A policy is under consideration that would make it feasible to award medals to drone operators . Robert Navarrette : Pentagon officials should scrap this medal altogether . He says unlike other medals , drone operators are never in harm 's way . When your dad served in Vietnam -- let alone , when your grandfather fought in World War II -- they took the fight to the enemy , and they had to step into the theater of war to do it . Navarrette : Handing out award for drone strikes is fantasy of war as a video game .
A policy is under consideration that would make it feasible to award medals to drone operators . Robert Navarrette : Pentagon officials should scrap this medal altogether . He says unlike other medals , drone operators are never in harm 's way . Navarrette : Handing out award for drone strikes is fantasy of war as a video game .