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February 14, 2005
Video Games And Soldiers
I have a friend from college who is a lieutenant in the air force and who is going to be shipped off to somewhere in the middle east in a few weeks. He is not allowed to tell me where he is going and is intentionally not remembering the names of places he will be going to until after he gets there. I was talking to him last night and he says that many air force bases now have many different types of video game systems to keep the troops occupied.
This matches was is reported on the Strategy Page in Why The XBox is Important in the Iraq War. It seems that the military really likes it when soldiers play video games: "The “Internet generation” has already been studied and found to be quicker and more confident when it comes to decision making. So any impact all this electronic entertainment is having, it’s society wide, and not just the military. In fact, the armed forces are quite pleased with the new skills their PC savvy recruits have brought with them. Moreover, the military does not allow booze or prostitution for the troops in combat zones these days. So compelling electronic entertainment solves a potentially serious morale problem."
Posted by Pete at February 14, 2005 03:31 PM
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