America's Army

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Frag all that you can frag:

http://news.com.com/2100-1043_3-5211682 ... g=nefd.pop


Yes, we've all heard about the game before. However, this is the first article I can remember where the Army said that having played the game actually helped cadets.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Going beyond merely recruiting, now the Army wants in your brain:

http://www.fcw.com/article91989-01-17-06-Web

The technology will help individual warfighters determine the most important information available and decide the best course of action in varying environments.

But it can be designed to be open-looped, meaning it would funnel information from the warfighter to someone in another location.

So what's to prevent this other "location" to dictact what the "best course of action is?" If only the Army is controlling...then nothing's changed. Some 14 year old kid who hacks in?


"Be all that we want you to be!"

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

This is pretty cool and might be worth a trip over the border:

http://vae.americasarmy.com/


They, basically, surround a humvee with huge screens, add some CO2 rifles, and give you a mission. And, I think, it's free because it's done by the Army as a recruitment tool.



Article looking at the Army and its involvement with video games:

http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture ... -games.ars