Capt. Ryan Jodoi flies an MQ-9 Reaper as Airman 1st Class Patrick Snyder controls a full-motion video camera at Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan, March 13, 2009. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.
Business Insider: The Air Force is updating its awards to recognize drone pilots and hackers
US airmen tasked with jobs like surveillance and cyber operations have a growing role on the battlefield, even though they are often physically distant from it.
To ensure that kind of work is recognized, the Air Force has introduced new hardware for its service men and women.
"As the impact of remote operations on combat continues to increase, the necessity of ensuring those actions are distinctly recognized grows," Defense Department officials said in a memo published on January 7, 2016.
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WNU Editor: Drone pilots are now playing a critical role in almost every conflict that the U.S. is in now .... it is only natural that they be recognised for what they are doing. As for hackers .... the main stream media is certainly making the case on how important they are with each new report of a cyber attack.
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