Can RPA pilots handle the pressure of the infantryman?

The US Air Force withstands a verbal assault from other branches being leveled, “The Chair Force.” In reality it’s no airman’s fault that the USAF is run like a business. In fact, many times that reality serves the rest of the military quite well. This time it does not.

In the last two weeks I heard two different RPA pilots complaining about their job, specifically the decision making process about having to kill or eliminate the enemy. One of them blatantly said, “I did not sign up to kill people.” But the reality of military life is that anyone who enlists or signs a contract as an officer may be forced to make that decision. Why are they so surprised? Did they not realize they signed up to protect the nation? I’m not by any means saying that people have to like killing the enemy, that’s not the purpose or the pot. The discussion is about our expectations. Our understanding of the agreement that we signed when we enlist or become officers.

Would it 11 bravo or 0311 make a similar statement? My guess is no, while it may be an internal thought process it is most certainly never verbalized. But if warfare is an ever-changing game and the non-conventional will become the conventional, will RPA pilots become the new 11 Bravo or 0311?

A certain part of me has great empathy for that role. Is extremely hard to make decisions about life or death when you are not physically in danger, work to justify them, and not feel guilty about those actions. That’s a hard enough scenario when you are face-to-face with the enemy, let alone removing immediate threat and or danger creating a lot of negative beliefs about oneself. The harsh reality is that any person who and lists or wants to serve in the military may at some point have to make that decision, that’s some thing that we need to be honest with the next generation about, and educate them on how UAVs and RPAs are not video games.

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