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Hello, world.

On this episode of the Concrete podcast, we talked to Brandon Bryant.

Brandon is a former MQ1 Bravo predator sensor operator for the U.S. Air Force,

who flew armed predator drones over

Iraq, Afghanistan, and Yemen. He has since come forward with information from inside the U.S.

military secret drone program, specifically on the issues of civilian deaths or collateral damage,

as well as the struggles of drone pilots with substance abuse and post-traumatic

stress disorder. The daily work of tracking and killing people as an operator took a psychological

toll on Brandon, and since he left, he's been struggling with the pressures of going public

as a whistleblower. The drone program still remains highly under wraps, even as the military

continues to carry out targeted killing campaigns around

the world. Begun by the George W. Bush administration, but massively expanded and normalized under

Barack Obama, air wars, waged by drone and conventional aircraft, now continue in Libya, Syria,

Iraq, Somalia, Afghanistan, and Yemen. Without further ado, please welcome Brandon Bryant.

Thanks again for doing this, man. Super stoked to talk to you. Yeah, no worries. I'm honored that

you've chosen my story to be interested in.

When I first saw your story online, I never could have imagined what it would be like actually controlling some of these predator drones that you flew.

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