Drago was born in Poland while under Communist rule. His father was a devout Communist who eventually became high-ranking Communist government official. Drago was never swayed by his father’s ideology and pressure to accept the Marxist/Communist ideology, and eventually was sent to prison for opposing Communist regime in Poland. After spending time in a Communist prison as a political prisoner for his activism against agains censorship, oppression and depravity of Communist regime, he immigrated to the United States in 1984. Drago became a US citizen in 1991.  After the first Persian War broke out, he enlisted in US Navy and became a Navy SEAL. He believes that it was his moral obligation to support in the best possible way his new Country that adopted him and gave him freedom. Dzieran was awarded the Bronze Star Medal. Following his honorable retirement after twenty years in the Navy, Drago began a successful career as a software engineer.