Where does the battlefield stop when drones allow soldiers to be remote? If a drone pilot on active duty works and lives in a civilian population, are those ci

Where does the battlefield stop when drones allow soldiers to be remote? If a drone pilot on active duty works and lives in a civilian population, are those civilians being used as human shields? How does that sit with the Geneva Convention? Is a US based pilot, who goes home of a night, counted to be on the front-line and unwittingly using their family as human shields? I'd think the use of drones extends the bounds of the battlefield, making drone pilots fair game. Probably a moot point when fighting a adversary with limited range, but it might be quite important in a more equal contest.