the stress and and psychological impact for the operators of these systems .... I guess with time we will find out the answers, but for now everyone is breaking new ground on how this aspect of war is going to be fought in the future..
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