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The life of a US Army ‘Drone Warrior’

A US army soldier with the 101st Airborne Division Alpha Battery 1-320th prepares to launch a drone outside Combat Outpost Nolen in the village of Jellawar in The Arghandab Valley on September 4, 2010. US military commanders in Afghanistan are developing a strategy that would tolerate limited corruption but target large-scale abuses, The Washington Post reported late September 3, citing unnamed senior defence officials, the newspaper said Pentagon officials had concluded that the Taliban insurgency was the most pressing threat to stability in Afghanistan rather than corruption. The United States has almost 93,000 troops in the country, who along with 48,000 NATO soldiers are battling a Taliban-led insurgency. AFP PHOTO/PATRICK BAZ (Photo credit should read PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images)
A US army soldier with the 101st Airborne Division Alpha Battery 1-320th prepares to launch a drone outside Combat Outpost Nolen in the village of Jellawar in The Arghandab Valley on September 4, 2010.
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The life of a US Army ‘Drone Warrior’

For years, terrorists have been hunted and killed by one small group of elite U.S. Army soldiers by way of drones.

Brett Velicovich was once a member of the special operations task force, which killed the original leader of ISIS in 2010. In the new book, “Drone Warrior: An Elite Soldier’s Inside Account of the Hunt for America’s Most Dangerous Enemies,” the Wall Street Journal’s Christopher S. Stewart tells the untold story of Velicovich, which details the experience of the team’s counter-terrorism efforts. Additional details include  government drone technology, developing technology and how it’s saving civilian lives.

Guest:

Brett Velicovich, U.S. Army veteran, former Delta Force intelligence analyst and co-author of “Drone Warrior: An Elite Soldier's Inside Account of the Hunt for America's Most Dangerous Enemies